Team
Founder
Root and Route is founder-led.
Hiroshi Kogue
Hiroshi Kogue founded Root and Route in January 2026. His personal background in shamisen informs its cultural mission: creating pathways for others to experience the depth of Japanese tradition without requiring years of formal training.
He works full-time as a technology engineer at a global technology firm and graduated from Doshisha University with a Bachelor of Theology. Root and Route bridges his technical expertise with cultural grounding.
The company tagline — “exploring the space between tradition and contemporary life” — reflects his belief that culture is never just background, and access should not require decades of classical study.