Raiga Hayashi /Drummer

 

I was born in Tokyo in 1999. Around the age of 10, I began playing drums, starting my career in my grandaunt’s blues band. I later joined a punk band and began performing regularly at various live venues. At 15, I became a member of the Eiichi Hayashi Trio. Though we are not related by blood, my collaboration with Hayashi became the gateway into the jazz scene, where I’ve since laid deep roots.

 

Over the past decade, I’ve played in more than a thousand gigs, primarily in jazz, but also spanning pop, rock, reggae, hip-hop, and theater music.

 

I’ve had the pleasure of playing with a wide range of musicians, including Eiichi Hayashi, Akira Sakata, Hamid Drake, Kazuhisa Uchihashi, Satoko Fujii, Thomas Morgan, Tetuzi Akiyama, Toshimaru Nakamura,Alexander Frangenheim,Hiroshi Minami, Masayo Koketsu, Yoshihide Otomo, K-Bomb, Pat Thomas, Peter Evans, Aaron Choulai, Fumio Itabashi, Tatsu Aoki,Vinicius Cajado ,Atuko Hatano,Isao Suzuki  and Shibusashirazu.

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I’ve been based in Berlin since 2025.

 

My most recent release is ”Kinjono no Tabibito,” a trio collaboration with Akira Sakata and Toshimaru Nakamura. I also have a separate　project with the Shibusashirazu Orchestra.