Yoshinobu Kanemaru | Tokugawa Yoshinobu | Yoshinobu Miyake | Naomi Taniguchi |
Ramos studied shakuhachi in Japan under several teachers, including Kaoru Kakizakai, Teruo Furuya, Atsuya Okuda and more recently Yoshinobu Taniguchi.
In Japan, Schlefer has worked with Reibo Aoki, Katsuya Yokoyama, Yoshio Kurahashi, Yoshinobu Taniguchi, and Kifu Mitsuhashi.