Fun Stuff
A few fun projects I’ve been involved with in the recent (ish) past.
kaDon Ei Ja Nai Ka video
Appeared as one of PJ Hirabayashi’s “taiko friends” in the Lesson 11 performance video of Ei Ja Nai Ka.
Breakthrough prize 2018 with Wiz Khalifa
Shared the stage with Wiz Khalifa, award-winning cellist Nan Ou-Yang, and my pal Kristy Oshiro at the nationally televised Breakthrough Prize Awards.
Oakland A’s Japanese Heritage Night
Peformed with Queer Taiko and Taiko SOBA at the Oakland A’s Japanese Heritage Night. (SOBA’s set included my song Izakaya Groove.)
Fire bachi
Spun fire (bachi) at a fundraiser for Tucson’s All Souls Procession.
All Souls Procession 2011
Played Odaiko 200 feet in the air atop a crane platform rigged for me and aerial performers