Born 1950 in Kyoto, Yoshikazu Fujimoto joined "Sado no Kuni Ondeko-za" in 1972. In 1981 he was one of the founding members of Kodo, and has been the group's featured O-daiko player and center-man for the "Yatai-bayashi" climax ever since.



Yoshikazu is presently Kodo's most senior performing member. In recent years he has played a large role in educating the Kodo apprentices, and is conducting more and more workshops for the general public. No one in Kodo lives up to the name "Children of the Drum" like Yoshikazu; he simply loves the taiko.