Hikage Shoko
Koto
shokohikage@yahoo.com
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Shoko Hikage began her koto playing at the age of three while growing up in Japan. She studied koto under Chizuga Kimura of the Ikuta-ryu Sokyoku Seigenkai in Akita Prefecture, Japan. In 1988, Shoko graduated from Takasaki College with a major in koto music. She was accepted as a special research student in Sawai Sokyoku In under Tadao and Kazue Sawai where she subsuquently received her master's certification. In 1992, she moved to Honolulu, Hawaii, to teach koto at the Sawai Koto Kai Hawaii and the University of Hawaii. Since 1997, Shoko has made her home in San Francisco, where she continues her pursuits in improvisational dance and music.
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Teachers
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Albums
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Shoko Hikage - Koto Original compositions and improvisations |
Tracks Recorded
Composed or Arranged
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| Title | Kanji | Year | Alternate Title |
| Isana | 1993 |
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| Hana - Introduction | 1995 |
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| Hana - Koto | 1995 |
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| Dance of Halla Trees - Fairy Dance | 1996 |
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| Dance of Halla Trees - Let's Dance | 1996 |
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| Dance of Halla Trees - March of Insects | 1996 |
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| Dance of Halla Trees - Strolling of an Elephant | 1996 |
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| Dance of Halla Trees - The Sun | 1996 |
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| Dance of Halla Trees - Voice of Earth | 1996 |
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| Dance of Halla Trees - Whispering in the Woods | 1996 |
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| Chi - Part 1 | 1997 |
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| Chi - Part 2 | 1997 |
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| Chi - Part 3 | 1997 |
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| Omake | 1997 |
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| Untitled (zukkoke) | 1997 |
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| Kikicha | 2002 |
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| Miso | 2002 |
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| Mochi | 2002 |
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| Nuka | 2002 |
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| Sake (Gelb) | 2002 |
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| Soba | 2002 |
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| Yuba | 2002 |