About me
Emily Harada (she/her), a Chicago native, has played with Chicago’s Ho Etsu Taiko since age 7. She has also trained and performed for 2 years under Somei Taiko and Kenny Endo Taiko Center of the Pacific on Oahu, Hawaii. Using her athletic training experience, a health care profession that works with musculoskeletal injuries, Emily created “Taiko Based Exercises” that gained popularity during the stay-at-home order. Most recently, she returned from +20 months in Tokyo studying under taiko pioneer Kaoly Asano of Gocoo and Tawoo Dojo. In Japan, she taught foreigners and locals alike. She is currently TaikoArts Midwest’s first full-time artistic apprentice and part of the kaDON staff. Combining these experiences in taiko and her experience as an athletic trainer, Emily tries to incorporate the full body in taiko.
