Shutoku Mukai

Briefly seen at 2:39, but you can see him using it in most, if not all other concerts and can hear it in pretty much all of NUMBER GIRL's recordings.

In this special issue of Guitar Player magazine Mukai's pedals are listed on pages 80 and 81

Number Girl issue of Guitar Player magazine lists this as Mukai's guitar

Pictured on the left page in Number Girl edition of Guitar Player magazine

In this special issue of Guitar Player magazine Mukai's pedals are listed on pages 80 and 81

can be seen at 1:20

In this special issue of Guitar Player magazine Mukai's pedals are listed on pages 80 and 81

In this special issue of Guitar Player magazine Mukai's pedals are listed on pages 80 and 81

In this special issue of Guitar Player magazine Mukai's pedals are listed on pages 80 and 81

Pictured on the left page in Number Girl edition of Guitar Player magazine

It's in his studio. He talks about his love for this equipment on this site. Roland Music Navi http://mnavi.roland.jp/interview/200810_01.html

Pictured on the left page in Number Girl edition of Guitar Player magazine

Pictured on the left page in Number Girl edition of Guitar Player magazine

It's in his studio. He talks about his love for this equipment on this site. Roland Music Navi http://mnavi.roland.jp/interview/200810_01.html

It's in his studio. He talks about his love for this equipment on this site. Roland Music Navi http://mnavi.roland.jp/interview/200810_01.html

In the video of the band's 1999 US tour in Austin mukai can be seen playing the jc120 guitar amplifier. We don't know for sure if he also used it in studio songs though.

Mukai is featured in an interview appearing on the Fender Japan website, where he is shown with an American Elite Telecaster Thinline.

Mukai is featured in an interview appearing on the Fender Japan website, where he is shown with a '65 Deluxe Reverb.

In this video (0:28) you can see Mukai uses Fender Japan TL62-65US Old Lake Placid Blue Also Mukai uses Fender Japan TL62-65US Vintage White in his Zazen Boys career

In this special issue of Guitar Player magazine Mukai's picks are listed on page 73

In this video you can see Mukai uses his Fender American Elite Telecaster Thinline Mystic Ice blue Number Girl issue of Guitar Player magazine lists this as Mukai's guitar

In an article on Guitar Magazine, Shutoku Mukai is featured using the Line 6 DL4 MkII during a special session with ZAZEN BOYS.

In this live video Shutoku Mukai uses what appears to be a black Fender Telecaster.

In this other performance he is playing a creme Telecaster with white pickguard.

In interview (https://natalie.mu/music/pp/zazenboys) Mukai says that Fender send him this guitar Mukai says: This guitar is light and easy to handle, so I can easily take it to the local "Saga Saiko Festival" that I'm invited to every year. So now he has Highway Series Parlor in Spruce Colour

Shutoku Mukai uses the Fender American Ultra II Telecaster, as evidenced by its appearance during the ZAZEN BOYS performance at the Fender Flagship Tokyo presentation. This guitar, in Avalanche color, has been consistently seen in various photos from concerts since June 2025, including performances such as "ZAZEN BOYS × PEDRO" on April 11, 2025, at Shibuya CLUB QUATTRO and "70号室の住人 LIVE!!!!" on August 9, 2025, with Perfume and ZAZEN BOYS. Further proof is provided by a live video from June 28, 2025, at Ebisu The Garden Hall, produced by THE PERMANENT PICTURES, showcasing Mukai with the guitar.

In a special interview featured in the April 2021 issue of Guitar Magazine, titled "90s Alternative Revolution," Shutoku Mukai is confirmed to own a Fender Japan TL69-115. This information is derived from a conversation between Mukai and Yoshino Hisashi, as shown in the magazine clipping.

During Number Girl's performance at Akasaka BLITZ (赤坂BLITZ) on July 25, 2002, Shutoku Mukai's pedalboard is visible at the 1:05 mark, during which you can see a MM4 Modulation pedal, as well as a Electro-Harmonix Octave Multiplexer, on Mukai's pedalboard (alongside his Line 6 DL4).