During his extensive career Naoki Yamauchi-Pohl has assisted the following pianists among others:
Leonard Bernstein, Boris Bloch, Jorge Bolet, Nikolai Demidenko, Pavel Gililov, Martin Helmchen, Cyprien Katsaris, Amir Katz, Freddy Kempf, Vladimir Krainev, Fazil Say, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Vladimir Stoupel, André Watts