Tomohiro Yahiro
Tomohiro Yahiro ( Japanese 八 尋 知 洋 , Yahiro Tomohiro ; * 1961 in Tokyo ) is a Japanese percussionist .
Live and act
Yahiro grew up in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria , where he played in various local rock bands. In 1979 he returned to Japan, where he made his debut as a professional musician in 1980. He became a member of the rock bands Jagatara and S-Ken & Hot Bomboms and worked with musicians such as Joe Hisaishi , Toru Takemitsu , Lisa Ono , Minako Yoshida , Taeko Onuki , Masashi Sada and Tokiko Kato .
As a jazz musician he performed a. a. with Yosuke Yamashita , Shigeharu Mukai , Kazumi Watanabe , Fumio Itabashi and Kazutoki Umezu . In 2004, together with Aska Kaneko , Gerardo Di Giusto and Carlos Buschini, he founded the Japanese-Argentine jazz-tango quartet Gaia , which recorded three CDs.
Yahiro forms the Duo Dos Orientales with the Uruguayan accordionist Hugo Fattoroso , and he works in other duo formations with Gladston Galliza , Tyrone Hashimoto and Yoshiro Nakamura . He also performs as a solo percussionist on tours through Japan and at percussion festivals.
Discography
- Garota de Ipanema , Phonogram, HH 1986
- Gaia Cuatro: Gaia , 2004
- Tomohiro Yahiro & Os Amarelos , 2005
- Gaia Cuatro: Udin , 2006
- Hugo Fattoruso & Tomohiro Yahiro: Dos Orientales , 2008
- Gladston Galliza & Tomohiro Yahiro: Em Duo e ao vivo! , 2009
- Gaia Cuatro: Haruka , 2010
- Dos Orientales: Orienta , 2011
Web links
- Tomohiro Yahiro's website
- Tomohiro Yahiro at Discogs (English)
- Literature by and about Tomohiro Yahiro in the catalog of the German National Library
- The Japan Foundation: Arts and Cultural Exchange - Mio Matsuda, Tomohiro Yahiro, Hugo Fattoruso South-America Concert Tour Trans-Criolla ( Memento from November 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Yahiro, Tomohiro |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 八 尋 知 洋 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese jazz and rock percussionist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tokyo |