Motoshi Kosako Bio 
Born in Matsuyama City, Japan,  he started his musical training on the piano then the guitar. While in university in Tokyo he played the acoustic and electric guitar in professional Jazz bands and the Swing Journal magazine described him as “one of the most remarkable young Jazz musicians.” 

 In 1997, Mr. Kosako moved to the United States,  soon after he started playing the harp. He is primarily self- taught with a few lessons to learn fundamental harp technique.  He was the principal harpist of Stockton Symphony Orchestra in California between 2005-2010 and the featured soloist for 2009-2010 season for Mozart’s harp concerto. 
 In 2007 he won the second place in Lyon & Healy International Jazz & Pop Harp Competition performing his own composition and received the “Best of Sacramento” award from Sacramento Magazine as “Best Jazz Hound in Tie and Tail”.   He plays numerous original compositions for TV commercials, TV programs, films, applications (apps), as well as performing both improvised and written music live with actors, and presentations,  as solo and various ensemble formats including amazing jazz musicians such as Paul McCandless (oboe, English horn, soprano sax, bass clarinet), Michael Manring (fretless electric bass), Bill Douglass(bass). In 2008 he began touring Japan,  giving performances and various workshops.  He is considered one of the most influential Jazz harpist both in the U.S. and Japan.   

 In 2002 and 2003, he recorded two classical harp albums, “Celestial Harp I” and “Celestial Harp II”.   Since 2008, he has released 11 jazz albums: 
2008: “Naked Wonder” with his trio, Bill Douglass (bass, bamboo flute) and Daryl Van Druff (drums) 
2011:  the duo album “ Place in the Heart” with Grammy award winning artist Paul McCandless (oboe, English horn, soprano sax, bass clarinet) 
2012: “Motoshi Kosako Quartet Live” with Masaki Nakamura(shakuhachi) , Paul McCandless(reeds) and Bill Douglass(bass)  
2013: solo album “ On the way Home” 
2014: duo album “Night time jazz harp”  with Akio Sasajima (guitar) 
2015: the “Best of Motoshi Kosako, Jazz Harp” form Slowna Music Inc. 
2015: solo album “Hymn”  
2016: solo album “Studio 92”  
2017: duo album  “Spiritual Mountain” with Miki Matsushima (marimba) 
2018: solo multi-instrumental “Pilgrim” 
2019: duo mini-album “One or Eight” with Akira Sekine (guitar) 
2021: trio album “Foxing Hour” with KoMaGa Trio / Michael Manring (Fretless eletric bass) Chris Garcia (tabla, percussion)
2022: solo improvisation album “Journey within” 
2025: duo album “Scotch Mist” with Akira Sekine(guitar)

He has been invited to perform for numerous international events such as, 
The future of Harp 2009 in Yokohama, Japan   
VIII Rio Harp Festival 2013 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 
American Harp Society National Conference  2014 in New Orleans 
World Harp Congress, Sydney 2014 in Australia 
American Harp Society National Conference 2018 in Los Angeles
CAMAC harp festival 2022 in Los Angeles 

In 2008, he joined NPO holistic health research group in Japan (Total Health Research Group) and began conducting research projects involving sound healing and practical application of music to occupational fields for the promotion of health. In 2012 the  public medicine professional journal, “Science of Public health” in Japan published his research article “Total Health and Music”. He holds a B.S of health science and nursing from Tokyo University, and is a registered nurse and public health nurse. 

He and his wife Terra are developing 15 acres property to a sustainable farm by using Permaculture method. They enjoy produce from organic garden and own live stocks such as goat, pig and chicken.