Performance and Event History

Bantus Capoeira Perform at Bem Brasil

Since its foundation in 2004, Grupo Bantus Capoeira Japão has been invited to perform at various festivals, nightclub shows, street parades, and presentations across Tokyo. We have also organised and promoted our own shows with our own special guests.
We have invited and sponsored various guest instructors from around the world, including Instructors Chacal, Sabão and Canguru (Australia), Lula (Brazil), Grão (Australia/Brazil), Graduados Rafael (Malaysia/Brazil), Claudinho (Singapore/Brazil), and Zoi (Holland/Brazil), Professor Gringo (Australia/Brazil), and Mestre Pintor (Brazil).
We have conducted workshops for kids, adults, the mentally challenged, and students from all four corners of the earth. We’ve organised exciting training camps in the beautiful Okutama and Yamanashi, and international capoeira trips to Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, and Brazil!
We’ve appeared in Newspaper, Magazines, on Radio and Television, and been featured on various websites.

Festivals, Live Performances, Street Performances, Presentations

March in March. Streets of Shibuya. March 2005
Capoeira show sponsored by Nike. Orbient nightclub, Omotesando. July 2005
MISHOP World Festival. Inokashira Park. September 2005
Mitaka Sports Festival. Mitaka City Hall. October 2005
March in March. Streets of Shinjuku. March 2006
Nudist Beach Brazilian nightclub event. Club Core, Roppongi. July 2006
Nudist Beach Brazilian nightclub event. Club Core, Roppongi. August 2006
MISHOP World Festival. Inokashira Park. September 2006
Nudist Beach Brazilian nightclub event. Club Core, Roppongi. October 2006
Mitaka Sports Festival. Mitaka City Hall. October 2006
Soshigaya Art Festival. Seijo-Gakuenmae. November 2006
Bem Brasil. Warehouse nightclub, Azabu Juban. November 2006
Nijinokai Festival. Mitaka. November 2006
Musashino FM Culture Festival. Kichijoji. November 2006
Nudist Beach Brazilian nightclub event. Club Core, Roppongi. February 2007
March in March. Streets of Shibuya. March 2007
Nudist Beach Brazilian nightclub event. Club Core, Roppongi. April 2007
Design Festa. Tokyo Big Sight. May 2007
Asakusa Samba Carnival. Asakusa, August 2007
Street Performance with guests Graduado Zoi (Holland/Brazil), Graduado Claudinho (Singapore/Brazil), Instrutor Rafael (Malaysia/Brazil), Kichijoji, September 2007
Bantus Festa LIVE, shinjukumura LIVE, Shinjuku. September 2007
Batizado Ceremony with guests Graduado Zoi (Holland/Brazil), Graduado Claudinho (Singapore/Brazil), Instrutor Rafael (Malaysia/Brazil) , plus guests from Tokyo, Yamanashi, Shizuoka, Gunma, and Sapporo. Tachikawa, September 2007
Mitaka Sports Festival. Mitaka City Hall. October 2007
Nudist Beach Brazilian nightclub event. Club Asia, Shibuya. October 2007
Antaru Festival, Yoyogi Park, November 2007
March in March with guest Instrutor Canguru (Australia). Streets of Shibuya. March 2008
The Tamagawa 300m Festival, Setagaya. June 2008
MISHOP World Festival. Inokashira Park. October 2008
Dr. Noguchi Hideyo Memorial Festival, Noguchi Memorial Hall, Sendagaya, October 2008
Mitaka Sports Festival. Mitaka City Hall. October 2008
All Japan Capoeira Festival, Gunma. October 2008
Street Performance with guests Mestre Pintor (Brazil), Graduado Claudinho (Singapore/Brazil), Grauado Rafael (Malaysia/Brazil), Instrutor Grão (Australia/Brazil), & Instrutor Lula (Brazil), Kichijoji & Mitaka. October – November 2008
2nd Batizado Ceremony with guests Mestre Pintor (Brazil), Graduado Claudinho (Singapore/Brazil), Grauado Rafael (Malaysia/Brazil), Instrutor Grão (Australia/Brazil), & Instrutor Lula (Brazil), Mitaka. October – November 2008
South of the Border Party, Sam and Dave’s Nightclub, Akasaka. November 2008
Capoeira Presentation, Omotesando. November 2008
Amnesty International Film Festival, Yakult Hall, Shimbashi. January 2009
Antaru Café 8, Monthly Live Presentation, Asagaya. January 2009
Presentation, Mitaka San Sho Gakkou, Mitaka, February 2009
March in March, Streets of Shibuya. March 2009

Television, Radio, Magazine, Internet Appearances

Tokyo Notice Board. Japanese magazine for English readers, article. November 2005
Fight Japan. American documentary on martial arts in Japan. June 2006
Funky Neighbourhood. Singapore television news documentary on Kichijoji. July 2006
Juice TV Plus. Japanese television street and youth culture program. Documentary on Grupo Bantus Capoeira. August 2006
Casty. Japanese live internet broadcast sponsored by Tepco Hikari Fibre. October 2006
Metropolis Magazine. Japan’s Number 1 English Magazine. Japanese magazine for English readers, interview. November 2006
Metropolis Magazine Metpod. Japanese internet podcast, interview. November 2006
Fitness Japan. Japanese online fitness magazine for English readers. November 2006
Musashino FM Radio Station. Live music and interview. November 2006
Bounce Magazine. Design Festa Advertisement. April 2007
Metropolis Magazine. September 2007
Global Citizens. Singapore television documentary on expats living in Japan. October 2007
Mnet Magazine. Magazine about Immigration Issues in Japan. 100 years of Exchange. Japan/Brazil Special. April 2008
Rhythm and Color. Dance Photography by Benjamin Parks, Photography Exhibition, Daikanyama. May, 2008
Metropolis Magazine. Global Village. December 2008
FM Yokohama, Radio Dock. Live music and interview. January 2009

Workshops

Capoeira Camp. Okutama. July 2005
Kids Capoeira Workshop. Japan Lutheran College. August 2005
Kids Capoeira Workshop. Mitaka West Social Education Center. January 2007
Capoeira Camp. Yamanashi. March 2007
Capoeira Workshops, Open Roda, and Festa Junina with Professor Gringo (Australia/Brazil), Kichijoji and Inokashira, July 2007
Workshops with Graduado Zoi (Holland/Brazil), and Instrutor Rafael (Malaysia/Brazil) Inokashira, September 2007
Workshops with Graduado Zoi (Holland/Brazil), Graduado Claudinho (Singapore/Brazil), Instrutor Rafael (Malaysia/Brazil), Shinjukumura LIVE, Shinjuku. September 2007
Workshop with Instrutor Canguru (Australia). BUMB, Tokyo Bay. March 2008
Workshops with Chacal (Australia). Kichijoji and Mitaka. April 2008
Capoeira Camp. Yamanashi. June 2008
Capoeira Course, French High School in Tokyo, Asakusabashi. September 2008
Guest Instructor from Brazil (Instructor Lula), October 2008 – January 2009
Workshops with Mestre Pintor (Brazil), Graduado Claudinho (Singapore/Brazil), Grauado Rafael (Malaysia/Brazil), Instrutor Grão (Australia/Brazil), & Instrutor Lula (Brazil), Kichijoji & Mitaka. October – November 2008
Hooplovers Capoeira Workshop with Instrutor Lula, Shinjuku. January 2009
Kids Capoeira Workshop with Instrutor Lula, K International School, Kiyosumi Shirakawa. January 2009
Capoeira Rhythm Workshop with Instrutor Lula, Alvorada Brazilian Restaurant, Kichijoji. January 2009
Workshops with Instrutor Sabão (Australia), Kichijoji and Mitaka. February 2009