An African musical instrument / thumb piano and South Kyushu plate shamisen / Gottan performer. He majored in Swahili at university, and while he was practicing music in various parts of Africa, he opened up a unique world by electrifying traditional instruments independently. The activities were also introduced in French AFP and English BBC. He also worked on making music with local musical instruments Gottan and Kagoshima dialect. Last year, he performed with his band, Quattro Minimal, in nine locations in the Americas, including New York, Mexico City and Buenos Aires. In charge of theme songs for NHK “Delusional Japanese Cuisine” and MBC “Tegetegue”.
● At Osaka University of Foreign Studies (currently Osaka University), majored in African regional culture and Swahili, and studied Tanzania thumb piano performance and tone. He studied Rimba in the late Fukuwe Zawose, who served as the principal performer of the Tanzanian National Dance Company, and Mbira in Zimbabwe's Garikai Tiricorti.
Even after graduation, he continued fieldwork related to thumb pianos, such as Electric Rikenbe (Democratic Republic of the Congo), Kalimba (Malawi), Rukeme (Uganda), and Cancobella (Zambia).
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