Kunitachi College of Music
Imafuji Chōtatsurō (今藤長龍郎)(born 1969) is a Japanese shamisen player in the "nagauta" tradition. He is classically trained as an accompanist to kabuki chanters, but performs in a number of related styles as well, such as "buyō" (traditional Japanese dance). He is a part-time lecturer at Kunitachi College of Music, heads the shamisen section of the Tricycle performance troupe of which he is a founding member, and is involved in a number of other organizations and projects which aim to keep Japan's traditional performing arts alive and to pass them on to the next generations.