Brasil Game Show 2026 ended with a serious soundtrack. Shota Nakama (@shotarist), founder of the Video Game Orchestra (@vgoonline), played three shows at the fair from October 10 to 12, each at 7 PM, with symphonic rock arrangements of video game music. SavePoint met him at the SBT Games booth during the event.

Who is Shota Nakama

Born in Okinawa, Japan, Nakama is a guitarist, arranger and producer. A graduate of Berklee College of Music and the Boston Conservatory, he founded VGO in Boston in 2008 to bring game soundtracks to the stage with a rock band, singers and an orchestra. He has also worked on music production for franchises such as Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts.

VGO’s band at BGS 2026

For the shows in Brazil, Nakama put together a lineup packed with well-known names from Brazilian rock and metal:

• Shota Nakama – producer and guitar – @shotarist
• Renan Zonta – vocals – @renanzonta. Singer of Curitiba band Electric Mob, he reached a wider audience on The Voice Brasil.
• Vitor Zafer – violin – @vitorzafer. Composer and conductor with credits on Netflix, Disney, Amazon and HBO productions.
• Jéssica Falchi – guitar – @falchi.jessica. Guitarist for Korzus, formerly of death metal band Crypta.
• Pedro Tinello – drums – @pedrotinello. Drummer and teacher with more than 180,000 YouTube subscribers.
• Felipe Andreoli – bass – @felipeandreoli. Bassist of Angra, one of the biggest names in Brazilian metal.
• Fabio Laguna – keyboards – @_fabio_laguna_

Three nights of game music

After the first show, VGO thanked the Brazilian crowd on social media and called the run unforgettable, while Nakama said the band assembled for BGS sounded “insanely great”. If you missed it, photos and videos are on the orchestra’s official profile and on the VGO YouTube channel.

Source: Video Game Orchestra.