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Koto participant Yagi Michiyo has performed in several ensembles — both traditional and experimental — because the past due 1980s. She began monitoring koto under Satomi Kurauchi at age group six, and later on, in 1985, signed up for the Sawai Koto College. While there, Michiyo analyzed classical and modern …

Hoahio began in 1997, when Haco began executing with koto participant Yagi Michiyo and sampler manipulator Sachiko M. They got their name from a misspelling of “ohayo,” this means “hello” in Japanese, and released their 1st recording on Sachiko M’s Amoebic label. Their second recording, Ohayo! Hoahio!, premiered in 2000 …