KUNIHIRO KAWAHARA

About Kunihiro

President of the Fukuoka branch of the Nippon Taiko Foundation, vice president of the All-Kyushu Taiko Federation, and president of the Fukuoka Prefecture Taiko Federation, Kunihiro performs both in Japan and abroad with his Fukuoka-based wadaiko drumming group Nobushi.

He is also actively involved in the training of the next generation. He has trained Wadaiko Tagiri, the group representing Fukuoka Prefecture at the “National Nippon Taiko Junior Contest” organised by the Nippon Taiko Foundation. In 2017 and 2019, the group won first prize and the Prime Minister’s Award.

Kunihiro is currently an instructor at Hibikus Tenjin, a Miyamoto Unosuke Shoten taiko school in Fukuoka, Japan.