KATSUO KUNINAKA 國中 勝男
Genres: Avant-Garde Jazz, Jazz Related Improv, Composition • Japan

Born in Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture. Joined Yamashita Yosuke Group in 1978. In 1980, Shota Koyama, Kazutoki Umetsu, and Shigeharu Mukai participated in the Donaueschingen Contemporary Music Festival in Germany. After that, he went through performance activities with folk instruments such as a rabbe, veena, biwa, and oud, and began pursuing unique sounds with silent guitars from 2007. This is called “six koto”. Various sessions with Hayashi Eiichi and Koyama Shota in the constellation of Aries, cellist Sei, etc. are being carried out without being bound by a framework. from www.piratsuka.com In only three years playing with the Yosuke Yamashita Trio, Kuninaka Katsuo had earned himself a reputation as a "legendary bass player," before surprisingly resurfacing as a guitarist at the trio's reunion concert in July 2009. from www.realtokyo.co.jp