The art of Taiko drumming was born in early 1950's, although the art of drumming has been going on in the Japanese culture and tradition since 1400 years or more. The word 'Taiko' means a fat drum, and has a vast variety of shapes and sizes to it and, with the rapidly increasing popularity, Taiko promises to be one of the primary native Japanese music to spread throughout the world. Today's drumming styles differ considerably from the old and traditional ones in more than one ways, becoming more melodious, more jazzy and remarkably more, visually appealing

Although, it is believed that the oldest physical evidence of Taiko, has been found, in Japan, and is a clay figure of a drummer, dating back to about sixth or seventh century.

"Taiko" is considered amongst the modern art of Japanese drum ensembles and within the last fifty years of its creation, it has seen exceptional growth in popularity, a major example to which are, more than 8,000 effective Taiko groups in Japan.

Japanese Taiko drumming is known to bear strong resemblance with the Chinese and Korean musical instruments from about 300-900 AD, and although continuing to bear similarities with these Chinese and Korean drums, Taiko has evolved into a unique Japanese instrument, changing the musical scene for the Japanese art of drumming.

It is also said that, Taiko as it is performed today, as a band, can be credited to Daihachi Oguchi, creator of the kumi-daiko style. Oguchi was a jazz drummer and wondered why Taiko were never played together. He finally broke the tradition by assembling a Taiko drum ensemble. With an amazingly deep traditional base to its credit, Taiko stands strong to become a vital part of the universal art of musical language, helping the world come closer and unite.