Began playing guitar since childhood under the influence of the musician's father and is familiar with extensive world music including jazz and South American music.
In 1998, she formed the orange pekoe with the vocalist Nagashima Tomoko. Sales of the first album exceeded 350,000 copies, and since then, they have gained wide support for CD releases and live performances not only in Japan but also in Asian countries and North America.
In 2011, his first solo album «SUN DANCE» was released. The title song that expresses the dynamism of over 25 minutes in the trio greeted by Yoichi Okabe (per) and Sei Kudo (b) becomes a hot topic. After that, Carlos Agile (p, vo) from Argentina, Genato Mota & Patricia Robert (vo) from Brazil, Satoshi Kitamura (bandoneon), etc. from Brazil, «Dialogues» recorded mainly on duo performance, Brazil centering on the trio `` My Native Land '' centered on the quartet with songs from Andre Memari (p), Asuka Kaneko (violin), Yoshiaki Sato (accordion), Tomoharu Sawada (Choro Club / b), Released duo «Wavenir» with pianist Shihiro Ito.
And in 2016, with the trio with Masaki Hayashi (p) and Toru Nishijima (b) as the axis, «FLOW» (SPIRAL RECORDS) welcomed Silvia Iriondo (vo) from Argentina and Joana Keiros (Clarinet) from Brazil. release. Based on jazz, it develops a new form of chamber music that draws on the nourishment of the earth from a wide variety of folkloric music.
Song writing with shadows that converge various musical features with modernity brought about by agile sensations, and from the spatial guitar play to dynamic play using open tuning, the musicality is highly evaluated Have earned.
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