Johnny Mori is a third-generation (Sansei) Japanese American musician and arts educator/administrator from Los Angeles.
He formerly worked as the general manager of the Aratani/ Japan America Theatre at the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center (JACCC) in Los Angeles.
[4] This innovation is one of the primary reasons for the spread of taiko in North America.
[5] A few years later, in 1973, Mori partnered up with the members of the band Hiroshima for a jam session.
The band was featured in a documentary in 1976 entitled Crusin' J-Town and also wrote an original song titled "The Moon is a Window to Heaven" for the 1989 film Star Trek V: The Final Frontier.