Artist Profile
TAGA
A Japanese-Western eclectic unit featuring a nostalgic sound full of Japanese emotion, which is a fusion of traditional Japanese instruments and piano. Kanako Otani is active in Japan and abroad as her tee player who plays traditional Japanese instruments such as Tsugaru shamisen, Shinobue, koto, and Japanese drums. Akira Sakaue uses traditional Japanese drums as his base and also supports percussive playing styles, and has performed more than 1,500 performances in 30 countries around the world. Mamoru Motooka has performed many domestic and international performances as a nine-fingered pianist while holding his intractable neurological disease, Gistonia, in his right index finger, and is also active in the song programs of the Japanese public broadcaster NHK.