Archives: The Kodo Beat

From 1987, Kodo sent this English quarterly publication to “Friends of Kodo” members and foreign supporters. The final issue (Volume 96) was sent out in the spring of 2011, and now “Kodo eNews” incorporates the role of this publication.

The Kodo Beat Back Issues

Vol. 96 2011 spring

  • Kodo Beat Bids Farewell
  • Kodo Close up: Johnny Wales, Kodo Beat Editor
  • Messages from Former K.B. Staff

PDF (659KB)


Vol. 95 2011 winter

  • Unchanging Kodo - Reflections on Kodo's 30th Birthday
  • Notes from the Artistic Director, Mitsuru Ishizuka
  • Mr Kodo turns 60!

PDF (468KB)


Vol. 94 2010 autumn

  • A Filetta's Sado Impressions
  • Kodo in Corsica

PDF (448KB)


Vol. 93 2010 summer

  • A Filetta: Sense one another, resonate, inflame, become one.
  • Kaguyahime Opens in Paris
  • Farewell Homma Sensei

PDF (352KB)


Vol. 92 2010 spring

  • Kodo School Workshop-Performances
  • Michael De Roo, Conductor of Kaguyahime

PDF (424KB)


Vol. 91 2010 winter

  • Kaguyahime at the Opéra National de Paris
  • Kodo Close-up: Shogo Yoshii, player

PDF (400KB)


Vol. 90 2009 autumn

  • Gnosis: Kodo's Yoshie Sunahata Performs with Akram Khan
  • Japanese Sashiko Textiles Exhibition in Great Britain
  • KB Editor Johnny Wales' Glimpses of EC '09

PDF (1.8MB)


Vol. 89 2009 summer

  • KASA Workshop Tour 2009
  • Kodo Close-up, Yoshie Sunahata

PDF (380KB)


Vol. 88 2009 spring

  • Kodo: In My Life for 30 Years
  • Interview with Isabel González

PDF (508KB)


Vol. 87 2009 winter

  • From Monoprism Onward
  • South American Tour

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Vol. 86 2008 autumn

  • Earth Celebration '08 A Personal View

PDF (492KB)


Vol. 85 2008 summer

  • Kodo Villager's Event

PDF (1,338KB)

Our apologies, there was a mistake in Kodo Beat vol. 85 page four. The correct venue for the December Concert Series in Niigata is the Niigata Rytopia Concert Hall.


Vol. 84 2008 spring

  • Kodo Has a Cow
  • Yoko Fujimoto's First Solo CD, Morisa Komorisa (Lullabies)

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Vol. 83 2008 winter

  • P.P.C. & cocon Tour
  • Kodo Close-up, Kazuko Arai

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Vol. 82 2007 autumn

  • Reflections on EC '07
  • Yosuke Yamashita, Zakir Hussain, Kazuaki Tomita, Ryutaro Kaneko

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Vol. 81 2007 summer

  • The Sado Island Taiko Centre
  • 20 Years of Earth Celebration

PDF (324KB)


Vol. 80 2007 spring

  • Compact Show in the Big AppleKodo performed at Joe's Pub in Manhattan.
  • Kodo Close-up, Ayako Onizawa

PDF (564KB)


Vol. 79 2007 winter

  • Capturing Taiko
  • Kodo's sound engineer Takuro Susaki talks.

PDF (160KB)


Vol. 78 2006 autumn

  • See ya round Kaoru
  • After 9 years with Kodo, St. Louis-born Kaoru Watanabe is leaving...

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Vol. 77 2006 summer

  • Amaterasu
  • Tamasaburo Bando & Kodo

PDF (548KB)


Vol. 76 2006 spring

  • European Tour 2006, A company Manager's Tale
  • Kodo Close-up, Masaru Tsuji

PDF (740KB)


Vol. 75 2006 winter

  • Amaterasu: Kodo's 25th anniversary Commemorative Project Featureing Tamasaburo Bando
  • Kodo Close-up, Kazunari Abe

PDF (308KB)


Vol. 74 2005 autumn

  • Earth Celebration 2005, Galician/Celtic Heat

PDF (540KB)


Vol. 73 2005 summer

  • prism rhythm: Home-made CD
  • Kodo Close-up, Yasuhiko Ishihara

PDF (372KB)


Vol. 72 2005 spring

  • On the Road with Kodo
  • Kodo Close-up, Toshiaki Negishi

PDF (484KB)


Vol. 71 2005 winter

  • On the Road with Ryutaro, Kaoru & Friends in Ireland, France & Spain
  • Kodo Close-up, Masami Miyazaki

PDF (592KB)


Vol. 70 2004 autumn

  • EC 2004 ...in the wake of Typhoon 15
  • Kodo Close-up, Michiko Chida

PDF (552KB)


Vol. 69 2004 summer

  • 2004 KASA North America Workshop Tour
  • Kodo Close-up, Mitsuru Ishizuka

PDF (372KB)


Vol. 68 2004 spring

  • Hideyuki Saito Takes the Helm
  • Kodo Close-up, Tsugumi Yamanaka

PDF (380KB)


Vol. 67 2004 winter

  • Hanayui... a lighter touch
  • Kodo Close-up, Yasuko Yamaguchi

PDF (460KB)


Vol. 66 2003 autumn

  • KASA/MIX Tour 2003
  • Earth Celebration 2003

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Vol. 65 2003 summer

  • Less is More: The Soft Approach to Power Taiko
  • Kodo and The Hero

PDF (668KB)


Vol. 64 2003 spring

  • Kabuki's Tamasaburo Bando directs 'Kodo One Earth Special'
  • KASA North America Workshop Tour Report

PDF (224KB)


Vol. 63 2003 winter

  • KASA 2003 North America Workshop Tour
  • Kodo Close-up, Kazuki Imagai

PDF (124KB)


Vol. 62 2002 autumn

  • One Earth Tour USA 2002 by Daniel Rosen
  • Kodo Close-up, Tsubasa Hori

PDF (208KB)


Vol. 61 2002 summer

  • Spring Earth Celebration
  • An Introduction to Kodo Arts Sphere America (KASA)

PDF (208KB)


Vol. 60 2002 spring

  • Kodo & the Forest - A walk in the woods of Kodo Village
  • Kodo Close-up, Naomi Saito

PDF (96KB)


Vol. 59 2002 winter

  • Impressions of European Tour 2001
  • Kodo Close-up, Sachiko Abe

PDF (76KB)


Vol. 58 2001 autumn

  • Earth Celebration 2001
  • Mickey Hart Interview

PDF (60KB)


Vol. 57 2001 summer

  • Kodo's Roots by Atsushi Sugano
  • Kodo Close-up, Ryuji Sato

PDF (32KB)


Vol. 56 2001 spring

  • Kaoru Watanabe's U.S. Tour 2001 Report
  • USA Taiko and Voice Workshop Tour

PDF (72KB)


Vol. 55 2001 winter

  • What is Taiko? - Shawn Bender and his thoughts
  • Kodo Close-up, Takeshi Arai

PDF (68KB)


Vol. 54 2000 autumn

  • 2000 autumnEarth Celebration 2000
  • Kodo Close-up, Akira Nanjo

PDF (116KB)


Vol. 53 2000 summer

  • East meets east: Kodo in Korea and China
  • Kodo Close-up, Shinichi Sogo

PDF (88KB)


Vol. 52 2000 spring

  • North American Tour 2000 Interviews by Daniel Rosen

PDF (124KB)


Vol. 51 2000 winter

  • Earth Celebration 1999 Milford Graves and Ryutaro Kaneko Interview
  • Kodo Close-up, Kiyoko Oi

PDF (108KB)


Vol. 50 1999 autumn

  • Earth Celebration 1999 Huun-Huur-Tu Interview

PDF (104KB)


Vol. 49 1999 summer

  • Journey to Tuva
  • Kodo Close-up, Tetsuro Naito

PDF (64KB)


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