Koki MIURA
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Koki Miura’s taiko journey started when he joined his high school’s taiko club. He entered the Kodo Apprentice Centre in 2011, and became a Kodo member in 2014. On stage, he is featured mainly on taiko drums, metal percussion instruments, vocals, and in dance pieces. He is a multi-talented performer with a captivating stage presence. Since 2020, Miura has appeared as the O-daiko (big drum) soloist on Kodo’s international tours.
His flair for dance and enthusiasm for learning and sharing regional folk arts has led him to develop new dance-centered pieces for the Kodo stage. For Kodo’s 40th Anniversary touring productions, he incorporated Sado Island folk arts into two dynamic new numbers: Hitohi in the Tsuzumi programme (2020), and Okoshi in Warabe (2021).
In recent years, Miura has also been working hard to help teach and mentor the ensemble’s newcomers and apprentices.
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