Distilling With Tradition
Usaku Yokoi
Founding distiller
Jinzo Ose
Second distiller
Toyoka Sosogi
Third distiller
Takeharu Shigetomi
Fourth distiller
Shigeru Koshitomi
Fifth distiller
Yuji Baba
Sixth distiller
Thanks to the careful work since our founding of all our master distillers and staff, Sengetsu has been able to maintain a high level of distilling skill, letting us continue to create shochus of unwavering quality and flavor, just as we have for over 100 years. Usaku Yokoi, our founding master distiller, had an old-fashioned earnestness in shochu distilling and was a pioneer in the field. Our second master distiller, Jinzo Ose, was very confident in his abilities and utilized his self-assurance and dignity to bring Sengetsu into the modern age.
It was our third distiller, Toyoka Sosogi, who combined the techniques of his forebears with his own ingenuity to create truly special shochu. His many achievements were found worthy of the title of Contemporary Master Craftsman bestowed upon him by the Japanese government. Our fourth distiller, Takeharu Shigetomi, utilized his education from the great men before him to perfect Sengetsu Shochu, and Shigeru Koshitomi, our fifth master distiller, protected this cherished flavor.
The shochus of Sengetsu, built at the hands of a truly remarkable line of distillers, are now managed under the watchful eye of our sixth distiller, who uses the traditional skills he has learned to both protect and evolve the Sengetsu name.
Yuji Baba
Sixth-Generation Master Distiller