Ondekoza (鬼太鼓座) ("demon drum group"), sometimes referred to as "Za Ondekoza", is a Japanese troupe specializing in taiko drumming. Founded in 1969 by...

Oguchi and later in 1961 by the Ondekoza, and taiko was made later popular with many other groups copying the format of Ondekoza such as Kodo, Yamato, Tao,...

processions. Outside Japan it is perhaps best known from the drumming groups Ondekoza and Kodo, who appear dressed in only a white fundoshi and a headband. Fundoshi...

not outright ban such costumes. Starting in the mid-1970s, members of Ondekoza, a group from Japan, would run the marathon and right after finishing the...

Den Tagayasu) (1931–2001) was a taiko performer and founder of the group Ondekoza. Den was born in Asakusa district of Tokyo in 1931. Den's birth name was...

the art of Japanese drumming. After joining the Japanese taiko ensemble Ondekoza at age 19, he returned to the United States four years later to pursue...

became well-known through dramatic variations of the piece developed by Ondekoza and Kodo. Yatai-bayashi has been recognized as a piece that requires great...

known for his solo performance work in taiko. Hayashi joined the group Ondekoza at an early age. Later, after parting from group, helped found the taiko...

Sukeroku Taiko, founded by Seido Kobayashi. 1969 saw a group called Za Ondekoza; Za Ondekoza gathered young performers who innovated a new roots revival taiko...

renamed from the taiko group Ondekoza organized in 1971. Indeed, Kodō was formed out of the existing members of Ondekoza, but their leader, Den Tagayasu...