Education
He attended Saint Joseph International School in Yokohama, and graduated from International Christian University in 2004 with a Bachelor in international relations.
He attended Saint Joseph International School in Yokohama, and graduated from International Christian University in 2004 with a Bachelor in international relations.
He is famous for his fusion of traditional Japanese music with jazz, rock and club music, whereby he has collaborated with many jazz artists such as Eric Gravatt, Terumasa Hino, Toshinori Kondo, and Kazutoki Umezu, as well as a wide range of ethnic musicians. Isaku was born on December 12, 1981 in San Francisco, California. He currently attends Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts.
He began playing taiko in 1987 under the tutelage of Kenny Endo in Tokyo.
In 1989, Isaku joined Amanojaku, where he continued to study taiko skills with Yoichi Watanabe for the next 20 years. From 2006–2011, he toured with Amanojaku as one of the principal drummers.
In 2011, Isaku entered Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he currently studies percussion and contemporary writing and production. His style is specific and modern as he plays taiko drums together with electric guitar and electric bass players to form a kind of hard rock or punk music sound.
Taiko educator
Kageyama teaches taiko at Wellesley College, University of Connecticut, and heads a taiko club at Berklee College of Music.
He is the author of "20 Tips to Better Taiko" and has produced an educational Civil Defense Jikata.
He is a member of Tokyo-based taiko ensemble called Amanojaku and he currently attends Berklee College of Music. He also collaborated with Yuu Ishizuka, a member of rival group Oedo Sukeroku Taiko.