Personnel
JASC Tsukasa Taiko is made up of the leading taiko artists in the Midwest. Our artists are nationally and internationally recognized performers and recording artists.
Hide Yoshihashi - Head Taiko Instructor, Director of Curriculum
Amy Homma - Taiko and Shamisen Instructor
Chinatsu Nakano - Shinobue Instructor
Jeff Chan - Administrative Director
Tatsu Aoki - Head Shamisen Instructor, Artistic Director
Hide Yoshihashi
Hide Yoshihashi, JASC Tsukasa Taiko Founder, was born in Glen Ellyn in 1978. At age eleven, he moved to Japan and joined the school marching band, soon after which he was drawn into the world of taiko. Yoshihashi studied the northern taiko style of Hokkaido (the northern island of Japan). Returning to Illinois, he became a member of Chicago's Waka Daiko, led by John Sagami. In 1996 Yoshihashi left the group to form Tsukasa Daiko, later to become JASC Tsukasa Taiko in partnership with Asian Improv aRts Midwest and the Japanese American Service Committee.
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