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Vocals: Mutsuko Adachi
After graduating from the Vocal Department of Kunitachi College of Music, Mutsuko Adachi worked as an instructor at Yamaha Music School before pursuing her current career as a singer based in Oita and Fukuoka.
In August 2022, she released her original song “Harunobu” and has since made regional community revitalization through song her life’s work.
Her repertoire spans a wide range of genres, from traditional Japanese children’s songs and art songs to J-pop, Western music, and jazz performing in a crossover style that transcends boundaries. She appears in numerous concerts and events across diverse settings.
Drawing on her experience as an MC and model, she is known for her warm hospitality and her elegant, compassionate voice, earning admiration across generations and genders alike.
Appointed as a privately designated Arts and Cultural Furusato Tourism Ambassador, she also leads a community singing salon in Chitose Town, Bungoono City. In July 2024, she released songs dedicated to Chitose Town and Taketa City, followed by her new single “Kaze no Melody (Melody of the Wind)” in March 2025.
Continuing to collaborate with outstanding and versatile musicians, she strives to create captivating live performances that truly enchant audiences.

Flute: Yoshiko Shiga
Born in Oita Prefecture, Yoshiko Shiga began studying piano at the age of four and flute at ten.
During her junior high school years, she also studied double bass and oboe, and in high school performed as an electric bassist in a band. After graduating from junior college with a major in Japanese literature, she continued her musical studies in the Instrumental Music Department at Oita Prefectural College of Arts and Culture.
She studied flute under Kazumi Adachi, Michiyuki Iwashita, the late Shozo Fujino, and the late Yasuharu Takahashi. She won First Prize in the Wind Instrument Division (general category) at the 23rd Oita Prefecture Music Competition.
After working as an instructor at a music school affiliated with a musical instrument store, she now runs her own studio while performing across a wide range of genres, including classical, jazz, bossa nova, and collaborations with traditional Japanese music.
She has shared the stage with prominent artists such as Toshiko Akiyoshi, Tokiko Kato, Noriko Kojima, and Rie Akagi.

Piano / Melodica: Toshihiko Tsuru
Toshihiko Tsuru began teaching himself keyboard performance and arranging while still in high school. In 1979, he participated as a keyboardist in the recording of film music for the rock band The Mods just before their debut. In 1981, he moved to Tokyo to join the debut of the rock band Nick Newsa as a keyboardist.
In 1985, he began working in Fukuoka as an arranger for the Yamaha POPCON Kyushu Competition, launching a career that has since spanned a wide range of genres. He has composed and arranged music for numerous television commercials and broadcast programs.
In 1994, he relocated his base of activities to Kunisaki City in Oita Prefecture. There, he expanded his creative endeavors, including arranging the traditional Chikirin-bayashi festival music into a samba style for the Oita Tanabata Festival, and organizing a series of Christmas concerts held in temples under his own direction.
In 2012, he composed the school song for Tomiku Elementary School and the theme music for the OBS television program “Shunkan! 3ch.” In the spring of 2014, he composed the theme music for TOS TV’s “Yu-waku Wide.”
In addition to his performance and composition activities, he runs a music and computer school from his home studio.