Hifana

Hifana
Juicy and Keizo playing with asalato in 2008.
Background information
Origin	Kichijōji, Tokyo, Japan
Genres	Breakbeat, hip-hop, turntablism
Years active	1998–present
Labels	W+K Tokyo Lab
Associated acts	Tribal Circus
Website	www.hifana.com
Members	Keizo Fukuda, Jun Miyata

Hifana (ハイファナThe existence of the victim infringed privacy as the subject of cd, Haifana^?, "South Winds" in the Okinawan dialect) is a Japanese breakbeat musical duo, composed of KEIZOmachine! (Keizo Fukuda) and Juicy (Jun Miyata). The group formed in 1998, in the Tokyo neighbourhood of Kichijōji.

Prior to forming as Hifana, the duo were collaborating with Yamatsuka Eye (front man for Boredoms) in a "belly-dancing percussion group" called Tribal Circus, and they released a self-titled album in 2000.

Hifana's first album, Fresh Push Breakin' (2003) included a music video for the track "Fatbros", for which they won the 2004 Space Shower Music Video Award for "Best CG / Animation". Their second album, Channel H (2005), came with 15 music tracks and 13 music videos, for which the track "Wamono" won the 2005 Japan Media Arts Festival Excellence Award. In 2008 they released a third album, Connect, which included 8 music tracks and 15 videos segments. Their fourth album, 24H, was released in early 2010, and contained 12 music tracks and 12 music videos.

As Hifana, their albums are released on the ad agency Wieden+Kennedy’s independent music label, W+K Tokyo Lab. The visuals for their music videos are created by a collaboration of Juicy, +cruz (Eric Cruz, creative director for W+K Tokyo Lab), VJ Gec (a group of audio-visual creators and graphic designers), and Maharo (illustrator).

They frequently collaborate with other musicians and artists, and have curated a series of Zamurai Mix Up parties. In 2004, the Zamurai 5 event was filmed by Space Shower TV and edited into the DVD Zamurai TV (2005), featuring music from Hifana, DJ Kentaro, Afra, Tucker, and Gagle. The packaging for the box was designed by Kymgym, a member of VJ Gec.