Joseph Yoshimasu Kamiya │ Ryūkyūan Sanshin Musician and Filmmaker

"stage name yana-imi (“nightmare” in Uchinaaguchi, one of the endangered Ryūkyūan languages)"

Joseph Yoshimasu Kamiya is a creative from Southern California with roots in Ryūkyū (Okinawa) and Japan.  He had the honor and privilege of studying abroad in the Okinawan Emigrants’ Descendent and Asian Scholarship Program (“Kenpi Scholarship”) and was acknowledged as one of the Next Generation Representatives during the 7th Worldwide Uchinaanchu Taika…