RINA CHANG

Performing Member

Hometown: Saratoga, California

Favorite food:  Noodles!  Any kind!

Pets:  Used to have a Betta fish named Bui

Hobbies:  Knitting, sleeping, eating

Secret talent:  Often combines two words into one when talking ("quick" + "fast" might come out as "quast")

YURIKA CHIBA

Artistic Staff

Hometown:  Toronto, Canada

Favorite food:  Pickles

Pets:  Would like to have a bunny someday

Hobbies:  Drawing, hip hop dancing, writing letters

Secret talent:  Can tell where people come from by their accents

PJ HIRABAYASHI

Artistic Director Emeritus

Hometown:  Ross, California

Favorite food: White nectarines

Pets: Shiba dog named Dashi

Hobbies: Walking my dog

Secret talent:  Making silly faces and making babies laugh or cry

ROY HIRABAYASHI

Founder

Hometown:  Oakland, California

Favorite food:  Donuts

Pets:  Shiba dog named Dashi

ALEX HUDSON

Performing Member

FRANCO IMPERIAL

Artistic Director

Hometown:  Lake Jackson, Texas

Favorite food:  Mom's chicken adobo

Pets:  A dog named TarTar

Hobbies:  Writing fun taiko songs, bowling, learning to play the digeridoo

Secret talent:  Very good at being unable to keep secrets

ALLISON ISHIDA

Performing Member

Hometown:  San Jose, California

Favorite food:  Any type of noodle dish

Pets:  Dog named Atsui

Hobbies:  Cooking, playing piano, playing volleyball and drawing

Secret talent:  I can kiai (shout) really loudly!

SYLVIA KING

Performing Member

Hometown:  Trumbull, Connecticut

Favorite food:  Most anything Japanese or seafood

Pets:  Would like to have a Welsh corgi puppy someday

Hobbies:  All things music, video games and lots of sports

Secret talent:  Can fix any broken zipper

ALIX KOYAMA

Performing Member

Hometown:  Portland, Oregon

Favorite food:  Sesame ice cream, flourless chocolate cake, sea bass

Pets:  A fish named Johannes

Hobbies:   Snowboarding and hip hop dancing

Secret talent:  Stunt kite flying

STEWART KUME

Performing Member

Hometown:  San Mateo, California

Favorite food:  Ramen Noodles; I also like Nachos

Pets:  A dog named Izzy, 3 fish

Hobbies:  Running, playing with my dog, gardening and building things

Secret talent:  Circular breathing (which means I can continuously blow bubbles in a glass through a straw)

TRISH WONG KUME

Performing Member

GEOFF NOONE

Performing Member

Hometown:  Torrance, California

Favorite food:  Cookies

Pets:  None

Hobbies:  Playing basketball, baking and decorating cakes

Secret talent:  Making ribbon leis

RYLAN SEKIGUCHI

Performing Member

Hometown:  Honolulu, Hawaii

Favorite food:  Green leafy vegetables

Pets:  Grew up with dogs, fish, birds and various rodents

Hobbies:  Singing, cooking, rapping and reading

Secret talent:  Copyediting

DYLAN SOLOMON

Performing Member

Hometown:  San Diego, California

Favorite food:  Ramen

Pets:  A fish named Johannes

Hobbies:  Reading and cooking

Secret talent:  I can play the guitar upside-down

MEG SUZUKI

Artistic Staff

Hometown:  Ofuna, Japan (near Yokohama)

Favorite food:  Anything from Gombei restaurant in San Jose Japantown

Pets:  Madeleine the cat

Hobbies:  Making pizza and inventing new ice cream flavors

Secret talent:  Twirling batons

WISA UEMURA

Executive Director

Hometown:  Kula, Maui, Hawaii

Favorite food:  Pizza

Pets:  Labrador mix named TarTar

Hobbies:  Reading, playing with my dog

Secret talent:  Was a hula dancer for 14 years before starting taiko

ADAM WEINER

Performing Member

Hometown:  San Jose, California

Favorite food:  Wings

Pets:  Used to have a bunny named Nibbles

Hobbies:  Karate and videogames

Secret talent:  Can bend hands and arms in weird ways

CRAIG WONG

Performing Member

Hometown:  Rowland Heights, California

Favorite food:  Ramen and spam musubi

Pets:  None

Hobbies:  Playing guitar and bass guitar, dancing, snowboarding

Secret talent:  Sleep-walking and sleep-talking

BYRON YAMANAKA

Performing Member

Hometown:  Torrance, California

Favorite food:  Japanese curry, prime rib

Pets:  None

Hobbies:  Playing board/card games

Secret talent:  Doing the robot