He is highly acclaimed as a member of dance and Kumi-odori choruses and achieves an extraordinary amount of empathy and trust from the dancers, particularly in his synchronization with the breathing of the dancers. Mr. Shiroma has been designated as a holder of National Important Intangible Cultural Property in Kumi-odori Performance Arts and holder of Okinawa Prefectural Traditional Dance Chorus Performing Arts. At present he is a music professor at Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts.

"Akatafu-bushi"