©Ayako Yamamoto
Born in Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture.
At the age of 10, he won first place in the elementary school division of the 72nd All-Japan Student Music Competition, and also won the Usatsuka Award and the Togi Award.
At the age of 11, he won first place and the Virtuoso Award in the under-14 division at the 18th Kloster-Schönthal International Violin Competition in Germany.
In 2020, he participated in the charity concert "United in Music," organized by Shlomo Mintz and organized by UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) to support refugees affected by COVID-19, as part of a team of musicians from 30 countries around the world.
At the age of 13, he won first place in the junior high school division of the 75th All-Japan Student Music Competition, and also won the Usatsuka Award, Togi Award, Music Encouragement Award, and Yokohama Citizen's Award (Audience Award).
The following year, he will perform Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 1 with the Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Tatsuya Shimono at the Okaya Charity Concert sponsored by Okaya Koki. In 2023, he will perform Bruch's Scottish Fantasia under the baton of Ryuichiro Sonoda at the same concert.
1st place in the 17 and under division of the 19th Beethoven International Violin Competition in 2024. 2nd place in the 93rd Japan Music Competition.
After graduating from Aichi University of Education's Okazaki Junior High School, she is currently a scholarship student in the first year of the music department at Toho Girls' High School.
He has studied under Eriko Ichikawa and Aya Hirata, and has studied under Takashi Shimizu since he was five years old.