Powerful like a dragon, supple like adancer, spiritual like a priest-The mostremarkable "Taiko" drummer creaYng
incomparably explosive beats and divine
performance

Contact: SAKIWAI CREATION INC.
Shinkoiwa Business Space 1-22-10-301, Shinkoiwa, Katsushika-ku, Tokyo 124-0024
Phone: +81 (0)50-3738-3364
E-mail: mail@sakiwai.jp
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all photos: Nobuo OnishiI was greatly impressed by the variety of representation of Wadaiko (Japanease drum)and surprised by Kensaku Satou assimilating himself with large and small drums
He is called "The Man Chosen by the spirit of the Japanese Drum," and he is exactly it.
Kazuomi Tada (Professor, University of Tokyo)

Kensaku Satou creates dynamic and spiritual shows basedon Japanese mythology. He is highly praised for his beatfull of sacred power which make us feel the universe.
Having 30 years of career as Taiko drummer, he spends hisdays to improve his play with the drum “Fuji” which is thelargest Japanese drum in the world as individual’s property
in sacred village with great nature.
He is known as "The Man Chosen by the Spirit of theJapanese Drum" for his incomparable powerful beat andhigh technique.
His play is appreciated by a lot of arYsts in various genreand he collaborates oeen with ballet dancers, Noh players.

Biography 1995-2011

1998 Performed at the closing ceremony for FIFA World Cup in France.
2003 Performances in Portugal, Spain, and Switzerland supported by Japan FoundaYon
2005 Tour in Southeast Asian countries supported by Japan FoundaYon
2006 Performance in Los Angeles and Sedona in U.S.A
2007 Awarded the semi- Grand Prix and “the Prize of Encouragement from the President ofthe House of Councilors” in the Human Power Prize2008 Through "FUJI " performance, Satou received "the Rookie of the Year Award" in"the 63rd NaQonal Arts FesQval organized by the Agency for Cultural Aﬀairs".
2009 Performance in “ASPAC”,JCI Asia and Paciﬁc Council with his drum “ FUJI” represenYng Japan
2011 Performance in Russia (with Noh performer, Reijiro Tsumura)In the charity show, All Nippon Ballet Gala 2011 in Tokyo, Fukushima.
“Fuji Project” to pray in the aﬀected areas in the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11.
Satou had a free-entrance concert respecYvely at 3 vicYm ciYes of the earthquake and tsunami in Tohoku area
(Iwate,Miyagi and Fukushima).

2011 Fuji Project2003 Switzerland

1998 FIFA World Cup in France

2008
the 63rd NaYonal Arts FesYval

Biography 2012-2016
2012

2013
2014
2015

2016

Self-produced work with Noh and Ballet, The Rite of Joy is highly evaluated as a innovaYve arts of Japanese drums.
CollaboraYon work with Dominic Walsh Dance Theater in Texas, U.S.A, Uzume at the Asian Society Texas Center.
Fuji Project: Satou had a free-entrance concert at a vicYm city of the earthquake and tsunami at Ishinomaki, Miyagi.
DedicaYon concert at Izumo Grand Shrine
Fuji Project: Satou had a free-entrance concerts at a vicYm city of the earthquake and tsunami at Souma, Fukushima
DramaYc Kojiki at Kyoto (CollaboraYon work with opera, ballet and Japanese dance)
Please visit and watch the excepYonal show on Youtube.
DramaYc Kojiki at Miyazaki and Fukuoka
Kensaku Satou The Man chosen by the spirit of the Japanese drum
DedicaYon concerts at Takachiho shrine and Togakushi shirine.
Talk at TEDxShinshuUniversity
2016 Edinburgh FRINGE
Trilateral Arts FesYval: Japan/China/ Korea (performance with Motoko Hirayama)
Live at Za-Koenji with a shakuhachi master, Keisuke Zenyouji)
ParQcipated in Edinburgh FesQval Fringe with his solo work, ONE.
Performed in BBC WORLD SERVICE [Global Beats ] showcase
In the special event related to Edinburgh FesYval Fringe, Satou performed for BBC World Service(internaYonal radio program) Global Beats and had an interview. It has been on air to over the world.

…..and more2012 Uzume

2014 DramaYc Kojiki2015 TEDxShinshuUniversity

2016 Live at Za-Koenji

2013 Izumo Grand Shrine2015 Arts FesYval

Edinburgh FesQval FRINGE
18th-27th August 2016

ONE- The Man Chosen by the Spirit of theJapanese Drum
Satou parYcipated in one of the largest
internaYonal FesYval with his solo showpresenYng a variety of Japanese drums fromthe delicacy on his small Yghtened drum to the
dynamic and deep resonance on his large drum.
His show got great reviews from famousmedias.

BBC WORLD SERVICE[Global Beats ] showcase
In the special event related to Edinburgh FesYval Fringe, Kensaku
Satou performed for BBC World Service (internaYonal radioprogram) Global Beats and had an interview. It has been on the air
over the world.

CollaboraQon work 1
The collaboraYon work between Japanese drum and Noh
performed by Kensaku Satou and an eminent Noh player,
Reijiro Tsumura.
Japanese drum and Noh are both performing arts callingsacred power of deiYes. This collaboraYon is a dramaYc ritual
to pray for the peace and prosperity of all over the world.

CollaboraQon work 2
The collaboraYon work between Japanese drum and dancers, performing arYsts.
2012 Rite of Joy (original show): with Hana Sakai and Rejiro Tsumura

Performance with an aerial perfomer

2013 Performance at Izumo Grand Shrine with Dancer, Kaiji Moriyama

Fuji Project
About FUJI PROJECT
Dedicated to vicYms of the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11, 2011, this project was launched to organize free entrance concerts of“Wadaiko (Japanese drum) to pray” at aﬀected areas on purpose to relieve vicYms from the disaster as well as to ask the help for the aﬀectedareas to all Japan, all over the world.
It is not just a “Japanese drum concert”, but “Beats from hearts to hearts”.
Please pray, feel together and join us to be one.