Taiko Performance List

2024

1/1- New Years Celebration in Little Tokyo 

Performance with J-Town Taiko Club 

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1/6- San Fernando Valley JACC New Years Installation 

Performance with SFV Taiko  

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1/19- Dearborn Elementary School Multicultural Night 

Performance with Los Angeles Taiko Collective 

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1/21- San Fernando Valley JACL New Years Luncheon 

Performance with SFV Taiko  

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3/27- Shohei Ohtani Mural "LA Rising" Unveiling 

Performance with Los Angeles Taiko Collective

 

3/30- Sakura Taiko Fest 2024, Washington DC

Performance with Ai Matsuda  

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4/20- Entertainment Community Fund 20th Anniversary Celebration 

Performance with Maceo Hernandez 

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5/2- Dodgers Foundation Blue Diamond Gala 

Performance with J-Town Taiko Club 

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5/26- Pierce College AANHPI Event 

Performance with Los Angeles Taiko Collective 

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6/11- Valley Charter School Assembly 

Solo Performance 

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6/13- UmiAi Sushi Restaurant Opening 

Performance with Los Angeles Taiko Collective 

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6/29-30- San Fernando Obon 

Performnce with SFV Taiko

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7/6- Anime Expo 

Performance with Kuni Yoshida 

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7/27- Hiroyasu Wedding 

Solo Performance 

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8/10- 2024 Nisei Week Coronation 

Solo Performance 

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8/11- 2024 Nisei Week Grand Parade 

Performance with Los Angeles Taiko Collective 

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10/19- Aikido Center of Los Angeles 50th Anniversary 

Performance with Los Angeles Taiko Collective 

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2023

1/1- New Year Celebration in Little Tokyo 

Performance with Taiko Center of Los Angeles 

 

1/7- Anime LA Calligraphy, Taiko, Sword Panel 

Lecture/Performance with Kuniharu Yoshida and Toru Uchikado 

 

1/8- Japanese American National Museum, Oshogatsu Family Day 

Performance with Kuniharu Yoshida 

 

1/9- Los Angeles Kings Japanese Heritage Night 

Performance with J-Town Taiko Club 

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1/ 18- Redondo Beach Japanese Tech Company Launch Party

Performance with Taiko Center of Los Angeles 

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1/20- Mountain View Elementary School, Santa Barbra 

Performance with Taiko Center of Los Angeles 

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1/26- ABC TV Drama "The Company you Keep" 

Cast/Solo Odaiko Scene. Aired 2/19/2023

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2/12- SuperBowl Watch Party, Malibu, CA

Performance with Los Angeles Taiko Collective

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4/15- Monterey Park Sakura Matsuri

Performance with Taiko Center of Los Angeles 

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5/2- Crossroads School for the Arts and Sciences AANHPI Event 

Performance with LA Taiko Collective 

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5/4- Long Beach College AANHPI Event 

Performance with Taiko Center of Los Angeles

 

5/4- Kaviar Sushi LA Restaurant  

Performance with LA Taiko Collective

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5/6- Kibo Nobori 

Performance with J-Town Taiko Club 

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5/6-  Centenary United Methodist Church Arigato Bazaar 

Performance with J-Town Taiko Club

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5/7- Angel City Football Club Halftime Show 

Performance with J-Town Taiko Club 

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5/16- AANHPI Event at Saint John Chrysostomos School

Performance with LA Taiko Collective 

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5/19- Valley Glen School AANHPI Event 

Performance with LA Taiko Collective 

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5/21- AANHPI Banquet at Skirball Cultural Center 

Performance with Taiko Center of Los angeles

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5/25- John Adams Middle School AANHPI Event 

Performance with LA Taiko Collective and LA Mugen Taiko

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5/26- Good Day LA Live Segment 

Performance with J-Town Taiko Club 

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5/26- Cedars Sinai AANHPI Event 

Performance with Taiko Center of Los Angeles 

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5/31- AANHPI Luncheon for the City of Alhambra 

Performance with LA Taiko Collective 

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6/15- United Methodist Annual Conference 

Performance with LA Taiko Collective

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6/22- JACCC 42nd Anniversary Dinner 

Performance with LA Taiko Collective 

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7/1- Anime Expo Taiko/Calligraphy 

Performance with Kuni Yoshida 

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7/2- Janime 2023 at JACCC

Performance with LA Taiko Collective 

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8/11- Spectrum News Segment 

Performance with LA Taiko Collective 

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8/12- Nisei Week Coronation 

Solo Performance 

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8/13- 81st Nisei Week Grand Parade 

Performance with LA Taiko Collective 

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8/27- Nisei Week Closing Ceremony 

Performance with LA Taiko Collective 

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8/27- Save our Seniors Event 

Performance with Maceo Hernandez 

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9/7- Honda Collection Hall Grand Opening 

Performance with LA Taiko Collective 

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9/9- Little Tokyo Metro Community Celebration 

Performance with J-Town Taiko Club and LA Taiko Collective

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9/21- Worthy of Love Birthday Celebration for unhoused children

Performance with Kyo No Kai

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10/21- Fandango Obon

Performance with J-Town Taiko Club/Los Angeles Taiko Collective 

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11/7- Hollenbeck Palms

Performance with Los Angeles Taiko Collective 

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12/1- Grand Reopening of the Democracy Center in Little Tokyo

Performance with Los Angeles Taiko Collective 

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12/5- Shared Pathways to Heal, Repair, and Liberate, JANM

Performance with Los Angeles Taiko Collective 

 

12/10- Chikara Daiko Winter Concert 

Solo Performance 

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12/30- LA Kings Japanese Heritage Night

Performance with Los Angeles Taiko Collective 

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2022

1/1- New Year Celebration in Little Tokyo

Performance with Taiko Center of Los Angeles 

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2/15- East LA Taiko Live at Visions and Voices USC

Performance with East LA Taiko

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3/11- Terasaki Budokan Ribbon Cutting Ceremony 

Performance with East LA Taiko

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3/12- Terasaki Budokan Grand Opening Festival

Performance with J-Town Taiko Club

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3/21- Plate by Plate Los Angeles 

Performance with Kuniharu Yoshida 

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4/7- Mountain View Elementary School Santa Barbra outdoor assembly

Performance with Taiko Center of Los Angeles

 

4/20- Kodo Restaurant opening Arts District 

Performance with Kaz Mogi, Risa Isogawa

 

5/17- Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences AAPI event 

Performance with Taiko Center of Los Angeles

 

5/18- Westside Neighborhood School AAPI assembly 

Performance with Taiko Center of Los Angeles

 

5/21- AAPI luncheon for the city of Alhambra 

Solo

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5/22- AAPI Banquet at Skirball Cultural Center 

Performance with Taiko Center of Los Angeles 

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6/9- Japanese Community Pioneer Center luncheon 

Performance with Taiko Center of Los Angeles 

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6/30- Wedding Performance 

Performance with Kaz Mogi, Risa Isogawa 

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8/4- 14th Annual Diplomats Diversi-Tea Gala celebrating Union Day

Performance with Kaz Mogi, Shoji Kameda 

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8/13- Nisei Week Coronation Ball

Solo

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8/26-28- Austin Taiko Workshop

Taught a workshop in Austin, Texas

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9/25- Worthy of Love event at Terasaki Budokan 

Performance with J-Town Taiko Club 

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10/2- Hollywood Japanese Cultural Institute 75th Anniversary Luncheon 

Performance with Kaz Mogi, Risa Isogawa

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10/21- J-Town Taiko One-Year Anniversary

Performance with J-Town Taiko Club, Kaz Mogi 

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10/22- Terasaki Budokan Fundraiser at Nishi Honganji 

Performance with J-Town Taiko Club 

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11/10- Kaviar Los Angeles 

Performance with Kaz Mogi

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11/16- Terasaki Budokan Golf Tournament 

Performance with J-Town Taiko Club

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12/14- Halftime show at Los Angeles Clippers Japanese Heritage Night 

Performance with J-Town Taiko Club

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2021

3/20- Candlelight Memorial for the covid deaths of Keiro

Performance with East LA Taiko.

 

5/1- Japanese American National Museum Virtual Gala 

Performance with East LA Taiko.

 

6/12 - Kansha Obon: Gathering of Hope and Gratitude 

Performance with East LA Taiko.

 

7/08-11- Anime Matsuri Houston, Texas 

Shishimai with Kabuki Actor Nakamura Gankyo 

Guest performance with Austin Taiko along with Shamisen player Kyle Abbott.

 

7/17- Little Tokyo Service Centers Sake on the Couch 

Performance with East LA Taiko.
 

7/23 - 2021 Tokyo Olympic Committee Opening Ceremony Watch Party at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

Performance with East LA Taiko.

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10/01- Kevin Hart Family Birthday Party

Performance with TCLA

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10/11- LA84 Welcome Home Dinner for 2020 Olympians and Paralympians 

Performance with East LA Taiko

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11/14- Autumn Festival at the Aquarium of the Pacific 

guest performance with Ryujin Taiko

 

11/19- Soft Opening for Onizuka LA Japanese Peruvian restaurant in West Hollywood. 

Performance with Toru Uchikado and Kaz Kobayashi

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12/12- Terasaki Budokan Donor Event.

Performance with East LA Taiko

 

2020

2/22- Afternoon of Peace Hiroshima and Nagasaki Through Song,Dance,and Spoken Word

Taiko and Shodo collaborated with Kuniharu Yoshida. 

 

2019

1/1- Japanese American National Museum Oshogatsu

Taiko and Shodo collaborated with Kuniharu Yoshida.

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6/10- Nisei Week Coronation 

Odaiko Solo and Drum Roll for Royal Court announcement.

 

6/19- Artstagia Multiarts Showcase

Taiko and Shodo collaborated with Kuniharu Yoshida.

 

6/30- Terasaki Budokan Promo Video

My life in taiko segment. 

 

9/28- Grateful Crane Ensembles Tuna Canyon Letters to our Grandchildren 

Taiko and Percussion. 

 

10/22- A Little Tokyo Christmas Show 

Odaiko Solo at the Aratani Theater.

 

2018

1/12- Rodney Kageyama Remembrance of Life Celebration 

Taiko collaboration with Kraig Saito. 

 

4/9- Crossroads School Performance 

Taiko Collaboration with Clara Mulligan. 

 

9/21- John Muir Middle School Japan Day 

Chikara Daiko and students from Rebun Hokkaido Japan Performance. 

 

11/4- Shinsei Kai Emerging Stars of Japanese Arts 

Taiko and Shodo collaborated with Kuniharu Yoshida.

Taiko,Shodo,Koto,Sahkuhachi collaborated with Kuniharu Yoshida, Shirley Muramoto,and Brian Wong.

Shishimai with Kabuki actor Nakamura Gankyo.

 

2017

5/13- Satsuki No Mai: Dance of the Azalea Nikkei Student Union Odori at UCLA 

Odaiko Solo. 

 

7/30- 800 Traction eviction rally.

Collaboration with Maceo Hernandez to fight against the eviction of artists on 800 Traction Ave.

 

9/14- Hakalau School Community Reunion at the California Club Las Vegas

Solo performance. 

 

9/21-  John Muir Middle School Burbank California Guiness World Record for most Japanese dancers using fans 

Taiko performance. 

 

10/20- Twilight and Snow Play Reading by Warren Sata

Played character “Kuma”, a member of the taiko dojo.

 

2016

3/24- Clippers Japanese American Heritage Night at Staples Center 

Chikara Daiko 

 

10/8- Chikara Daiko 20th Anniversary Celebration

 

2015

6/28- Anime California 

Taiko collaboration with Kraig Saito and SteamPunk band Lolita Dark.

 

2013

6/18- Nisei Week Closing Ceremony

Collaboration with Minyo Station. 

 

10/12- The Grateful Crane Ensemble Evening of Aloha Breaking the Gothic Line 

Taiko and Percussion. 

 

11/16- Grateful Crane Ensemble production “Nihonmachi”

Odaiko Solo, Chudaiko and Shime Solo.

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11/18- Valley Japanese Community Center 60th anniversary. 

Taiko with guest Ted Yamada. 

 

2012 

4/21- Grateful Crane Ensemble production “Pairings”

Performed with Danny Yamamoto of Kinnara Taiko.

 

6/10-  4th annual Tanabata Festival 

Solo Performance 

 

6/23- Nisei Week Closing Ceremony 

Chikara Daiko. 

 

10/8- West Ranch High School band Competition Championship 

Taiko instructor for field show. 

 

10/12- Tekona Taiko Concert in Ichikawa Japan 

Guest Solo Performance