Yoichiro Yoshikawa
| Yoichiro Yoshikawa | |
|---|---|
| Native name | 吉川洋一郎 |
| Born |
October 8, 1957 Sakaide, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan |
| Genres | Soundtrack, J-POP |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, Arranger, Film producer |
| Instruments | Keyboard |
| Website | www |
Yoichiro Yoshikawa (吉川洋一郎 Yoshikawa Yōichirō?, born October 8, 1957) is a composer, music arranger and film producer.
Yoshikawa was born in Sakaide, Kagawa Prefecture. During his enrolment at the University of Tsukuba, he was introduced to the Butoh dance group, Sankai Juku. Over more than thirty-five years, Yoshikawa has been an artistic director for Sankai Juku's music. Yoshikawa has produced music for news programs such as the six-part documentary, The Miracle Planet (Chikyu Dai Kiko) for NHK and for animated television series. In April 2014, Yoshikawa started music production for Baby Steps on the e-Tele anime slot at NHK Educational TV.
At three years of age, Yoshikawa started to learn to play the piano. He could listen to music on a hand-turned or electric gramophone imported from the United States by his great-grandfather. Yoshikawa was educated at the Sakaide elementary and lower secondary schools which were associated with the Faculty of Education at Kagawa University. At school, Yoshikawa used a tape recorder to record his piano and guitar compositions and performances. Whilst enrolled at the University of Tsukuba, Yoshikawa met Ushio Amagatsu, who was the organizer of Sankai Juku and a former member of the Kinkan Shonen piano trio.
In 1986, Yoshikawa, Takashi Kako, and Yasukazu Sato (Yas Kaz) became the directors of Sankai Juku. Since then, the troupe's work has been performed biennially at the Théâtre de la Ville, Paris, France. In 2002, Hibiki, Resonance from Far Away won an Olivier award for best new dance production and in 2006, Toki, a Moment in the Weave of Time won the grand prize at the sixth Asahi performing arts awards. In 2013, Sankai Juku won a Japan Foundation award.
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