From 1987 to 2011, Kodo sent this English quarterly publication to “Friends of Kodo” members and foreign supporters.

The Kodo Beat Back Issues

Vol. 96 2011 spring

  • Kodo Beat Bids Farewell
  • Kodo Close up: Johnny Wales, Kodo Beat Editor
  • Messages from Former K.B. Staff

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Vol. 95 2011 winter

  • Unchanging Kodo – Reflections on Kodo’s 30th Birthday
  • Notes from the Artistic Director, Mitsuru Ishizuka
  • Mr Kodo turns 60!

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Vol. 94 2010 autumn

  • A Filetta’s Sado Impressions
  • Kodo in Corsica

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Vol. 93 2010 summer

  • A Filetta: Sense one another, resonate, inflame, become one.
  • Kaguyahime Opens in Paris
  • Farewell Homma Sensei

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Vol. 92 2010 spring

  • Kodo School Workshop-Performances
  • Michael De Roo, Conductor of Kaguyahime

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Vol. 91 2010 winter

  • Kaguyahime at the Opéra National de Paris
  • Kodo Close-up: Shogo Yoshii, player

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Vol. 90 2009 autumn

  • Gnosis: Kodo’s Yoshie Sunahata Performs with Akram Khan
  • Japanese Sashiko Textiles Exhibition in Great Britain
  • KB Editor Johnny Wales’ Glimpses of EC ’09

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Vol. 89 2009 summer

  • KASA Workshop Tour 2009
  • Kodo Close-up, Yoshie Sunahata

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Vol. 88 2009 spring

  • Kodo: In My Life for 30 Years
  • Interview with Isabel González

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Vol. 87 2009 winter

  • From Monoprism Onward
  • South American Tour

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Vol. 86 2008 autumn

  • Earth Celebration ’08 A Personal View

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Vol. 85 2008 summer

  • Kodo Villager’s Event

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Our apologies, there was a mistake in Kodo Beat vol. 85 page four. The correct venue for the December Concert Series in Niigata is the Niigata Rytopia Concert Hall.


Vol. 84 2008 spring

  • Kodo Has a Cow
  • Yoko Fujimoto’s First Solo CD, Morisa Komorisa (Lullabies)

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Vol. 83 2008 winter

  • P.P.C. & cocon Tour
  • Kodo Close-up, Kazuko Arai

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Vol. 82 2007 autumn

  • Reflections on EC ’07
  • Yosuke Yamashita, Zakir Hussain, Kazuaki Tomita, Ryutaro Kaneko

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Vol. 81 2007 summer

  • The Sado Island Taiko Centre
  • 20 Years of Earth Celebration

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Vol. 80 2007 spring

  • Compact Show in the Big AppleKodo performed at Joe’s Pub in Manhattan.
  • Kodo Close-up, Ayako Onizawa

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Vol. 79 2007 winter

  • Capturing Taiko
  • Kodo’s sound engineer Takuro Susaki talks.

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Vol. 78 2006 autumn

  • See ya round Kaoru
  • After 9 years with Kodo, St. Louis-born Kaoru Watanabe is leaving…

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Vol. 77 2006 summer

  • Amaterasu
  • Tamasaburo Bando & Kodo

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Vol. 76 2006 spring

  • European Tour 2006, A company Manager’s Tale
  • Kodo Close-up, Masaru Tsuji

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Vol. 75 2006 winter

  • Amaterasu: Kodo’s 25th anniversary Commemorative Project Featureing Tamasaburo Bando
  • Kodo Close-up, Kazunari Abe

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Vol. 74 2005 autumn

  • Earth Celebration 2005, Galician/Celtic Heat

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Vol. 73 2005 summer

  • prism rhythm: Home-made CD
  • Kodo Close-up, Yasuhiko Ishihara

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Vol. 72 2005 spring

  • On the Road with Kodo
  • Kodo Close-up, Toshiaki Negishi

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Vol. 71 2005 winter

  • On the Road with Ryutaro, Kaoru & Friends in Ireland, France & Spain
  • Kodo Close-up, Masami Miyazaki

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Vol. 70 2004 autumn

  • EC 2004 …in the wake of Typhoon 15
  • Kodo Close-up, Michiko Chida

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Vol. 69 2004 summer

  • 2004 KASA North America Workshop Tour
  • Kodo Close-up, Mitsuru Ishizuka

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Vol. 68 2004 spring

  • Hideyuki Saito Takes the Helm
  • Kodo Close-up, Tsugumi Yamanaka

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Vol. 67 2004 winter

  • Hanayui… a lighter touch
  • Kodo Close-up, Yasuko Yamaguchi

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Vol. 66 2003 autumn

  • KASA/MIX Tour 2003
  • Earth Celebration 2003

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Vol. 65 2003 summer

  • Less is More: The Soft Approach to Power Taiko
  • Kodo and The Hero

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Vol. 64 2003 spring

  • Kabuki’s Tamasaburo Bando directs ‘Kodo One Earth Special’
  • KASA North America Workshop Tour Report

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Vol. 63 2003 winter

  • KASA 2003 North America Workshop Tour
  • Kodo Close-up, Kazuki Imagai

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Vol. 62 2002 autumn

  • One Earth Tour USA 2002 by Daniel Rosen
  • Kodo Close-up, Tsubasa Hori

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Vol. 61 2002 summer

  • Spring Earth Celebration
  • An Introduction to Kodo Arts Sphere America (KASA)

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Vol. 60 2002 spring

  • Kodo & the Forest – A walk in the woods of Kodo Village
  • Kodo Close-up, Naomi Saito

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Vol. 59 2002 winter

  • Impressions of European Tour 2001
  • Kodo Close-up, Sachiko Abe

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Vol. 58 2001 autumn

  • Earth Celebration 2001
  • Mickey Hart Interview

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Vol. 57 2001 summer

  • Kodo’s Roots by Atsushi Sugano
  • Kodo Close-up, Ryuji Sato

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Vol. 56 2001 spring

  • Kaoru Watanabe’s U.S. Tour 2001 Report
  • USA Taiko and Voice Workshop Tour

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Vol. 55 2001 winter

  • What is Taiko? – Shawn Bender and his thoughts
  • Kodo Close-up, Takeshi Arai

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Vol. 54 2000 autumn

  • 2000 autumnEarth Celebration 2000
  • Kodo Close-up, Akira Nanjo

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Vol. 53 2000 summer

  • East meets east: Kodo in Korea and China
  • Kodo Close-up, Shinichi Sogo

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Vol. 52 2000 spring

  • North American Tour 2000 Interviews by Daniel Rosen

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Vol. 51 2000 winter

  • Earth Celebration 1999 Milford Graves and Ryutaro Kaneko Interview
  • Kodo Close-up, Kiyoko Oi

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Vol. 50 1999 autumn

  • Earth Celebration 1999 Huun-Huur-Tu Interview

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Vol. 49 1999 summer

  • Journey to Tuva
  • Kodo Close-up, Tetsuro Naito

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