Members List
Honorary Advisor
H.I.H. Princess Takamado
Conductors
[Principal Conductor]
[Principal Guest Conductor]
Juraj Valčuha
[Associate Conductor & Creative Partner]
Masato Suzuki
[Conductor Laureate]
[Honorary Guest Conductor]
[Special Guest Conductor]
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Concertmaster
First Concertmaster
Yusuke Hayashi
Concertmaster
Nao Tohara
Special Guest Concertmaster
Sayako Kusaka
Violins
Yuki Ishihara (Principal)
Eri Takimura (Principal)
Honoka Kishimoto (Assistant Principal)
Tetsuo Tsushima (Assistant Principal)
Mizue Akaike
Mana Ito
Masami Inoue
Rinako Osawa
Hiroko Ota
Kyo Ogata
Toru Oda
Takashi Kawaguchi
Takafumi Kuboki
Yoshiyuki Kosugi
Reina Shimada
Momoko Takeda
Kaori Terai
Tomoyuki Hida
Ayaka Hokazono
Seira Horiuchi
Kai Yanagisawa
Koji Yamada
Yuko Yamada
Violas
Solo Viola
Yasuhiro Suzuki
Solo Viola
Shota Yanase
Takahiro Enokido
Kyoko Shoda
Daisuke Tomita
Akiko Nagaoka
Takayuki Ninomiya
Katsuyuki Miura
Kyoko Moriguchi
Chiharu Watanabe
Cellos
Solo Cello
Mari Endo
Rentaro Tomioka (Principal Cello)
Akina Karasawa
Takaya Kimura
Takashi Shibamura
Kazumasa Hayashi
Yoshifumi Murono
Hiroko Yamanashi
Double Basses
Solo Double Bass
Shigeru Ishikawa
Hiroyuki Ishikawa
Akito Koganemaru
Jonathan Stefaniak
Yasuyuki Se (Acting Principal)
Makoto Higuchi
Flutes
Yu Kurata(Principal)
Hristo Dobrinov(Principal)
Daisuke Katazume
Yumi Sato
Oboes
Kanami Araki(Principal)
Ami Kaneko(Principal)
Takako Kitamura
Kaede Yamamoto
Clarinets
Taira Kaneko(Principal)
Soushi Nakadate(Principal)
Fuminori Haga
Taku Yoshimoto
Bassoons
Kenichi Furuya(Principal)
Masami Iwasa
Horns
Tatsuo Nippashi(Principal)
Shun Matsuzaka(Principal)
Yuji Uezato
Ryosuke Tomono
Rio Yamagishi
Trumpets
Kenichi Tsujimoto(Principal)
Jun Hasegawa(Principal)
Yoshihiko Shigei
Toshio Tanaka
Cheonho Yoon
Trombones
Koh Aoki(Principal)
Akira Kuwata(Principal)
Shuhei Kasai
Takumi Shinozaki
Tuba
Shimpei Tsugita
Timpani
Masahiro Okada(Principal)
Atsushi Muto(Principal)
Percussions
Yasushi Kaneko
Tomohiro Nishikubo
Yosuke Nomoto
Harp
Rino Kageyama
Elder Members
Izumi Arakawa
Toshitsugu Inoue
Kozo Kakizaki
Narumi Kamata
Hiroshi Kamata
Takashi Koyama
Mayumi Sugimoto
Makoto Susukida
Toshiyuki Takagi
Kenji Takayama
Toshiki Takei
Hiroshi Nagakura
Shigeaki Hisanaga
Akira Miyauchi
Toru Morikawa
Masaru Yoshida
On Trials
Yamamoto Taishin (Violins)
| Chairman |
Michio Hayashi |
|---|---|
| Executive Directors |
Hiroyuki Oho Michiko Matsushita |
| Directors |
Satoshi Inui Hisakazu Ohishi Ikuo Kameyama Takeshi Kikukawa Mari Kobayashi Makoto Saito Keiichi Sawa Takanori Haraguchi Tatsuo Matsumoto Akitoshi Muraoka Mutsumi Wakayama |
| Auditors |
Mika Ito Tetsuro Kyoya |
| Director General |
Michiko Matsushita |
| Senior Deputy Director General |
Takeo Nonaka |
| General Manager (Accounting) |
Mutsumi Ota |
| Chief Inspector |
Gen Fukagawa |
| Marketing Section |
Hiroharu Ohkubo Kayo Ito Makiko Hirai Yukino Hesaka Risa Narita Shunta Kusaka |
| Planning Section |
Hirokazu Hoki Mineo Nemoto Takuto Araya Yuko Ping Ranka Yatabe |
| Concerts Management Section |
Gen Fukagawa Takuto Araya Wakami Takeda Shingo Imai Ranka Yatabe Masafumi Iwata |
| Operations Management Section |
Yusuke Sugiyama Tetsuya Kuramochi Akemi Yamamoto Erika Usami Yukiko Nakamura |
October 1st, 2025