[3] His first teachers were Russell Baba and Jeanne Mercer, former students of Seiichi Tanaka and members of San Francisco Taiko Dojo.
[4] Both Kameda and Baba were featured in the video documentary, "Shasta Taiko", winner of the 16th annual National Cable ACE Award in cultural affairs.
Soon after enrolling at Stanford in the fall of 1994, Kameda joined Stanford Taiko where he was a member from 1994 to 1996 and 1997 to 1999,[5] taking a gap year during the 1996/1997 academic year to study with Kenny Endo[3] in Honolulu, Hawai'i and perform with the Kenny Endo Taiko Ensemble.
Following his graduation from Stanford, Kameda played briefly with San Jose Taiko, then moved to Japan in 2000 for two years to study traditional Japanese music.
While there he studied hogaku hayashi with Saburo Mochitsuki, edo bayashi with Kyosuke Suzuki, and played kumidaiko with Nihon Taiko Dojo.
[9] In 2009, he worked with Khoomei Taiko Ensemble, appearing at the Kennedy Center[10] and at the Earshot Jazz Festival in Seattle[11] Kameda's studio credits include Heroes Original Television Score, produced by Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman[12] and Calling All Dawns, produced by Christopher Tin.