Yuta Kato

After seven years studying with San Francisco Taiko Dojo, Kato was a leader of UCLA Kyodo Taiko before moving to Japan to study at Nihon Taiko Dojo and on Hachijo island. He performed professionally with TAIKOPROJECT, On Ensemble, Portland Taiko, Unit Souzou and coordinated the 2011 North American Taiko Conference before turning his attention to taiko teaching. Kato currently resides in California and up until recently, served as the Principal and instructor for LATI (Los Angeles Taiko Institute) housed at the state-of-the-art taiko facility - Asano Taiko US.  He performs as a member of UnitOne (Torrance, CA).