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She started playing the violin and piano at the age of four. She grew up playing the violin freely in nature with her mother, an abstract painter. She began her professional career while attending the Tokyo University of the Arts High School of Music, and pursued her own musical interests while studying classical music at Tokyo University of the Arts. She is the founder of "Aska Strings" and has participated in countless recordings and concert tours in rock, pop, jazz, film music, etc. (with Motoharu Sano, Taeko Onuki, Tokiko Kato, Takako Matsu, Masaharu Fukuyama, Yosuke Yamashita, Miyazaki Anime Miho Hasama, Jun Miyake, Kim Duk Soo, Zakir Hussain, Bill Laswell, Jane Birkin, and others). He has composed theater music (Iliad, Flames Rising, Caligula, etc.), commercials (Suntory Natural Water, etc.), improvised collaborations with dancers such as Setsuko Yamada and Toru Iwashita (Bessie Composition Award in NY), and served as the music director of the collaborative project "Asian Fantasy" with Asian folk musicians for 10 years. "Asuka Kaneko Acoustic Unit" has performed in Europe and Africa. The Japanese-Asian mixed band "Gaia Cuatro", which has been together for 18 years, was highly praised this year as well in Europe. 41 CDs have been released so far. The latest CDs are "Infinity" (Michele Fazio World Trio -Italy) and "Dream in the Wind" (Haruka Strings Japan). In 2024, he served as the concertmaster of a specially organized chamber orchestra conducted by Maria Schneider, and received high praise.