Yuki’s Musicians
This page lists the musicians who have performed songs written by Yuki Kajiura. More to come.
Akagi, Rie
赤木りえ Born in June 10
Rie Akagi is a popular recording artist, arranger, composer, and performer, who is recognized as one of the leading jazz flutists in Japan. Born into a musical family, she began piano studies at age 5 and flute studies at age 9. During her university years she developed a strong interest in various styles of music such as jazz and Latin music, pop styles. She has had numerous performances and appearances on radio and TV in addition to her regular touring schedule. She has performed with artists such as Tito Puente, Chevere, Poncho Sanchez Group, Makinto and has participated in many international jazz festivals and Latin music festivals. She has already recorded and produced 10 of her personal recordings since 1984.
While working with Yuki kajiura she performed in album such as See-Saw Dream Field, Chiba Saeko Everything and Melody, FictionJunction YUUKA circus, and in soundtracks such as, .hack//SIGN OST 1, .hack//Liminality OST 1, Noir Blanc Dans Noir, Madlax OST 1 and 2, El Cazador OST 1, Tsubasa Chronicle Future Soundscape I, II,III, Elemental Gerad OST 1 and 2. Mai-Otome OST 1.
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Berliner, Jay
Birth date unknown
Jay Berliner was born in Brooklyn, New York and is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music. Following school he returned to New York City where, over the past twenty years, he has played on over 10,000 recordings ranging from phonograph records to commercial jingles to motion pictures and television. For five consecutive years he won “Most Valuable Player Award for Best Acoustic Guitar Player” from NARAS (National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences). With Yuki he has played acoustic guitar in the songs “winter” and “canta per me” of the album Fiction.
Goldstein, Gil
Born in 1950
He began studying accordion at age 5, but later moved on to cello and piano. He studied at the Berklee College of Music and by 1973 was working with Pat Metheny, Lee Konitz, and others. He started with the Gil Evans Orchestra in the early 1980s and also worked with Wayne Shorter. He has also worked in films. He resumed doing occasional accordion work in the 1980s. Goldstein is credited with composing the music for the 1994 film Radio Inside. He has won three Grammy Awards two of which came from his production and arrangement credits for Michael Brecker’s Wide Angles album (2003). In 2007 he co-released an album Your Songs: The Music of Elton John. Goldstein is currently a professor at New York University. With Yuki he played accordion in the songs “canta per me” and “winter” of her album Fiction
Kasahara, Ayano
笠原あやの Birth date unknown
Ayano Kasahara is a japanese cello player. Ayano Kasahara started out on the cello at the age of 6. After graduating from the Senzoku College of Music, she attended the Ensemble Diploma Course at the Toho College of Music. In 1993, she won a prize at the Tateshina Music Festival. Based on classical performance in symphonies and chamber orchestras, she has participated in studio sessions of pop artists, and has extended her range of activity. While working with Yuki Kajiura she played cello in Chiba Saeko’s albums Everything and Melody as well as in many soundtracks like Noir OST 1 and Noir blanc dans Noir, Madlax OST 2, Le Portrait de Petit Cossette OST, Erementar Gerad OST I and II, Mai Otome OST 1 and 2, Mai-Hime OST 1 and 2, Tsubasa Chronicle Future Soundscape I, II and IV. She also played in Xenosaga Episode III: Also Sprach Zarathustra Original Sound Best Tracks.
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Konno, Hitoshi
今野均 Birth date unknown
Hitoshi Konno is a violin player. He began playing violin from the age of 5. He started stage appearances and recordings while he was attending the Tokyo Music University. After graduating he participated in various artists’ stage supports, movies, and dramas. In recent years he activites broadened to live performances overseas, song arrangements, and soundtrack producing. He played music in, Utakata, Vampire Knight, Darwin ga kita! Soundtrack, Nobita and the Legend of the Green Giant, MOONLIGHT MILE, (TV series), and Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto.With Yuki he worked in many soundtracks like Noir, Xenosaga II - Zenaku no Higan, Tsubasa Chronicle, Elementar Gerad, Mai-HiME, Le Portrait de Petite Cosette, MADLAX, .hack//SIGN, El Cazador as well as in lives like Yuki’s concert in Anime Expo 2003 in USA and Animemagic 2004 in Germany, Revo&Yuki Kajiura: Dream Port (concerts) and Yuki Kajiura LIVE VOL#2.
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Nishikawa, Susumu
西川進 Born in July 9
Susumu Nishikawa is a professional guitarist and producer. He was born in Yawata, Kyoto. He has worked with many many artists since 1986 , among them are: Shiina Ringo, Do As Infinity, Suga Shikao, Hamasaki Ayumi, Shimatani Hitomi, Horie Yui, Angela Aki, Kouda Mariko, misono, Kitade Nana, Nagai Mariko, Nakamura Ayumi and many others. As producer he has worked with The Turtles, KOKIA and OLIVIA.While working with Yuki Kajiura he has played music in See-Saw (Dream Field, early best, Kimi ga Ita Monogatari), in Life Goes On sung by Mika Arisaka , in the album “Fiction”, in FictionJunction’s YUUKA albums Destination and circus. He has also played music and/or arranged songs in Chiba Saeko’s albums “Everything” and “Melody”. Moreover we can hear his electric guitar in Yuki’s soundtracks such as hack//Liminality, hack//SIGN OST 1, 2, Madlax OST 2 and Tsubasa Chronicle’s Future Soundscape I, II. .He also performed in Yuki’s concert in Anime Expo 2003 in USA.
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O’Sullivan, Jerry
Birth date unknown
Jerry O’Sullivan was born in New York City to an Irish-American mother and a father from Dublin of Ireland. His melodic mastery, subtlety and expression of the instrument made him America’s premier uilleann piper. Jerry has appeared on more than 90 albums and has performed or recorded with many artists. He has also recorded a number of film soundtracks . Jerry has toured extensively in the United States and Europe and has even played as far afield as Japan and Israel. With Yuki he played uilleann pipes in her album Fiction (cynical world, open your heart, red rose) as well as in Xenosaga Episode III: Also Sprach Zarathustra Original Sound Best Tracks.Official Site
Suganuma, Kozo
菅沼孝三 Birth date unknown
A native of Osaka, Japan. Kozo Suganuma, began playing drums at the age of eight. At the age of ten he appeared on several Japanese TV shows as the Genius Kid Drummer. He became a professional drummer at the age of fifteen and has done many studio recordings and concerts tours.He runs his drum school, Kozo Suganuma Drum Dojo at 6 places in Japan. Because of his amazing technique, Kozo has been given the name “The king of many strokes TE KA ZU OH”. He has been played with many artists from Jpan, America, and other countries. Kozo is also an extemely active drum clinician since not only does drum clinics all over Japan but in the abroad too. Apart from CDs, he has released instructional videos, DVDs, and books. While working with Yuki, he played in the songs cynical world, fiction, vanity, of her solo album “Fiction”.Official Site
Tomoharu, Takahashi “Jr.”
高橋“Jr”知治 Born in 1968
Takahashi “Jr.” Tomoharu is a japanese bass player, composer, and producer born in Milano, Italy. In 1991, Tomoharu formed a group called The Rocks.”Omoide kakimawashite mo” was released in 1991,went on to become the theme for the japanese action movie “Toho Kenbunroku”. He was also member of the bands Girl U need, JUNGAPOP, MIYAKE, SHINJI BAND, and GIBIER du MARI. Moreover he has worked primarily as a session musician and has played with, ULFULS, T.M.Revolution, hyde, Ken Hirai, Namie Amuro, Shinji Miyake. With Yuki Kajiura he has played with See-Saw, FictionJunction YUUKA, as well as in many soundtracks such as .hack//SIGN OST 1, Hokuto no Ken OST, Elemental Gerad OST 1 and 2, Mai Hime OST 2, Tsubasa Chronicle Future soundscape II, III, IV, and El Cazador de la Bruja OST 1, 2.
