*indicates album in my collection
Motohiko Hino
(younger brother of trumpeter Terumas Hino, he was repeatedly voted by Swing Journal as the best jazz drummer in Japan. Died in 1999)
Motohiko Hino Quartet At Nemu Jazz Inn: Toko (1975)
Ryuhyo [Sailing Ice] (1976)*
With Zoom: Zoomin’ (1982)
Motohiko Hino and Urbanightrops: Wild Talk (1990)
Sailing Stone (1991)
It’s There (1993)*
Hip Bone (1994)
Akira Ishikawa
(also a band leader with Count Buffaloes. Died 2002, aged 67)
Count Buffalo and the Jazz Rock Band: Soul and Rock (1969)
Count Buffalo and the Jazz Rock Band: Prayer with Faith and Love (1969)*
Count Buffalo and the Jazz Rock Band: Bakishinba - Memories Of Africa (1970)*
Akira Ishikawa and Count Buffalos: Electrum (1970)*
Akira Ishikawa and His Count Buffalos: African Rock (1971)*
Akira Ishikawa and His Group: Drum Yagibushi Drum (1971)*
Drums Method (1972)*
Akira Ishikawa and Count Buffalos: Uganda (1972)*
Kida Rinshoei and Akira Ishikawa: Tsugaru Jongara Bushi (1973)*
Akira Ishikawa and His Count Buffaloes: Get Up! (1975)*
Back to Rhythm (1975)*
Akira Ishikawa and Count Buffalos: Take Me To Disco (1975)*
Akira Ishikawa and Count Buffalos: Okinawa (1976)*
Akira Ishikawa and Count Buffalos: Emergency (1976)*
Various artists: The Exciting Drum (1980)
Akira Ishikawa and Count Buffalos: Lupin III (1983)*
Akira Ishikawa and Count Buffalos: Macross Jam Trip (1983)*
Akira Jimbo
(Drummer with Casiopea from 1980 until 2006, making guest appearances in later years. He formed Jimsaku with Casipoea bassist Tetsuo
Sakurai in 1990. He was also a member of Pyramid)
Cotton (1986)*
Palette (1989)*
Jimbo (1990)
Slow Boat (1991)*
Penguin Parasol (1992)
Lime Pie (1993)
Panama Man (1994)
Rooms by the Sea (1995)
Flower (1996)
Stone Butterfly (1997)
Four Colors (2007)*
Get Up! (2008)*
Jimbomba (2009)
Jimbo Gumbo (2010)*
Jimbo Jamboree (2011)
Smile Smile (2012)*
Mind Scope (2013)
Crossover The World (2014)*
Groove Of Life (2015)*
Jimbo de CTI (2015)*
Jimbo de Jimbo 80s (2016)*
Munity (2016)*
21 (2017)*
22 South Bound (2018)*
23 West Bound (2018)*
24th Street NY Duo (2019)
25th Avenue LA Trio (2019)
26th Street NY Duo (2020)*
27th Avenue LA Trio (2020)*
28 NY Blue (2021)
29 NY Red (2021)
30 Tokyo Yellow (solo project) (2021)
Sora (2021)
Ameagari (2nd solo project) (2021)
Sansan (2023)
Senri Kawaguchi
(drummer with all female duo Kiyo Sen)
A La Mode (2013)*
Buena Vista (2014)*
Cider Hard and Sweet (2016)*
Dynamogenic (2020)
Shuichi “Ponta” Murakami
(Died 2021)
Introducing "Ponta" Murakami (1976)*
Super Session Featuring Shuichi "Ponta" Murakami: Tokyo Fusion Night (1978)*
Ponta Box: Modern Juzz (1997)
Welcome to My Life (1998)
My Pleasure - Ponta 30 Years Anniversary (2003)
With Fusanosuke Kondo – A Big Train (2003)
Rhythm Monster (2012)
Hiroyuki Noritake
(drummer with T-Square from 1985 to 2000)
Dreams Can Go (2000)*
Takashi Numazawa
(drummer with Four of a Kind)
The Wings of Time (1999)
George Ohtsuka
(Died 2020)
Maracaibo Cornpone (1978)*
With John Scofield and Kenny Kirkland: Guardian Angels (1979)
Maracaibo (1980)
Various artists: The Exciting Drum (1980)
Hidenobu "Kalta" Otsuki
(Kalta was born in Tokyo in 1970. He grew up in Yokohama and began playing drums at a young age. He has also worked as a producer and arranger, winning a gold medal at the 44th Japan Record Awards of 2002 for his arrangement of Hitomi Shimatani's "Flaxen-haired Maiden." In 2005, he was with the short-lived TKY band led by trumpeter Toku, which briefly reformed in 2020. Kalta has worked with Ryota Nozaki's Jazztronik, Ken Ota's Swingroove and with Hammond organ player Daisuke Kawai since 2012. In 2008, his band, Vertical-Engine released their debut album to much acclaim. He was with the Nintendo Big Band in 2018 and has released a drumming instructional DVD. Kalta, who has been involved in more than 100 recordings, is extremely active on today's Japanese jazz scene)
Kalta's official website. Kalta's
Facebook page
Vertical-Engine (2008)*
Hideo Yamaki
(drummer with Toshinori Kondo and IMA)
Shadow Run (1993)
Tentelletsque (1994),
There He Goes (2002)
Q (2002)
Mayoki Yamamoto
In My World (2021)