Victoria Chu
Started playing taiko in 1999 with Raging Asian Women (RAW) Taiko in Toronto, Canada
Went on taiko hiatus from 2002-2005
Joined SDT in 2006


Eric Franchomme
Started playing taiko in 2003 with Studio Hougaku Academy (Tokyo, Japan)
Joined SDT in 2004



Kathy Fuller
Started playing taiko in 1995 with Soh Daiko in New York City until 2001
Co-founded San Diego Taiko in 2004
“Taiko is my drug of choice.”



Kamille Garcia
Started playing taiko in 2000 with Shigo Senryo Daiko (Wakayama, Japan)
Joined SDT in 2005



Chris Huynh
Started playing taiko with UCSD's Asayake Taiko
Joined SDT in 2009




John Iversen
Profile coming soon...





Carrie Kishimoto
Started playing taiko in 2002 with UCSD's Asayake Taiko 
Joined SDT in 2006



Bobby Koga
Started making noise in 2002
Affiliations with Asayake (UCSD) and
Buddhist Temple of San Diego’s taiko group
Joined SDT in 2005


Chelsey Nakao
Started playing taiko in 2003 with Waiwai Taiko (Kokura, Japan)
Joined SDT in 2006



Nao Umemura
Started playing taiko in 2005 with SDT



Yasuo Umemura
Started playing taiko in 2005 with SDT
"I admired taiko when I was a boy in Japan.
I'm glad I started my taiko career here in the U.S.!"