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Chihiro Tazuro

Japanese multidisciplinary artist, musician, dancer, and visual artist based in Tel Aviv

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionSep 14, 2026
Entity authorityQ137259217 ↗
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Chihiro Tazuro (born 22 March 1989) is a Japanese multidisciplinary artist, musician, dancer, and visual artist. Her work spans experimental music, live performance, dance, animation, video, and installation. She performs with the experimental music duo Koi Fish and the Japanese folk/world music ensemble Koleya Kono.

Early life and education

Tazuro trained in rhythmic gymnastics as a child and later developed an interest in contemporary dance. After relocating to Jerusalem, she enrolled at the School of Visual Theater, where she expanded her practice to include performance art, puppetry, video, animation, and interdisciplinary theatre.

Alongside her visual and performative studies, she trained in Middle Eastern classical music, with a focus on Persian musical traditions.

Career

Tazuro works across live performance, experimental music, short films, and multimedia installations. Her practice often incorporates analog instruments, the body as a performative medium, and improvised sound structures. She has collaborated with musicians, performers, and visual artists on various projects in Israel and internationally.

In 2020, she created the short animated film A Tasty Fish, serving as director, writer, character designer, animator, and editor.

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This entry incorporates text from “Chihiro Tazuro” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.