Shakuhachi performer of the Kinko school and the third iemoto of the Kominato school of minyō (folksong)

Akihisa Kominato studied under the late Living National Treasure Gorō Yamaguchi and graduated from the Department of Traditional Music at the Tokyo University of the Arts. He made his major debut on Avex in 2004. He serves as tourism ambassador for the city of Sugagawa in Fukushima Prefecture and as producer of Blends, the series of programmes broadcast by NHK featuring music played on Japanese traditional instruments.