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Tomoko grew up with musical instruments, such as piano and trumpet. She learned to play the taiko and shinobue(bamboo flute) of Edo-Bayashi(a kind of Japanese traditional music) and joined YUGENTEI-TAMASUKE-SHACHU(one of the groups performing Japanese traditional music at various occasions such as weddings) as a taiko player. After the training for two years at KODO Apprentice Center, she has energetically composed and played live in ensemble. Currently, she has been studying Noh-kan(also bamboo flute) and shinobue with Mr. Yukihiro Isou who is renowned as a shinobue player of Noh-play(a Japanese traditional play with singing and slow dance).
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