Youichirou Yoshikawa

Yoshikawa Youichirou was part of the band "Yapoos" between 1985 and 1993. During that time, he released six CDs and many video clips, and held a number of national tours.

He was also active as a solo artist, working on ambient music and TV commercials. He also created considerable broadcasting music for various programs, such as NHK's "the Miracle Planet" and "News 10", as well as producing and contributing music to artists like Princess Princess, Agnes Chan and Saito Yuki. After 1982, he worked on music for Sankai Juku with Takashi Kako and YAS-KAZ. The latest series from Sankai Juku is scheduled for world premier in May 2008 at Theatre de la Ville in Paris.

April 2005: Assumed position as specially-appointed professor for Kurashiki Sakuyo University - Sakuyo Junior College, Faculty of Music, Music Design Department.

Began producing the DVD footage of Sankai Juku productions in 2006.

(Source: AniDB)

Twitter: @yoichiro_y