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Masayuki Koga studied shakuhachi with his father, Kiichi Koga. In 1966 he received his Master's degree in Law from Meiji University in Tokyo. In 1967, he became the youngest member of the award-winning Ensemble Nipponia. Some of his performance and recording received the highest awards from the Ministry of Education of Japan.In 1973 Koga moved to the U.S. In 1981 he founded the Japanese Music Institute of America(JMI). In 2007 he collaborated CD project with Kitaro for his opening piece, and nominated grammy award of 2007.