Keisuku Suzuki's guest appearances

Keisuku Suzuki

Japanese Studies Radio Hour

Joshua Solomon

Patricia MacLachlan

David Leheny

Beate Sirota Gordon

Hazuki Kikuchi

Akiko Takeyama

Kenneth McElwain

Dyron Dabney

Leonard Schoppa

Sato Michiyoshi

Genki Endo

Erik Santos

Toko Shiiki

OwlTail

Fukushima's Yamakiya Taiko Ensemble is one of Japan's leading taiko performance groups, having played such prestigious venues as the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington D.C. The leaders of Yamakiya Taiko (Genki Endo and Keisuke Suzuki) sat down with JSRH ahead of two Ann Arbor performances organized by local filmmaker Toko Shiiki and Prof. Erik Santos (U-M SMTD). We discuss the history of their troupe, their connection to Michigan, and what taiko drumming signifies for them as they negotiate the difficulties of life in Fukushima after the post-nuclear disaster.

Yamakiya Taiko - Interview with Genki Endo, Keisuku Suzuki, Erik Santos, Toko Shiiki