He is known as a founding member of the bands Altered States and Sights, as well as his work with composers Otomo Yoshihide and John Zorn.

[1] During his time as a university student, Yasuhiro Yoshigaki familiarized himself with the jazz music scene in Kansai.

He became involved with a number of bands, including Altered States, Date Course Pentagon Royal Garden, Emergency!

In the 2000s, he performed with composer Otomo Yoshihide and bassist Bill Laswell, recording several albums under the name Soup.

Yasuhiro Yoshigaki (ds), Yoichi Okabe (ds), Yuji Katsui (vl), Keisuke Ota (vl), Taisei Aoki (tb), Osamu Matsumoto (tb), Hiroaki Mizutani (b), Kumiko Takara (per), Naruyoshi Kikuchi (sax: verließ das Ensemble nach der Show im Mai 2003) Yasuhiro Yoshigaki (ds, per), Otomo Yoshihide (g), Daisuke Fuwa (ac-b, el-b)