Taiko Groups

Taiko is one of the most popular forms of Japanese culture practiced by Nikkei and non-Nikkei outside Japan. Nikkei have played a major role in both popularizing taiko around the world, and in transforming it. Learn about various groups around the world.

Featured Taiko Group

Odaiko Sonora

Odaiko Sonora has made taiko accessible to Tucson and Pima County residents since 2002. Visit the group’s page for information about the group!!

Recently Updated Groups

Kaiju Daiko

Chicago, Illinois
United States

Shin3

Los Angeles, California
United States

Ryusei Taiko

Pearl City, Hawaii
United States

Midwest Buddhist Temple Taiko Group

Chicago, Illinois
United States

Sheridan Taiko Players

Sheridan, Oregon
United States

Icho Daiko

Cleveland & Oberlin, Ohio
United States

Swarthmore College Taiko

Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
United States

Smokin Bachi Taiko

Santa Fe, New Mexico
United States

Taiko Center of Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California
United States

East LA Taiko

Los Angeles,
United States

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Welcome to the Taiko Database!

If you are part of a taiko group and would like help in updating your group’s information or would like to have your group added to our database, please contact us at editor@DiscoverNikkei.org.

Oct 2015 17	Uchinaa Chimu Don-Don: Heartbeat of Okinawa California, United States
Jun 2015 27	TAIKOPROJECT: Rhythmic Relations 2015 California, United States
Jul 2014 19	Taiko Nation Concerts California, United States
Jul 2014 17	2014 World Taiko Gathering California, United States
Apr 2014 19	TAIKOPROJECT + Ryutaro Kaneko: LifeRhythm California, United States

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Big Drum: Taiko in the United States

The taiko database was originally developed in conjunction with the Big Drum: Taiko in the United States exhibition at the Japanese American National Museum in 2005.