:Wadaiko Yamato

{{Short description|Japanese taiko drummer group}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Wadaiko Yamato

| image = wadaiko_yamato_matsuri_2010.png

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| caption = Wadaiko Yamato live at Sava Centar in 2010. Yamato Matsuri Fiesta

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| background = group_or_band

| alias = Yamato

| origin = Asuka, Nara, Japan

| genre = Taiko

| years_active = 1993–present

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| website = [http://www.yamato.jp/ www.yamato.jp]

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Wadaiko Yamato 和太鼓倭　is a Japanese musical group of taiko drummers founded in 1993 by Masa Ogawa.{{cite news |title=The beat of the Yamato Drummers in Manila |url=http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2006/jan/09/yehey/life/20060109lif3.html |publisher=The Manila Times |date=2006-01-09 |accessdate=2007-04-25 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071021092559/http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2006/jan/09/yehey/life/20060109lif3.html |archivedate = 2007-10-21}}

In Japanese, the word 和太鼓 "wadaiko" translates as "Japanese drum" and "Yamato" was the former name of the city of Nara, the group's birthplace.