We were very pleased to welcome
one of Japan’s most talented taiko
players, Hiroshi Motofuji to the
dojo, courtesy of the Asian Music
Circuit.

After a summer school in London
run by AMC, Motofuji-san travelled
to Scotland to run a one-day
workshop for Taiko Academy,
and a guest teacher weekend
workshop open to the public.

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The workshop was hugely
successful, with the participants
learning new exercises to make a
good quality sound on the drum,
with breathing techniques to help
group synchronicity.

Motofuji has a 30 year history of
playing taiko, originally with the
renowned Tokyo group Oedo
Sukeroku, one of the best-known
groups in the world.

Background info:

www.koten.co.jp/
dakt/kyokusetu.htm

With Oedo Sukeroku, Motofuji
served as group leader, and was
responsible for training new
members.

After 10 years with the group,
Motofuji became an independent
player, forming fusion groups with
rock music, and working as a
session player for different
projects with many genres of
music.

He is currently at the forefront of
the new wave of taiko players in
Tokyo, both as a solo player and
with his three-man group: DaKT.