BIOGRAPHY

1996年1月23日生まれ　静岡県出身 

2歳の頃からKISSに憧れ、6歳よりドラムを始める。  

8歳になると、ロックを中心としたライブ活動を始める。

小泉好弘氏、菅沼孝三氏、つのだ☆ひろ氏、Tommy Campbell氏に師事。

2007年 雑誌『ドラムマガジンコンテスト』グランプリ受賞。

2008年『FLATLAND』DVD発売。

2011年 TAMA Drumsよりシグネチャースティックを発売。

静岡県内のテレビ番組・ラジオ番組多数出演。

日本テレビの番組『全力チューンズ』に出演。

共演歴：マリーン、TOKU、渡辺香津美、Tony Maiden、Paul Jackson、MONDAY満ちる、May J.、新山詩織、藤井尚之、T-SQUARE、NANIWA EXP、DIMENSION、大黒摩季、GENERATIONS from EXILE TRIBE、Dream Ami、冨田ラボ、倉木麻衣、Crystal Kay、Ms.OOJA

Riku Taira was born in Shizuoka , January 1996.

He started playing the drums at the age of six , studying under Kozo Suganuma, Hiro Tsunoda and Tommy Campbell.In 2007, he won the grand prize in the Drum Magazine contest when he was eleven .He released his leader album  FLATLAND (DVD) after getting an endorsement contract with TAMA Drums in 2008. He started playing with Kenji Hino and Darek Jackson at jazz clubs.Tama Drums started his signature stick sales in 2011.

He played on Paul Jackson's album "Gg3 " in 2013.He toured Japan with Tony Maiden, Paul Jackson in 2014.In 2015, recorded with Rufus in LA. Recorded with Claud Mcknight from TAKE6, toured Michiru Monday , performed with Anime Symphonia and Hadrien Feraud. Toured Japan with Tony Maiden . Did the ONITSUKA TIGER fashion show in 2016.Monday Michiru called him for her performance in NYC and he also played for Hair show of TONI&GUY in 2017.In 2018, he played with Hiromi Uehara and celebrated  Riku's 10th anniversary of his Debut with June Yamagishi.