The group has a close partnership with the Tri-State Denver Buddhist Temple and performs throughout Colorado and neighboring states.
In the fall of 1975, Mark Miyoshi met with six friends to learn Renshu and to try taiko drumming for the first time.
Reverend Masao Kodani, Kinnara's founder, led a seminar that emphasized the Buddhist perspective of taiko.
As they performed their two-song repertoire, they were introducing a traditional art form that had been missing from the Denver Obon for decades.
In 1978, Seiichi Tanaka, of San Francisco Taiko Dojo, came to Denver to offer the group a workshop on form and stance.
In 1984 Denver Taiko went on a two-week tour to Japan to visit a number of ensembles including Kodo, Gojingo, Tenri; and Oedo Sukeroku.
During the summer of 2003, the Consulate General of Japan in Denver sponsored a three-week workshop to celebrate 150 years of US-Japan relations.
[1] Denver Taiko and the Consulate invited Sensei Yoichi Watanabe, the leader of Amanojaku, and his student protégé, Isaku Kageyama, to lead a series of community outreach events at local elementary schools before leading a four-day workshop for Denver Taiko.
In 2000, Denver Taiko performed at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado before the opening of the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
Over 900 people attended the concert that included performances from three local taiko groups, Koto Colorado, and the Tri-State Denver Buddhist Temple Minyo Dancers.
This collaborative event made over $20,000 of which 100% of the proceeds were donated to the Northern Japan Earthquake Relief Fund.
Two former Denver Taiko members Toni Yagami and Nancy Ozaki Tsuchimoto started the youth development group in 1985.