Outstanding shakuhachi player, composer and a director of musical plays

Kenichi Tajima graduated from the Department of Traditional Music at the Tokyo University of the Arts in 2006 and served as assistant at the university between 2009 and 2012. He was awarded the Newcomers’ Prize at the 69th Arts Festival sponsored by the Agency for Cultural Affairs in 2014. He is general director of the comedy band Yurubito and head of the Ken’ichi Tajima Music Theatre Ensemble. He is also a member of the Aioi Wagakki Orchestra and of the Japan Sankyoku Association.