She is a digital/acoustic music producer, video maker, singer. Between 1995 and 2004 she lived in Europe. she graduated from Sound Engineering college in UK, worked as an assistant sound engineer at Mark Angelo recording studio, other private studios for 3 years. studynig electronics led her to go into the ceation of dance music, electronica, then shoothed in the sound arts/ electro-acoustic music.
in 2000, Melange Records began. It achieved 15 releases (her own,other artists). As Audio/Visual artist, she travelled to Europe, Japan, America to join in festivals and concerts. there are many collaborative works with others, Eliane Radigue, Kaffe Mattews, AGF, Tony Conrad, etc. In 2005, returning to Japan she took apprenticeship to Nagauta (Jp traditional music for kabuki, Geisha) singing/shamisen practice, study of Kineie style. Her solo works were published in the past under the name of Ryo Co. and Ryoko Kuwajima.
after the marriage, she works as Ryoko Akama.

 

CD releases
lappetites
2005 before libetto (quicksilver)

ryoko kuwajima/ryo co./ryoko akama
2011 Nutopia digital release (reductive)
2004 kise-tsu (melange)
2004 intangible spirits CD (cofidisk), France
2003 journey avec oxymoron san (melnage), UK
2003 the American Band Friendly Fire album (Taliban Records), Austria
2003 team doyobi remix EP (Skam), UK
2003 MMMZZZ Ð sound poetry (Ooze Bap), Spain
2002 Love EP (melange), UK
2002 cover mounted compilation. (rojo magagine), Spain
2002 this is my world (irritant) ,UK 9th Barcelona International Festival of Advanced Music and Multimedia Arts
2002 sonar festival compilation (Sonar), Spain
2002 pulgar magazine editorial compilation, Venezuera
2002 female species vol.2 (lawandauder) , UK
2002 lo-fi graduation - uchikomi sakusen 1- album (melange), UK
2002 wrong festival compilation, Spain
2001 Subculture sound system darkness + light (Electron Soul), UK, as Tenka
2001 noodles discotheque vol 1 (noodles), UK
2001 noodles discotheque vol 4 (noodles), UK
2001 birth ep (melange), UK
2000 electric chicken vol 1 (worm interface), UK

syth;s
2002 Hanabi (Third Ear ), Japan, Syth;s

Rolex 2$
2002 Trance classixx volume4 (Melange), UK, K&P
2002 soliciter EP (Melange), UK, gallery/exhibition
2005 group exhibition, media theque (sendai)
2003 mutual fields, galerie5020,(austria)
2003 kuc nam 10*700mb, kunstpavillon, (austria) visuals
2003 Prologue - Intangible Spirits
2002 Te [de] - The defrosted world
2002 The prospects
2002 For your garment - dearth march
2001 Monstergangster - the ray of figurineresidence/lecture
2004 CCMIX studio residency as part of Lappetites, France
2003 lecture/presentation, Buchsenhausen, Austria
2002 STEIM studio residency as part of Lappetites, Amsterdam
2003 Kuenstlerhaus Buchsenhausen Artist-In-residence program, Innsbruck, Austria
2001 ACA Artist-In-residence program, Florida, USA