Drum Tao Offers Entertainment That Can't Be Beat

Established in 1993, with a dream of creating the best show in the world using Taiko Drums (Japanese Drums), the instrument which has a very rare and unique variety of sound expressions. DRUM TAO set their base at Oita, Japan and started creating their own music, stage set-ups, and costumes to produce their one and only world of entertainment. Many talented artists and staff gathered to join this creation from all over the world and this is why DRUM TAO can make the peerless and the most modern “JAPANESE ENTERTAINMENT.”

Labeled “Extraordinarily talented percussion artists, and seductive, alluring performers” by the Chicago Tribune, DRUM TAO set out to create the best show in the world using Taiko Drums, Japanese Drums with a rare and unique variety of sound expressions. The incomparable Taiko Drums are joined by the beautiful melody of Japanese Shinobue (Flute), Koto (Harp) and Syamisen (Guitar).

DRUM TAO’s stage is created through phenomenal performances and expressions consisting of incomparable Taiko Drums and the beautiful melody of Japanese Shinobue (Flute), Koto (Harp) and Syamisen (Guitar) etc. It is the “Japanese Entertainment” for a new generation that completely surpasses expectations. Their long-run production “MANGEKYO” started in Tokyo in 2017. This night's entertainment aimed at international tourists became widely popular.

In 2018, they performed in the opening ceremony of “Japonism 2018” in Paris, France. They also co-starred with the Bolshoi Ballet as the opening act of “Japan Year In Russia” held at The Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Russia, in front of the heads of each country.

They were awarded “Outstanding Cultural Contribution” from Oita prefecture, “Culture Creators Award” from Taketa City in Oita prefecture, “The 6th Japan Tourism Agency Commissioner Award” and “Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Award” from the Japanese Government.

Currently, they perform 700 shows yearly as three teams; Team A, Team K and Team S.

They continue to delight fans for three decades, DRUM TAO combines highly physical drumming with precise choreography and stunning visuals. More than nine million spectators in 26 countries have thronged DRUM TAO with Newsweek declaring, “The highly acclaimed debut of DRUM TAO on Broadway will represent not only Japanese entertainment but Japan itself.”

The troupe has been acclaimed in Japan receiving the Outstanding Cultural Contribution Award from Oita prefecture and the Culture Creators Award from the city of Taketa in Oita prefecture as well as the 6th Japan Tourism Agency Commissioner Award and Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Award from the Japanese government.

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