Fumio Karashima

Fumio Karashima (辛島文雄, Karashima Fumio, born 9 March 1948) is a Japanese jazz pianist.

Life and career

Karashima began playing the piano at the age of three. His father was a music teacher at Kyushu University; Karashima attended the same university. He stayed in New York in 1973, but returned to Japan the next year. In 1975 he joined drummer George Ohtsuka's band. In 1980 he joined Elvin Jones' Jazz Machine, and stayed for five years, including for tours of Europe and the United States. He then switched to being principally a solo pianist, but also led a quintet from 1988 to 1991. During the 1990s he frequently toured internationally.

Discography

An asterisk (*) after the year indicates that it is the year of release.

As leader/co-leader

References

Fumio

Fumio (written: 文夫, 文雄, 文男, 史朗, 史生, 章生, 富美男 or フミオ in katakana) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

Fumio (illustrator)

Fumio (フミオ) is a Japanese illustrator from Osaka Prefecture who works on the art for adult visual novels. He has worked for several different visual novel companies, such as Front Wing, Jaleco, Circus, F&C, and Key.

Games illustrated

Novels illustrated

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