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MUSICIANS


In 2025, the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra celebrated its 114th anniversary as Japan’s first symphony orchestra. With about 160 musicians, Tokyo Phil regularly performs both symphonies and operas. Tokyo Phil is proud to have appointed Maestro Myung-Whun Chung, who has been conducting the orchestra since 2001, as Honorary Music Director, Maestro Andrea Battistoni as Chief Conductor, and Maestro Mikhail Pletnev as Special Guest Conductor.
Tokyo Phil has established its world-class reputation through its subscription concert series, regular opera and ballet assignments at the New National Theatre, and a full, ever in-demand musical agenda around Japan and the world, including broadcasting with NHK Broadcasting Corporation, various educational programs, and tours abroad.
While Tokyo Phil is a frequent recipient of the ACA National Arts Festival Award in Japan, its recordings have been highly acclaimed internationally, winning the "OPUS KLASSIK 2021" award in the symphonic category (20th-21st century).
Tokyo Phil has partnerships with Bunkamura Orchard Hall, the Bunkyo Ward in Tokyo, Chiba City, Karuizawa Cho in Nagano, and Nagaoka City in Niigata, and also cooperation agreement with Kariya City in Aichi.

      

(As of May 2025 / Photo by Takafumi Ueno)




MUSICIANS

◎Principal ○Assistant Principal ☆Vorspieler

Concertmaster

  • Kaoru Kondo
  • Akihiro Miura
  • Masanobu Yoda

Assistant concertmaster

  • Natsumi Tsuboi

First Violin

  • Saori Koike☆
  • Namo Sakakibara☆
  • Yoshiko Hiratsuka☆
  • Yoshiyuki Asami
  • Eri Urata
  • Keiko Kagesawa
  • Hikaru Kato
  • Masaaki Sakaguchi
  • Saku Suzuki
  • Akino Takada
  • Hideko Tanaka
  • Mitsuko Tochimoto
  • Miki Nakazawa
  • Hiroko Nakamaru
  • Ikumi Hirosawa
  • Satoko Hirota
  • Misako Fujise

Second Violin

  • Masayoshi Fujimura◎
  • Masayuki Miyakawa◎
  • Mayuko Takase☆
  • Chigusa Ishihara
  • Machiko Idehara
  • Kei Ota
  • Rie Kasai
  • Mieko Sato
  • Yuuka Hondo
  • Yuko Yamashiro
  • Tomoko Yoshida
  • Akiko Yoshinaga
  • Suwako Wakai
  • Minako Watanabe

Viola

  • Koichi Komine ◎
  • Sachiko Suda ◎
  • Daisuke Kato○
  • Yui Imagawa☆
  • Aya Sugiura☆
  • Chie Ito
  • Ayako Okayasu
  • Mariko Sowa
  • Eiko Takahashi
  • Keisuke Nakajima
  • Tazuko Hirumi
  • Atsuko Furuno
  • Naoko Murakami
  • Masaharu Morita

Cello

  • Hiroyuki Kanaki◎
  • Makoto Hattori◎
  • Tatsuki Watanabe◎
  • Misaki Kurokawa☆
  • Masashi Korai☆
  • Go Ishikawa
  • Mao Ouchi
  • Tetsu Ota
  • Takehide Kikuchi
  • Yoshinobu Sasaki
  • Yoko Hasegawa
  • Fuzuki Watanabe

Contrabass

  • Yumeji Kataoka◎
  • Iwahisa Kuroki◎
  • Shuichiro Endo
  • Kayano Ogasawara
  • Yoshiteru Okamoto
  • Ryota Oguri
  • Maya Kumagai
  • Masahiko Sugawara
  • Tomomi Tanabe
  • Motomasa Nakamura

Flute

  • Yuya Kanda◎
  • Kazushi Saito◎
  • Yanami Sakahashi

Oboe

  • Bunkichi Arakawa◎
  • Masashi Satake◎
  • Madoka Yoshino◎
  • Ayaka Okamura
  • Maki Sugimoto
  • Sayaka Wakabayashi

Clarinet

  • Tomomi Kubota ◎
  • Alessandro Beverari ◎
  • Li-Ling Lee ◎
  • Fumie Kuroo
  • Sakura Torigata
  • Naoki Hayashi

Bassoon

  • Akari Kono ◎
  • Choe Young Jin ◎
  • Atsuko Hirohata ◎
  • Hiromi Imura
  • Yumi Kikkawa
  • Junichi Mori

Horn

  • Yusuke Saito◎
  • Takanori Takahashi◎
  • Shu Ohigashi
  • Hisaki Ogura
  • Shunsuke Kimura
  • Toshiki Sato
  • Eiko Taba
  • Satoshi Tsukada
  • Maki Toyoda
  • Yuya Nishikawa
  • Kenji Yamanouchi

Trumpet

  • Shuichi Kawata◎
  • Ryo Noda◎
  • Toshihiro Furuta◎
  • Masahiko Sugiyama
  • Naoya Nakajima
  • Ayako Minowa

Trombone

  • Himeko Tsuji◎
  • Izumi Nakanishi◎
  • Hiroshi Ishikawa
  • Masaaki Goka
  • Keisuke Fujita
  • Masahiro Yamauchi

Tuba

  • Tetsuya Otsuka
  • Shin Ogino

Timpani & Percussion

  • Ryoto Okabe ◎
  • Takuro Shiota ◎
  • Takanori Akita
  • Tatsushi Kimura
  • Kaori Takaba
  • Yuki Nakamura
  • Kikuko Nawata
  • Yuko Funasako
  • Harumi Furuya

Harp

  • Ayano Kaji
  • Midori Tajima

Hanorary Members

  • Eisaku Ando
  • Toshimi Ikeda
  • Yasuhiko Isobe
  • Masahiro Itoi
  • Akira Imai
  • Kazuhiko Iryo
  • Tatsuhiko Iwasaki
  • Kana Ueki
  • Shingyo Ueno
  • Masayoshi Ubukata
  • Kiyoshi Oganeku
  • Masao Osawa
  • Ko Owada
  • Jun Okabe
  • Atsuko Ogure
  • Satoko Oyama
  • Toshiaki Kaizawa
  • Akihiro Kato
  • Hirofumi Kato
  • Mayumi Kanasaki
  • Yoji Kawahito
  • Tomohiro Kimura
  • Shozo Kurokawa
  • Makoto Kurosawa
  • Keiko Kono
  • Tsutomu Kondo
  • Yoshio Konno
  • Takumi Saito
  • Kazuko Sakaguchi
  • Masao Saga
  • Mihoko Saga
  • Hiroko Sakuragi
  • Midori Sasa
  • Hitoshi Sasaki
  • Kyoichi Sano
  • Masako Shimizu
  • Katsuyasu Seo
  • Noriko Takaiwa
  • Kazuhiko Takano
  • Chiyoko Takamura
  • Makoto Takebayashi
  • Yoko Takebayashi
  • Chie Tanaka
  • Takeo Tamura
  • Yoshimi Tsuda
  • Yasuki Tosaka
  • Yojiro Nagaike
  • Shin Nagaoka
  • Joji Nagakura
  • Kiyoe Nitta
  • Nobuo Nitta
  • Jun Ninomiya
  • Yuko Ninomiya
  • Keinosuke Nonaka
  • Kazuko Hatanaka
  • Masako Hanashiro
  • Tadao Fukumura
  • Isao Fujiwara
  • Jun Furuno
  • Katsumi Hosokawa
  • Hiroshi Hosobora
  • Utako Honda
  • Kumiko Matsuzawa
  • Michi Mizutori
  • Sadao Minato
  • Mayumi Miyahara
  • Fusako Yamaya
  • Tomohiro Yamamoto
  • Hiroyoshi Yoshida
  • Koki Yonekura
  • Shunsuke Wakiya

Staff

Chief Executive Officer

  • Kyoichi Ishimaru

Secretary-General

  • Masami Kudo

Concert Management

  • Yuichi Ichikawa
  • Iori Iwasaki
  • Rika Okubo
  • Erina Otani
  • Wakana Sato
  • Makiko Murao
  • Yui Yoshida

Public Relations

  • Yui Ito
  • Kotono Kanomata
  • Kazuko Chigi
  • Norifumi Futaki
  • Tomoko Hoshino
  • Hisae Matsui
  • Hitomi Yasuda

Stage Management

  • Hiroshi Inaoka
  • Atsushi Ota
  • Hiroshi Furuya

Librarian

  • Yuka Tsukamoto
  • Maya Yanase

General Affairs

  • Akio Kawahara
  • Mie Suzuki

Concert Calendar

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