Born in Sapporo Japan in the year 1993.
Takafumi started playing the percussion at the age of 7 and studied under the Fujio Saito.
Upon graduating high school he attended Berklee college of music as a scholarship student. He studied theory and performance from people such as Eguie Castrillo, Tiger Okoshi, Mark Walker, Oscar Stagnaro and Jim Odgren. During his time in Berklee he performed with ...
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Born in Sapporo Japan in the year 1993.
Takafumi started playing the percussion at the age of 7 and studied under the Fujio Saito.
Upon graduating high school he attended Berklee college of music as a scholarship student. He studied theory and performance from people such as Eguie Castrillo, Tiger Okoshi, Mark Walker, Oscar Stagnaro and Jim Odgren. During his time in Berklee he performed with artists such as Carlos Vives,Yosvany Terry, Oscar Feldman,Terence Blanchard,Jon Secada, Darren Barrett, Sivamani,Ruben Rada,Totó la Momposina,Mane De La Parra.He graduated Berklee College of Music in 2016 with a Bachelor’s Degree.

In 2014, he traveled to Cuba to attend the Fiesta del Tambor Percussion Competition where he received the “Best Foreign Entrant Award”. In his time in Cuba he studied with prominent percussionist Jose Luis Quintana “Changuito”, Adel Gonzalez, Adonis Panter Calderon, Barbaro Crespo “Machito”, and Osain Del Monte.
During his time in Berklee he has performed at International Jazz Festival such as Montreal International Jazz Festival, Monterey Jazz Festival, DC Jazz Festival, and more.
Latin trio group “MIXCLA” was nominated for “International Artist of the Year” by Boston Music Awards 2018 and 2019.
As well as recorded percussion for soundtrack of “Final Fantasy XV”which is a video game series that has surpassed over 6-million sales worldwide and Anime “Dr.Stone original soundtrack”.
After he moved to NY in 2020, he is keep performing with legendary artists such as Paquito D’ Rivera, and Darren Barrett.Next year, he will perform as ensemble/dummer at off-broadway musical “The Visitor“ directed by Daniel Sullivan who is Tony winner in 2001.
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