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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 |
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Eric Franchomme
Started playing taiko in 2003 with Studio Hougaku Academy (Tokyo, Japan) Joined SDT in 2004 |
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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.” |
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Kamille Garcia
Started playing taiko in 2000 with Shigo Senryo Daiko (Wakayama, Japan) Joined SDT in 2005 |
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Chris Huynh
Started playing taiko with UCSD's Asayake Taiko Joined SDT in 2009 |
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John Iversen
Profile coming soon... |
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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 | |
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Started playing taiko in 2003 with Waiwai Taiko (Kokura, Japan) Joined SDT in 2006 |
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Nao Umemura
Started playing taiko in 2005 with SDT |
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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.!" |









