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| 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"
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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
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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
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ROY HIRABAYASHI
Founder
Hometown: Oakland, California
Favorite food: Donuts
Pets: Shiba dog named Dashi |
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| ALEX HUDSON
Performing Member
Hometown: Milwaukie, Oregon
Favorite food: Toro ("tuna belly")
Pets: Luke, a beagle
Hobbies: Reading, writing, and swimming
Secret
talent: Making friends with any dog I meet
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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
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| 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
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| 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
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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)
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| TRISH WONG KUME
Performing Member
Hometown: Sacramento, California
Favorite food: Ice cream
Pets: Izzy the wonder dog
Hobbies: Cooking and eating
Secret talent:
Making lots of different kinds of popcorn
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GEOFF NOONE
Artistic
Staff
Hometown: Torrance, California
Favorite food: Cookies
Pets: None
Hobbies: Playing basketball,
baking and decorating cakes
Secret talent: Making ribbon
leis
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MATT OGAWA
Performing Member
Hometown: Millbrae, California
Favorite food: Most things Japanese or Italian
Pets: None
Hobbies: Taiko!
Secret talent:
Has a photographic memory
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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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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 |
