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Born in Kobe Japan, He started playing drums and piano at age 5. When he
was studying classic percussions at Osaka College of Music, he began to
work professionally with several symphony orchestra and jazz groups around
Osaka area.
In 1998, After he graduated from Osaka College of Music, he won Berklee
Asian scholarship to attend the Berklee College of Music. While at
Berklee, he studied with world class drummers includes Dave Weckl, Jamie
Haddad, Joe Hunt and others. He also performed and recorded with many well
known artist such as Tiger Okoshi, Eddie Henderson, Hiromi Uehara, Dave
Samuels, Bruce Saunders, Phil Wilson, Greg Hopkins and many others. In 2002
he graduated from Berklee College of Music. In 2002 he received several
awards such as Down Beat Magazine "Jazz Instrumental Group Outstanding
Performance Award" "1st Prize Long Beach Jazz Search Competition
Winners"(2004). He is performing all over the world includes his own group
Ko Kanza Trio (in Japan), Florian Weber Group(in Germany), world-famous
jazz festivals such as North Sea Jazz Festival 2002 (in Holland), Kansai
International Jazz Festival 2002 (in Japan), Korean Jazz Festival 2004.
In 2003, he moved to Los Angeles. He performed with high profile artists
include Dave Carpenter, Bob Sheppard, Luis Conte, Jimmy
Haslip, Otmaro Ruiz, David Garfield, Sandro Albert, Brandon Fields,
Carlitos Del Puerto, Renato Neto, Steve Tavaglione, Larry Steen, Mike
Valerio, Steve Huffsteter, Michito Sanchez, Michael O' Neil, and many
others. He also performed, recorded music for TV movie, pop music with
well-known film comporser Phil Giffin, singer Kate Markowitz.
In 2006 March, he moved back to Japan, he start performing with Takehisa
Tanaka Trio, Makoto Kuriya Gruop and many others.
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