YUKIKO KATO is a native of Nagoya, Japan. Yukiko earned Bachelor's Degree and Diploma from Toho College of Music. She earned her Master's Degree from San Francisco Conservatory of Music where she studied with Hermann Le Roux. She has performed in master classes for Dick Jines, Frederica Von Stade, Jane Randolph, Federo Barbieri, Giuseppe Taddei. She has performed the role of Hansel in Hansel and Gretel in the Golden Gate Opera, Siegrune in Die Walküree in the San Francisco Lyric Opera, Meg in Falstaff for the Operafestival in Rome 2000, Tituba in The Crucible in the San Francisco Conservatory Opera Theatre's production, Third Lady in Magic Flute in the Summer Music West.