Ryoue Takagi

Composer

Hichiriki

Graduated from Soai University Music department composition course and  
postgraduate course. 
She studied composition under Mr. Teizo Matsumura and Mr. Mitsuo Yamada. 
She has composed many works such as game music, soundtrack, religious 
music and music composition of the education institution.
She  has exhibited music at "Kyoto international music festival" "Osaka art 
theater" "The international flower and a green exhibition".Her main music works 
are "Finals fantasy 1", "Bio hazard zero", "Front mission
 the first", "Disney sea", "Digital Monster", "Tamagocchi", "the 750 anniversary 
of Sinran's death / music Buddhist memorial service"and "sound programs of 
Dragon Quest". She has participated on the 30th anniversary of diplomatic 
relations normalization performance  at Shanghai and Beijing, Osaka 
international festival, Poland international cantata festival and New Zealand 
Japan festival as a gagaku player. 
She performs activity widely inside and outside the country.

Minako Arai

Voice

She is "Instrumental Mega Pixel Voice player", and wants "The music to be 
able to see colors and a picture " or "The music to penetrate cells and a heart". 
She always performs improvisation as one musician over all genres.
She performs at many country jazz festivasl,  concert  and Live music clubs 
(Shinjuku Pitin Yokohama Airgin etc.).
She has co-starred with Mr. Masahiko Sato, Mr. Kang Tae Hwan and other 
foreign  and domestic artists.
She released 4 pieces of albums including "BO-JO" chondrule.
She is a composer and a arranger for  "M-Cha FANTASY".   Also she plays 
together with Mr. Khorey Deguchi or Mr. Katsuyuki Itakurar.  
She work in collaboration with Mr. Takuo Kochi (modern music composer), 
and she is active widely on impromptu jazz music and modern music.  

Seiichi Yamamura

Percussionist

Composer

He creates music by using traditional percussion instruments such 
as the Brazilian berimbau and the steel pan of Trinidad and Tobago, 
and many others.
In 1994, he performanced in Brazil.  
He also performed the one-man musical drama "Yume no Shirase" for which 
the Drama Festival in Japan awarded him the "Special Prize." 
For this performance, he also received the award "Yancya Taisho" from 
Osaka-fu and performed it in Mongolia.  
In 1997, his solo CD "Voice of TEN" was released.
He participated in a performance of chikamatsu theater in the Republic 
of Korea, supervised the music in "100 Age Movie Festival of Kobe" as 
a musical director, and participated in "Pantomime Festival," the musical 
"Lion King," and performed in the Takefu International Music Festival.
In 2000, his CD "Liguru" was released, which features steel pans.
He composed music for Children's Theatrical Company, musicals, and puppet 
plays, and is very active in school performances, recording with various 
kinds of artists, as a composer, workshops, event producer, and director 
of concerts. 

Masayo Hirota

Bassist
acoustics
& electric

Played rock, fusion, funk, and other 
styles as an electric bass player. 
Afterward, she experienced various kinds of performances and became 
a pupil of acoustic bassist Mr. Shintaro Nakamura, and began to play jazz. 
She also studied with Mr. Yuji Onishi of Kyoto-shi Symphony Orchestra.  
She formed the women's trio "Hanna" and began to play "A.J.Z." (Anijazz) 
for animation music in jazz. 
She joined "Musette" and "Traveler of Sound," to play world folk music 
and dance music.  
She regularly performs with many kinds of musicians in different genres.  
In addition, she is active as a composer and arranger and makes 
computer music.

Yasuhiro Minamizawa

Sitar

In 1986, charmed with the sacred place 
called Benares of North India, he became fascinated by the mysterious 
art of deep improvisation and the stringed instrument sitar and began to 
began to study sitar from artist Ms. Shrawani Biswas.
In 1995, he participated in the music group "The Tenkoo Orchestra"
who mainly play traditional musical instruments from various parts 
of the world.   
In 1996, toured together with the excellent pakhawaj player 
Mr. Shrikant Mishra.
Afterward, he was very active playing Indian music in Japan, and did 
sessions with musicians of other genres and Butoh dancers. 
In 1997, 1998, and 2000, he appeared in the Glasston Valley Festival with 
"The Tenkoo Orchestra" and toured the UK.        

Masaaki Takano

Drummer

Percussionist

When he was 20 years old he became 
a pupil of Mr. Katsuhiko Kawase and Mr. Kozo Suganuma, and studied 
drumming. 
He later won the best drummer prize at the "Yamaha 8.8 Rock Day."
He participated in projects of rock artists of Mr. Masahiro Kuwana,
Mr. Amano Sho, and others. 
 He has a unique feeling and nuance for performance techniques with various 
musicians as a percussionist.
He does live performance activity and does studio work with many 
artists in jazz, Latin music, world music, Japanese drumming, 
and others.