Kazuhiko Tanada graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts and began his professional career with the Siena Wind Orchestra in 1990. He joined the Gunma Symphony Orchestra in 1991 and has served as its Principal Trombonist ever since. In 1998, he studied in Germany through a cultural affairs fellowship program and received instruction from Wolfram Arndt, former Principal Trombonist of the Berlin Philharmonic. Tanada is also a part-time lecturer at Komoro High School of Music and Takasaki University of Economics High School, and a member of the Japan XO Trombone Quartet.