ALT A collage of the 16 students selected to form the inaugural cohort of Wolf Scholars

ALT 🗓 In-person | February 19, 2026 | 6:00PM - 7:30PM 📍 Location: Withrow Auditorium, 371 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON M5S 2R7 Satoshi Yamaguchi, the drummer of popular Japanese band RADWIMPS and Visiting Researcher at Keio University, will deliver an inspiring presentation about his personal struggle and research on Musician’s Dystonia, a neurological disorder that affects professional musicians. He will share his personal story and reflections about his musical career, which he was forced to suspend in 2015. He will then discuss how he refocused his energy on academic research, presenting findings from large-scale epidemiological studies on Musician’s Dystonia he conducted in collaboration with scholars from Canada, Japan, and other countries. The event will feature a live performance by Yamaguchi using “VXD,” a voice-controlled drumming system he co-developed.