He learned Noh under his father, Keiichiro YAMAMOTO (Noh actor, playing stick drums of the Okura-ryu school) and Toshio KAMEI (Noh actor, the Soke-azukari [Acting head school], playing Kuzuno-ryu school, and Living National Treasure).
父である山本敬一郎（能楽師・大鼓方大倉流）及び亀井俊雄（能楽師・大鼓方葛野流宗家預かり・人間国宝）に師事。