Kyoko Ogoda hails from Shizuoka, Japan. She started playing the piano with her mother Tomoko Ogoda at the age of 3. She began studying her major instrument the marimba at the age of 9. She attended the University of Toronto from 2003-2006 where she studied percussion with Robin Engelman and Russell Hartenberger of Nexus, and marimba with Beverly Johnston.During her time in Toronto, Kyoko was also a member of the Japanese taiko drumming group Nagata Shachu and toured Canada, the US, and Italy with them. After immigrating to Kingston in 2011, joining a city project “Whole Shebang” for Tett Centre Grand Opening with a Toronto based contemporary dancer Andrea Nann widened her horizon as a “mover”. Kyoko has performed and given workshops with marimba locally, also she taught Japanese Taiko drumming and directed a local community group Kings DON Taiko from 2013 until COVID lockdown. She has been getting back artistically since the summer of 2022.