Kana Funayama is a Japanese percussionist, marimbist, and arranger whose performance career sees her in a wide range of engagements as soloist, ensemble player, and collaborative artist.

As a soloist, Funayama has presented solo recitals in major venues and media both in the US and Japan including in Tokyo, Sendai in Japan, Rochester, New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, Classical KING FM, and more. She has been featured as a soloist at numerous concerts including at La Folle Journée TOKYO, "Geisai" in Tokyo, Chosen Vale International Percussion Seminar, Eastman Percussion Ensemble, and many more. Funayama has performed concertos with the Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra in Japan, Walla Walla Symphony in Washington, USC Thornton Symphony, and Whittier Regional Symphony in California.

As an ensemble player, Funayama has performed with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Tokyo Geidai Philharmonia, the American Pops Orchestra, and many more. She was a member of a new music ensemble the Musica Nova Ensemble under the direction of conductor Brad Lubman from 2021-2023. As a member of the Eastman Percussion Ensemble, she was a featured performer at PASIC 2022 and a winner of the 2022 Percussive Arts Society Percussion Ensemble Competition. More