About Me

Yukihiko Yotsukura

Musician, sound artist, and practitioner of folk performing arts (such as ritual Shishi-mai (lion dance) and Onikenbai (sword dance)) based in Tohoku, Japan.

His work is informed by the folklore of the Tohoku region, exploring how traditions, land, and daily life shape sound and perception.

Through ambient and improvised music, he engages with space, boundaries, and resonance, as well as the subtle shifts within everyday life and the culture of shared tea time..

His practice moves between personal expression and communal tradition, seeking a deeper listening to the present moment.

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Contact
yukkin.y@gmail.com

Main Activities

• 2019: Released the compilation EP "Musics for Bamboos" with Nami Sato.

• March 2022: Released the collaborative EP "Kikoetekuru Naminoyouni - EP" with BoomPam (Israel) as Spirit of Tohoku (featuring Eimi Shirasaki, ex-Shang Shang Typhoon, Gyozanryu-Mitobe Shishi Odori, Yukihiko Yotukura).

• September 2022: Performed in Israel as BoomPam + Spirit of Tohoku.

• May 2023: Participated as a Shinobue(Japanese bamboo flute) and Wadaiko(Japanese Drum) player in Maia Hirasawa's "Boom! Unite".
  

• Oct 2025: Released the collaboration single "Resonance#1" with Kita Kohei

• March 2026: Released the collaboration album "静寂光りて Shijima Hikarite" with Kita Kohei

Other activities:

• Since 2008, active as a guitarist in the folk ambient duo "Coupie".

• Since 2012, active as a guitarist in the experimental improvisational music unit "Jai Machine".

• Since 2011, involved in creating Japanese taiko drums with the "Ogatsu Date no Kurofune Taiko Preservation Society".

• Since 2013, participating in the "Ogatsu Dobayashi Shishimai Misosaku Association".

• Since 2023, involved in folk and regional performing arts with the "Sendai Oni Kenbai Enthusiasts' Association".