Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra

Originally founded in May 1960 as the Tokyo Kosei Symphonic Band affiliated with the lay-Buddhist organization Rissho Kosei-kai, theTokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra (TKWO) has performed under their current name since 1973. Having Frederick Fennell as its Conductor Laureate, the TKWO appointed, in January 2014, Takeshi Ooi to be Conductor, Koichi Fujino to be Music Advisor and Thomas Sanderling to be Principal Guest Conductor. Previous conductors have included Yasuhiko Shiozawa, Masato Usuki, Tetsusaburo Hirai, Douglas Bostock and Paul Meyer.