| HAZUKI DEMACHI Biography |
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| Hazuki studied Kinko-school shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute) in Tokyo with Ryumei Matsuyama, a disciple of Goro Yamaguchi, and Enka (Japanese ballads) shakuhachi with Jun Mori. |
| After learning Kinko-school Honkyoku (music played by Japanese Zen monks called komuso), she started to work as a shakuhachi player in an enka club in Tokyo and has performed in numerous concerts as a soloist and as a member of a Japanese traditional instrumental band. |
| Her mastery of the shakuhachi is evident on the CD, "Geisha vs Ninja", the soundtrack for the movie of the same title. |
| Now she lives in Northern Ireland and plays as a soloist. |