Tsugaru shamisen player

SHINOBU KAWASHIMA

Born in Kasama City, Ibaraki Prefecture. Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Department of Traditional Japanese Music.
She studied Tsugaru shamisen under Mitsugi Sasaki from the age of three and has won the top prize in Japan four times.
He has studied nagauta shamisen under Goshiro Kineya and min'yo under Kiyomi Ishikawa.
His taste for pop music blossomed during his childhood, when he performed abroad and appeared in the media, and he participated in the back band of Sachiko Kobayashi at the Saitama Super Arena and in the arrangement/recording of the new Kabuki film "Lupin III" to be released in December 2023.
As the head of the Sasaki Kogi-ryu Kosakurakai, he is also known for his teaching ability, having produced many prize winners in national competitions, and his multi-creativity is highly regarded, and he is active in many other fields, including lecturing at universities (Tokyo University of the Arts, Shizuoka University of Art and Culture, Meijo University, etc.) on the academic side.

Her solo project "CHiLi GiRL" has been featured in NTV's "Buzz Rhythm 02" and "non-no" magazine, and she will tour Singapore in December 2023 and Japan and the U.S. in 2024, and is currently broadcasting the theme song "MAGIC HOUR" for the NACK5 radio station "NACK5 Tokoraji".