Chizuko Endo is a multi-talented artist, and avid promoter and supporter of Japanese culture through her multiple activities in art and taiko. She began her taiko studies with Seiichi Tanaka and The San Francisco Taiko Dojo in 1978; studied and performed semi-professionally with Oedo Sukeroku Taiko in Tokyo from 1980-1986; and co-founded Taiko Center of the Pacific (TCP), a school of traditional and contemporary Japanese drumming based in Honolulu in 1994. She is a taiko performer, composer and instructor of taiko; offers educational programs and residencies throughout the state; designs costumes, t-shirts, and masks; produces concerts and tours; and is the managing director of TCP.