Junko Onishi

Person · Open Library

Born

1965

Works

1

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

9,374

Total plays

65,837

Onishi was born in Apr 16, 1967, in the city of Kyoto (Japan). She grew up in Tokyo where she started her classical piano lessons and soon became interested in jazz. She moved to Boston, MA (US), to study at Berklee College of Music and, later on, moved to New York City to become a professional jazz piano player. She worked with Joe Henderson, Betty Carter, Kenny Garret, Mingus Dinasty, Jackie McLean, Holly Cole and Bily Higgins. As a leader piano player <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Junko

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Junko

Gender

female

Citizenship

Japan

Place of birth

Takasago

Occupation

swimmer

Educated at

University of Tsukuba

Languages spoken

Japanese

Participant in

swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay

Sport

competitive swimming

Height

165

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