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Yamanaka Chihiro is a Japanese jazz pianist and composer, born in Kiryū, Gunma Prefecture."Chihiro Yamanaka Biography" AllMusic As of 2025, she was based in Tokyo. She has released more than 20 albums, most of them on Verve Records.
Yamanaka has toured in Europe, the United States and Japan, and has played at several festivals, including the Umbria Jazz Festival in 2011 (a performance described by the Jazz Times' reviewer as "The biggest surprise of the night ... Right and left, jaws were dropping",Russonello, Giovanni (July 12, 2011) "Umbria Jazz 2011" Jazz Times. and the Bologna Jazz Festival"Chihiro Yamanaka Trio" Bologna Jazz Festival and Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Festival the following year. In 2011 and 2012 Yamanaka played George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue with symphony orchestras in Japan."Chihiro Yamanaka" Scott Foster Management Retrieved January 29, 2013.
Yamanaka has released more than 20 recordings as a solo artist, principally on the Verve Records label,"Chihiro Yamanaka Discography" Universal Music Japan Retrieved February 16, 2013"Chihiro Yamanaka Discography" Universal Music Japan Retrieved February 16, 2013 most of which have been released internationally, and which include Live in New York, a DVD of her playing at the Iridium Jazz Club in New York."Chihiro Yamanaka Trio - CD Release Concert" Iridium Retrieved January 29, 2013. Two of her releases, Forever Begins (2010) and Reminiscence (2011), were given four-star ratings by AllMusic reviewers,Ruhlmann, William "Chihiro Yamanaka - Forever Begins" AllMusic reviewJurek, Thom "Chihiro Yamanaka - Reminiscence" AllMusic review the review of the latter concluding with, "Yamanaka is a fierce talent with robust chops, plenty of soul, and a seemingly endless imagination for the musical possibilities of the piano trio".
Yamanaka is one of the 'Frontier Ambassadors' for Kōriyama City.
| 2001 | Living Without Friday | Atelier Sawano |
| 2002 | When October Goes | Atelier Sawano |
| 2003 | Leaning Forward (DVD) | Atelier Sawano |
| 2004 | Madrigal | Atelier Sawano |
| 2005 | Outside by the Swing | Verve Records |
| 2006 | Lach Doch Mal | Verve |
| 2007 | Abyss | Verve |
| 2007 | Live in Tokyo (DVD) | Verve |
| 2008 | After Hours | Verve |
| 2008 | Bravogue | Verve |
| 2009 | Runnin' Wild – Tribute to Benny Goodman | Verve |
| 2010 | Forever Begins | Verve |
| 2011 | Reminiscence | Verve |
| 2011 | Live in New York (DVD) | Verve |
| 2012 | Still Working | Universal |
| 2012 | Because | Verve |
| 2012 | After Hours 2 | Verve |
| 2013 | Molto Cantabile | Verve |
| 2014 | Somethin' Blue | Blue Note |
| 2014 | Live at Blue Note Tokyo (DVD) | BLUE NOTE/Universal |
| 2015 | SYNCOPATION HAZARD | BLUE NOTE/Universal |
| 2015 | Best 2005-2015 | BLUE NOTE/Universal |
| 2015 | The SPHÈRES: Live in OSAKA!! | BLUE NOTE/Universal |
| 2016 | Guilty Pleasure | Verve |
| 2017 | Monk Studies | BLUE NOTE/Universal |
| 2018 | Utopia | BLUE NOTE/Universal |
| 2019 | Prima del Tramonto | BLUE NOTE/Universal |
| 2020 | Rosa | BLUE NOTE/Universal |
| 2022 | Today Is Another Day | BLUE NOTE/Universal |
| 2023 | Dolce Vita | BLUE NOTE/Universal |
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