Kazuhiro Takemoto

Kazuhiro Takemoto

Kazuhiro Takemoto started playing the electronic instrument at the age of 6 and won first place in the YEC Electone World Championship in his second year of high school. He was inspired by Chick Corea's "Friends" when he was in the fourth grade of elementary school and became interested in jazz, and honed his skills by studying with Makoto Ozone, Satoru Shionoya, and Takana Miyamoto. While he was a student at Kunitachi College of Music, he accumulated achievements such as being selected as a selected member of the "Yosuke Yamashita Special Concert" and the "JFC All Star Big Band" produced by Makoto Ozone, and graduated from the jazz major at the top of his class. He won the Yatabe Prize. After graduating, he has been involved in a variety of activities with top jazzmen, including being appointed to the Yosuke Inoue Trio. In 2020, he released his own trio, "I Pray".