Rikako Kabashima was born in Kagoshima, Japan, in 1996. She began studying piano at the age of three and later pursued composition at Senzoku Gakuen College of Music in Tokyo. After completing her undergraduate studies in 2021, she entered the master’s program in composition at Toho College of Music, where she studied with Kazuro Mise and Hitomi Kaneko, and explored computer music under the guidance of Takayuki Rai. She earned her master’s degree in March 2025.

Her works have been selected at international festivals including the New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival (NYCEMF) in 2023 and the International Computer Music Conference (ICMC) in 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026.