Cyouka Ogata

Cyouka Ogata

13 years old, begins to play Chikuzen-Biwa. Studied under Kyokucho Mine and Kyokushi Aoyama. Studied Contemporary Japanese music by Biwa with Junko Tahara. Active in a wide variety of genres, including collaborative production of works with overseas artists and collaboration with art works. Also works the lyrics and composition of Biwa songs Aiming to deepen the classics and to portray human "feelings" in various subjects and to create works with beauty and strength. Presided over the Chikuzen Biwa Yoshino-kai. Master of Reisho-ryu Chikuzen Biwa . Member of the Japan Biwa Music Association.