website associated_acts years_active article_title background genre origin name occupation
-lsb- http://www.makoto-izumitani.com link -rsb- gwen lee jones ayumi hamasaki love psychedelico stefani eve missing persons -lrb- band -rrb- rickie 1991 -- present makoto izumitani
 group_or_band pop , country music , hip hop , rock , r & b , jazz fukuyama , hiroshima , hiroshima prefecture , japan makoto izumitani session musician , drummer
makoto izumitani

makoto izumitani -lrb- born august 28 , 1972 in fukuyama , hiroshima , japan -rrb- is drummer .
performed at awards 47th grammy awards at staples center , brit awards at earls court exhibition centre , american music award at shrine auditorium , mtv europe music awards 2004 in rome italy , billboard music award at mgm grand las vegas , as well as tvs saturday night live , late night with david letterman , good morning america , jimmy kimmel live ! .
concert at madison square garden , universal amphitheatre , angel stadium , arrowhead pond , london coliseum .
record in late 2007 izumitani played drums on studio version of japanese pop-star ayumi hamasaki 's 43rd single together when ... with bass player chris chaney this song not only debuted at number-one position with 3,312,541 downloads , but also claimed the top position on the monthly download charts .
in 2008 album guilty -lrb- ayumi hamasaki album -rrb- include together when ... sold over 1,800,000 units worldwide .
gear he plays gretsch drums , avedis zildjian company , remo , vater .
performed with gwen stefani , eve , missing persons , rickie lee jones , michael landau , john beasley , jimmy johnson , dawayne bailey , louis johnson .
