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RICK SHIOMI is an internationally recognized, award-winning Japanese Canadian playwright, stage director, artistic director and taiko artist.
Rick Shiomi is an award-winning taiko artist. He began playing in 1979 as a member of Katari Taiko in Vancouver, British Columbia. In the 1980s, he studied with Grandmaster Seiichi Tanaka of the San Francisco Taiko Dojo, and has performed with several groups, including Soh Daiko of New York (as a guest artist) and Wasabi Taiko in Toronto.