Agent of K "Hangman's Reel"
I was born at Shibuya in Tokyo in December 1962. My childhood was spent in Ikeda City in Osaka. Before I get Married, I was living in Yokohama City in Kanagawa . When my father went to the United States of America by the business trip, he bought me
John Denver's LP record.
Then I came to interest in traditional music of the United States such as Old-time Music. I knew Old-time Music after graduation from a high school listened to the LP record of Plankroad, Then, it was very impressive for me.
The banjo is my first instrument on Old-time music. I am playing the banjo from about 20 years. I wanted Open back banjo. But, I couldn't find a good banjo in Japan. So, I bought a banjo kit from the musical instruments store in the United States, and I was build by myself. I use this banjo preferably .
I came to play the fiddle mainly from summer in 1986. (My first trip to the United States.)
Now, I am playing the fiddle on Agent of K , Thio Cyaan and Kitchen Witches . I live with my husband in Saitama City in Saitama Pref. near by Tokyo. He is wonderful bass player.
I had been appearing on play during November 8 from October 17, 2000. There is a dramatic company of Subaru in Tokyo. It presented the 'The grapes of wrath' of the John Steinbeck original. John Dillon production. I appeared as a musician who played the OLD-TIME fiddle.
December, 2000, a ground prize was awarded to this 'The grapes of wrath' in the National art festival in Japan.
