Education
Keio University
Faculty of Environment and Information Studies B1
Profile
Born in 2006. Joined the Neuro Music Lab in October 2025.
He began playing the steelpan in the fourth grade of elementary school and later performed drums and other percussion instruments in both wind orchestra and band activities throughout junior and senior high school. He continues to pursue musical performance during his university studies.
He developed stuttering, a speech disorder that makes fluent speech difficult, in the third grade of elementary school and has continued to live while facing this condition. Interestingly, stuttering tends to improve when singing—a phenomenon that has deeply shaped his relationship with music and his life itself.
Inspired by this experience, he founded “Con Anima ~ a student music group for people who stutter~,” creating a space where young people with stuttering can connect and express themselves through music.
His current research explores the unexplored relationship between stuttering and music, researching on how drumming and rhythm can be “New Medicine” for stuttering.
Contact
Ryunosuke.kita@keio.jp
Twitter@NeuroMusicLab