Musicians biographies

CloisteredFlame said:
Nakahare Naomi was born in Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture. She had discovered Irish dance through her class activities while in elementary school and was drawn to the music, so began playing the whistle and uilleann pipes. She graduated from the Department of Musicology at the Tokyo University of the Arts. During university, she founded the Intercollegiate Celtic Festival (ICF), a three-day music and dance event for Irish music lovers, and served as its representative until the third festival. She released two CDs with her harp-playing partner in the group, Namaume. Also, as a member of the Irish band LADY Chieftains, she performed with the Irish national treasure band The Chieftains, who came to Japan on tour to celebrate their 50th anniversary.

She has participated in various recordings, including the NHK morning drama "Hanako and Anne," the live-action film "Kiki's Delivery Service," and the TV anime "Saihate no Paladin." She has also participated in several soundtrack lives including for "Majo no Takkyuubin Original soundtrack", "Hanako to Anne Original Soundtrack 1" & "Hanako to Anne Original Soundtrack 2" in 2015, and the "WORLD OF FINAL FANTASY Original Soundtrack" in 2016, where in addition to the uillean pipes, she played the tin whistle and low whistle.

Her first collaboration with Yuki Kajiura was the LIVE vol #15 ~Soundtrack Special at the Ampitheater~ in June of 2020, and later she was part of the LIVE vol #16 Soundtrack Special at Osaka in 2021, and most recently was prominently featured at KajiFes 2023, Yuki Kajiura's 30th anniversary concert.

She states on her Twitter that she also plays the piano, keyboard, and harmonica, though she has also played the tin whistle.

Links:
YouTube = https://youtube.com/@namaimoan?si=BE2wgYK4eqxCUjis
Twitter = https://x.com/namaimoan
Blog = https://namaume.jugem.jp/
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Go ahead with this.
 
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Well looking at vol 21's musicians seems like we don't have profiles for 小林知弘 Tomohiro Kobayashi (Viola), and 奥泉貴圭 Takayoshi Okuizumi (Cello) or you can make for Emiko Suzuki, LINO LEIA and rito are also missing.
 
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She was born in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture on April 26, 1991 and started playing the violin at the age of 5.

Won the gold prize at the 8th Kyushu Music Competition. Won third place at the 62nd All Japan Student Music Competition Fukuoka.
Performed at the 51st Kitakyushu Arts Festival Classical Concert and won the Grand Prize and the Prefectural Governor's Award. As a bonus, participated in the "Euro Nippon Music Festival" held in Bordeaux, France. Attended the ACROS Fukuoka Violin Seminar in 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2008. Participated in the Seiji Ozawa Music Academy Opera Project. Performed in many concerts on and off campus, including chamber music and orchestra. Also appeared in many music programs, promotional videos, and live performances as a support artist.

Studied under Shinozaki Eiiku, Nishiwada Yu, and Kageyama Seiji. Also under Sawa Kazuki, Kawaguchi Elisa, and Ogawa Yukiko.
Also started viola when entering university and studied under Ichitsubo Toshihiko. Studied chamber music under Kono Fumiaki, Ichitsubo Toshihiko, and Ozeki Hiroaki.

Graduated from Seinan Jogakuin High School and also Tokyo University of the Arts.

Live, Support, Recording, Works:
Sarah Brightman, Eikichi Yazawa, Ryuichi Kawamura, Shogo Hamada, PENICILLIN, Ringo Shiina, May.J, Nogizaka46, Nana Mizuki, Takuma Terashima, Eri Kitamura, Natsuko Asou, .7 (Dot Seven), LE VELVETS

With Yuki Kajiura/FictionJunction/Kalafina, Ayaka participated in, among others:
  • The Kalafina LIVE TOUR 2017「Kalafina “9+ONE”」
  • Yuki Kajiura Live vol.#14 ～25th Anniversary Special～ (June 30 – July 22, 2018)
  • FJ Station Fan Club Talk & Live vol.#1 July 18, 24, August 4, 2020 (with Hikaru as Guest).
Please populate all the missing YK-related lives as I don't know them all. She was the one in the Principal Principal live with that other group, right?
 
This info was mostly from her old blog and Twitter and bit from this forum too (on the lives, but not exhaustive).

She was also part of this anniversary live, I saw the pics and couldn't place the show, so please add it too.

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