The Mario Kart Band is a band that performs the music of Mario Kart 8. The band was first shown during the Mario Kart 8 Direct in 2014, performing three songs from the game. Electric & Acoustic Guitar: Takashi Masuzaki Electric & Acoustic Bass: Teppei Kawasaki Drums: Satoshi Bandoh Drums: Hiroyuki Noritake Acoustic Guitar: Tetsuro Toyama Alto Saxophone: Kazuki Katsuta Alto Saxophone: Masato Honma Soprano, Tenor & Baritone Saxophone / Flute: Takuo Yamamoto Tenor Saxophone: Masakuni Takeno Trumpet: Eric Miyashiro Trumpet / Flugelhorn: Koji Nishimura Trumpet: Luis Valle Trumpet: Sho Okumura Trombone: Yoichi Murata Trombone: Eijiro Nakagawa Trombone: Kanade Shishiuchi Flute / Tin Whistle: Hideyo Takakuwa Oboe: Takayuki Mogami Violin / Erhu: Masatsugu Shinozaki Violin: Toshihiro Nakanishi Violin: Hitoshi Konno Accordion: Yoshiaki Sato Kazumi Totaka played vibraphone in the band, but was not credited. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/MARIO+KART+BAND">Read more on Last.fm</a>. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.