He was born in Nagasaki, Japan and  began studying  piano at the age of 12.

He moved to London after graduating the Soai university where he studied under Prof.Kazuko Ina,

a pupil of  Whilhelm Kempff.

He gained his Performing Diploma from the Royal Academy of Music in London.

 

In 1999, he was diagnosed with Focal Dystonia in his left hand , right hand in later years.

It was a continuous process of trial and error for many years.

In 2015, Daniil Trifonov's playing style inspired him to find the solution for this long-lasting problem.

He overcame focal dystonia in his both hands and plays solo,chamber music,accompaniment throughout Japan at present.

 

He studied piano with Kazuko Ina , Aaron shorr, Benjamin Kaplan and Peter Feuchtwanger,

and studied accompaniment for German lied with German pianist Karin Mikami.

Additionally,he has participated in masterclasses given by Kazimierz Gierzod, Joseph Paratore,

Peter Lang, Dina Yoffe, Klaus Hellwig,Frank Wibaut, Jörg Demus and Bernt Zack.

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