Temma Fukatsu
Piano
Born in May 2007, Temma Fukatsu lives in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture. A graduate of Shibuya Kyoiku Gakuen Makuhari Junior and Senior High School, he is currently enrolled in both the Natural Sciences II stream at the College of Arts and Sciences, the University of Tokyo, and the Soloist Diploma Course at Toho Gakuen School of Music.
He began solfège at the age of two at the Mito branch of Toho Gakuen School of Music, The Music School for Children, and piano at four under Mieko Kanauchi. He currently studies piano with Yumiko Meguri, Hironao Suzuki and Hisako Ueno.
At the 76th Student Music Concours of Japan, he won First Prize in the junior high school division of the piano section, in both the Tokyo round and the national final, together with the Nomura Prize, the Aiko Iguchi Prize, the Yasuko Fukuda Prize and the Mainichi Shimbun Prize. He was subsequently commended by the Chiba Prefectural Assembly and received the 40th Chiba City Cultural Merit Award. He also performed in the Main Hall of Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall at Classic Yokohama’s Ikiru: 2023 New Year Concert in Support of Young Lives. He won the Grand Prize and First Prize at the 6th Steinway Competition in Japan, and was invited to represent Japan at the 20th International Steinway Festival in Hamburg, Germany, where he performed at the Laeiszhalle. He also won Second Prize at the 11th Yasuko Fukuda Scholarship Audition and the Bronze Prize in Grade G at the 46th PTNA Piano Competition 2022. At the 3rd Singapore International Music Competition 2024, he won First Prize and the Absolute Award, and was invited to Singapore to perform in the gala concert at Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay. His many other awards include First Prize and the Osaka International Music Prize at the 15th Cecilia International Music Competition, First Prize in Age-J at the 22nd Osaka International Music Competition, First Prize in Category C at the 8th Toho Gakuen National Junior Music Competition, First Prize in Category E and the Russian Music Prize at the 3rd Rachmaninoff International Piano Competition Japan, First Prize at the national final of the 11th Beten Music Competition, and the Grand Prix, Gold Prize and Special Jury Prize at the 9th European International Piano Concours in Japan. He has also given an invitational recital in Warsaw.
Since 2023, he has been supported by the Yasuko Fukuda Scholarship Foundation as an 11th-cohort scholar. Alongside his musical activities, he is also active in science. He was a member of the fifth cohort of the University of Tokyo’s Global Science Campus (UTokyoGSC-Next) in 2023 - 2024, received the TV Asahi Encouragement Award at JSEC 2024 (the 22nd Japan Science & Engineering Challenge), and won a Silver Medal in the final round of the Japan Biology Olympiad 2025.
CHANEL Pygmalion Days 2027 Artist.
(As of October, 2026)
He began solfège at the age of two at the Mito branch of Toho Gakuen School of Music, The Music School for Children, and piano at four under Mieko Kanauchi. He currently studies piano with Yumiko Meguri, Hironao Suzuki and Hisako Ueno.
At the 76th Student Music Concours of Japan, he won First Prize in the junior high school division of the piano section, in both the Tokyo round and the national final, together with the Nomura Prize, the Aiko Iguchi Prize, the Yasuko Fukuda Prize and the Mainichi Shimbun Prize. He was subsequently commended by the Chiba Prefectural Assembly and received the 40th Chiba City Cultural Merit Award. He also performed in the Main Hall of Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall at Classic Yokohama’s Ikiru: 2023 New Year Concert in Support of Young Lives. He won the Grand Prize and First Prize at the 6th Steinway Competition in Japan, and was invited to represent Japan at the 20th International Steinway Festival in Hamburg, Germany, where he performed at the Laeiszhalle. He also won Second Prize at the 11th Yasuko Fukuda Scholarship Audition and the Bronze Prize in Grade G at the 46th PTNA Piano Competition 2022. At the 3rd Singapore International Music Competition 2024, he won First Prize and the Absolute Award, and was invited to Singapore to perform in the gala concert at Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay. His many other awards include First Prize and the Osaka International Music Prize at the 15th Cecilia International Music Competition, First Prize in Age-J at the 22nd Osaka International Music Competition, First Prize in Category C at the 8th Toho Gakuen National Junior Music Competition, First Prize in Category E and the Russian Music Prize at the 3rd Rachmaninoff International Piano Competition Japan, First Prize at the national final of the 11th Beten Music Competition, and the Grand Prix, Gold Prize and Special Jury Prize at the 9th European International Piano Concours in Japan. He has also given an invitational recital in Warsaw.
Since 2023, he has been supported by the Yasuko Fukuda Scholarship Foundation as an 11th-cohort scholar. Alongside his musical activities, he is also active in science. He was a member of the fifth cohort of the University of Tokyo’s Global Science Campus (UTokyoGSC-Next) in 2023 - 2024, received the TV Asahi Encouragement Award at JSEC 2024 (the 22nd Japan Science & Engineering Challenge), and won a Silver Medal in the final round of the Japan Biology Olympiad 2025.
CHANEL Pygmalion Days 2027 Artist.
(As of October, 2026)
