koto

~ String instrument

Artists

ArtistTypeGenderAreaRatingRelationship types
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)OtherNot applicable[Worldwide]4.2instrument (as “sô-no-koto”)
Terry Adams (pianist / composer)PersonMaleUnited Statesinstrument
秋田昌美 (Masami Akita, Japanese noise musician; Merzbow)PersonMaleJapaninstrument
Giampiero AmbrosiPersonMaleinstrument
新井智恵PersonFemaleJapaninstrument, member of band
Dorothy AshbyPersonFemaleUnited Statesinstrument
Zev AsherPersonMaleMontréal (Montreal, city)instrument
Devendra Banhart (singer-songwriter)PersonMaleUnited States5instrument
Luke BartolomeiPersonMaleinstrument
Adrian BelewPersonMaleMt. Juliet4instrument
Christopher BlazenPersonMaleinstrument (as “Electric Sustaining Koto”)
Christina BlustPersonFemaleUnited States5instrument
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter)PersonMaleEngland4.8instrument
Rodolphe BurgerPersonMaleFranceinstrument
Paddy BushPersonMaleUnited Kingdominstrument
筑紫純子PersonJapanmember of band
藤井千代賀Personinstrument
ちょびりんinstrument
Matthew ColecchiPersoninstrument
Pascal Comelade (Minimalist Toypop musician)PersonMaleFrance5instrument
Maxwell August Croy (founder of Empire of Signs)PersonMaleUnited Statesinstrument
Andy Davis (member of the Korgis)PersonMaleUnited Kingdominstrument
Klaus DingerPersonMaleGermanyinstrument
Bjørn Charles Dreyer (guitarist, composer, producer)PersonMaleNorwayinstrument
William Eaton (US folk/new age guitarist & string instrument player)PersonMaleUnited Statesinstrument (as “Koto Harp Guitar”)
Gayle EllettPersonMaleUnited Statesinstrument
Klaus Falschlungerinstrument
深海さとみPersonFemaleJapaninstrument, member of band
Satomi FukamiPersoninstrument
福永千恵子PersonFemaleinstrument
Hiromi FunahashiPersoninstrument
Fusako WasaPersonJapaninstrument (as “koto II”)
Gat (on compilation Totum Revolutum)instrument (as “pseudo koto”)
Yoko Ito GatesPersoninstrument
Noah GeorgesonPersonMaleinstrument
Nicolas GodinPersonMaleFranceinstrument
Makiko GotôPersonFemaleJapaninstrument (as “13-string koto”), instrument (as “21-string koto”), instrument
Brent Gutzeit (American experimental musician)PersonMaleUnited Statesinstrument (as “electric koto (broken)”)
Steve HackettPersonMaleUnited Kingdom4.25instrument (as “Cantonese”), instrument
長谷川愛子 (Aiko Hasegawa)PersonFemaleJapaninstrument, member of band
Makoto Hasegawa (member of Yamato Ensemble)PersonMaleJapaninstrument, member of band
Bruno HeuzéPersonMaleinstrument
Ray HickeyPersoninstrument
樋口眞知子Personinstrument
Fumie HiharaPersonFemaleFranceinstrument
日原暢子PersonFemaleinstrument
本間貴士PersonMaleJapaninstrument (as “箏”), instrument, member of band
Mike HovancsekPersonMaleUnited Statesinstrument
Steve HowePersonMaleUnited Kingdominstrument
Jakub Hudaček (Slovak musician, member of Midheaven)PersonMaleSlovakiainstrument
いぶくろ聖志PersonMaleJapaninstrument (as “24-string koto”), instrument, member of band (as “箏”), member of band
市川慎 (Shin Ichikawa, koto player)PersonMaleJapaninstrument, member of band
井原潤子Personinstrument
今西玲子 (koto player)PersonFemaleJapaninstrument
Tim IpsenPersonMaleinstrument
Yuki IsamiPersonFemaleMontréal (Montreal, city)instrument
石垣清美Personinstrument
石榑雅代PersonFemaleinstrument
石本かおりPersonFemaleJapaninstrument
Kento IwasakiPersonMaleinstrument
Mikoto JakahataPersoninstrument
Jens Rungeinstrument
姜小青PersonFemaleJapaninstrument
てん・仁智instrument
John Paul Jones (UK rock musician of Led Zeppelin & Them Crooked Vultures)PersonMaleUnited Kingdominstrument
Ko KakinokiharaPersoninstrument
Mai Kamiya (koto)PersonFemaleinstrument
Reiko KamotaPersonFemaleinstrument
加藤美枝PersonFemaleJapanmember of band
Kyoko KawamuraPersonFemaleJapaninstrument
川村昌子 (koto player)PersonFemaleJapaninstrument
木田敦子PersonFemaleJapaninstrument (as “Koto”), instrument
菊地奈緒子 (Naoko Kikuchi)PersonFemaleJapaninstrument
菊地悌子 (Teiko Kikuchi)PersonFemaleJapaninstrument
君島大空 (Ohzora Kimishima)PersonMaleJapaninstrument
木村麻耶 (Maya Kimura, Japanese koto player)PersonFemaleJapaninstrument (as “25 string koto”)
喜多嶋修 (Osamu Kitajima)PersonMaleJapan4.5instrument
Keiko KitamuraPersoninstrument
喜多郎 (Kitaro, new age keyboardist)PersonMaleJapan5instrument
小橋幹子PersonFemaleJapaninstrument
村原康介PersonMaleJapaninstrument (as “村原康介, ZERO”)
苔苔PersonJapaninstrument (as “箏”), instrument
小宮瑞代Personinstrument
琴彌 (「浪花流し」の演奏者)PersonJapaninstrument
工藤順子 (Junko Kudo)PersonFemaleJapaninstrument
熊沢栄利子PersonFemaleJapaninstrument
Eriko KuramotoPersoninstrument
June KuramotoPersonFemaleUnited Statesinstrument (as “kotos”), instrument
Shiho Kurauchi (Japanese-American Koto Player)PersonFemaleSeattleinstrument
栗林秀明PersonMaleJapaninstrument (as “17-stringed koto”), instrument
黒澤有美PersonFemaleJapaninstrument, recording
葛原 祐川PersonFemaleJapaninstrument
Eli Larkindale (New Zealand musician)PersonMaleNew Zealandinstrument
Brett Larner (improvising koto player)PersonMaleCanadainstrument
Yusef LateefPersonMaleUnited Statesinstrument
Gabriel Leeinstrument
LEO (koto player)PersonMaleJapaninstrument
Ayako ListerPersonFemaleinstrument
Mike MainieriPersonMaleUnited Statesinstrument
Mana (Japanese guitarist and composer)PersonMaleJapaninstrument