Yukihiro Atsumi

Yukihiro Atsumi is the leader of the Hogaku 2.0 Project, which is an exploration of traditional
Japanese music where a Western instrument, the guitar, is added to give a modern update
to these storied songs. The goal is to convey the charms of this traditional music to the world and pass it along to the next generation. Atsumi developed the “Japanese Guitar” style from
arranging various musical structures of traditional Japanese music and tasked himself to compose new traditional Japanese music in that same style. Based in Kyoto. Atsumi, in
addition to producing and composing original classical, jazz, and rock music, has worked
with a multitude of different musical institutions including geisha from Gion’s Miyagawa-cho,
Bunraku-za puppet theaters, Tendai Shomyo Buddhist monks, NHK, as well as various
traditional Japanese classical musicians. Atsumi has also shared the stage with many
different folk and popular music performers from all across Japan, including DJ Krush,
Toshinori Kondo, and Asazaki Ikue.
Atsumi produced and performed with Tokyo MinYo Club, an all-star group of Japanese
traditional musicians led by Tsugaru-Jamisen player @Yutaka Oyama. Additionally, Atsumi produced and played on the groundbreaking album “AMAMISM” by Amami Oshima Shima-Uta shamisen player and singer @Shingo Maeyama.

日本の伝統音楽を、ギターを通して現代にアップデートし、その魅力を世界に伝え、次世代へ継承するプロジェクト、「邦楽ニ.〇」主宰。伝統音楽の様々な音楽的仕組みから「Japanese Guitar 」の開発に取り組む。