Known by her buddhist name, Laiyo, Yoko Nakahashi is an ASCAP award winning contemporary composer; taiko artist and certified Osuwa Daiko instructor. She has composed and performed at a variety of events and occasions, and performs and teaches internationally as a taiko drummer. Yoko has featured on WPIX, NY1 News, and Fox5, among others, and has performed at venues such as The Shed, UN, Bowery Ballroom and The Little Island. Yoko was a workshop leader at the 2017 and 2019 North American Taiko Conference, and at the 2020 East Coast Taiko Conference. She builds taikos to support collegiate and emerging taiko groups in the need of drums and necessary equipment.
