Akira Ishikawa & Count Buffaloes has been played over 20 times on NTS, first on 2 August 2015. Akira Ishikawa & Count Buffaloes's music has been featured on 19 episodes.

Akira Ishikawa, a drummer who led new jazz bands from the late 1960s to the 1970s and his jazz-rock band Count Buffaloes.

Their work incorporates various elements such as rock, funk, and afro bringing experimental elements to jazz, and also serves as a backing for pop songs. Ishikawa died in 2002.