Yumi Kurosawa is a prominent player of the Japanese koto and has experimented with fusions of Japanese traditional music with other traditions. She performs solo, as a concerto soloist with a Western orchestra, and in a trio. In 2001, Kurosawa appeared on the album Toki no Kagero: Kifu Mitsuhashi plays Akira Nishimura, and in 2009, she self-released her solo debut, Beginning of a Journey; like most of her recordings, the album featured her own compositions. Her album Spring Sounds, Spring Seas followed in 2012. In 2020, Kurosawa formed a trio containing violin and percussion, broadening the range of sounds and traditions available in her music. That trio appeared on her album Metamorphosis, which appeared in 2023.