Rick Shiomi

Mu Artistic Director, Mu Daiko, Board of Directors, Core Artistic Group
Rick Shiomi is the Artistic Director and a founding member of both Theater Mu and Mu Daiko.  As a taiko performer, he began his career in the late 1970s with Katari Taiko in Vancouver, Canada.  In the early 1980s he studied and performed with the San Francisco Taiko Dojo under Grandmaster Seiichi Tanaka.  He also performed with Soh Daiko of New York, San Jose Taiko, and Wasabi Daiko of Toronto.  As a theater artist, he has written and directed many plays for Theater Mu and is considered one of the leading figures of Asian American theater.