Kenny Endo

Kenny Endo (born April 2, 1953) is an American musician and taiko master.He is the leader of several taiko ensembles and regularly tours, performing traditional and contemporary taiko music.Endo is also the first non-Japanese national to receive a natori in the field of hogaku hayashi, Japanese classical drumming.Today Endo composes his own music and plays taiko professionally as a solo artist, with his ensembles, and in collaboration with other artists.