Yoko Ashikawa

Tatsumi Hijikata's pupil and principle dancer for many years. Hijikata called himself "the image" and Ashikawa "the dictionary."

Relationship to other butoh artists

• Trained under Tatsumi Hijikata
• Trained SU-EN
• Trained Joan Laage (KOGUT)
• Trained Seisaku
• Collaborated with Tomoe Shizune