An internationally reknown, multi-faceted musician, Yoshizawa is perhaps best known publically for his performances with various Japanese flutes (shakuhachi, shinobue, hichiriki, etc.) and percussion instruments (the various taiko and tsusumi drums). Besides playing traditional Japanese instruments, Yoshizawa is a Western woodwinds specialist.
Yoshizawa is an active studio musician and performs live, in concert, worldwide.
A composer for orchestra as well as many Japanese musical forms, Yoshizawa has played on many movie soundtracks including, most recently, Jurassic Park, Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III.
Yoshizawa has worked and recorded with Osamu Kitajima, R. Carlos Nakai, the Crusaders, Berlin, Toshiko Akiyoshi, John Williams, and Henry Mancini, among others.
In addition to his professional performances as a musician, Masakazu Yoshizawa works as a consultant to composers, arrangers and contractors on all Japanese instruments; gives shakuhachi lessons; and gives lectures on and demonstrations of Japanese musical instruments to schools, clubs, and other organizations.