born in Japan, received hard trainings of classical music.
Studied at Toho Music High School and Toho Gakuen School of Music, holding BM in piano performance.
after graduated from the college, started to learn Jazz .
studied from Richie Beirach .
has been living in New York since 1989.
has played with Adam Kolker, Joe Fitzgerald, Hill Greene, Tim Ouimet and others.
has been playing as a leader of own band,with Ian Froman and Sean Conly.
was chosen as an winner of arrangement category of "Made in New York Jazz Competition in 2025.
https://youtu.be/yPOoFB8dDzg?si=F8c5shEBo9MHiYlX
You can hear Noriko's playing from " A Horse with No Name" by TOdachang's album.
https://youtu.be/wLI2BgSmZ_4?si=WDKTfxhbuhnCBZhZ
has been teaching since 1979
taught piano and playing in Rhythm Section Classes at The Collective School of Music since 2002-2020
visit Youtube channel
