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He probably started to listen to jazz in his mother's womb even before he was born on July 9th, 1998. He grew up listening to jazz from morning till bedtime. At the age of 4 and 3months, guiterist Takeshi Yamaguchi, who had been one of Taiga's favorite jazz musicians offered him an opportunity to meet bassist Ron Carter and drummer Lewis Nash while he was on a Japan tour with them . After that precious opportunity, he decided to become a jazz drummer in the future so that someday he might be able to play with him. At 5 and 8months, he started taking jazz drum lessons with Mr. Kazuhiro Nishiyo at his jazz school MUSIC LABO. He did his 1st trial on stage at a jam session in Kobe playing "St. Thomas" when he was 6 and 4months. Since then, he has been playing in various opportunities from jam sessions to pro players' gigs in Kansai area and Tokyo. Recently he started performing on the street with various jazz players. He appeared in TAKATSUKI JAZZ STREET on May 3 and 4, 2005. In September he is scheduled to appear in MORIGUCHI KADOMA JAZZ FESTIVAL in Osaka and ROKKO JAZZ FESTIVAL in Kobe. He is a first grader who loves Pokemon and Yoshimoto Comedy and Hanshin Tigers baseball team. He is approximately 3ft.8 tall and weighs about 42lb. (April 2005)
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