In general, a drummer wears hantako (trunks) with a bellyband (a band of bleached cloth) and a hanten (a short coat originally for craftsmen worn over a kimono) or a happi coat (a workman's livery coat), however, in a creative Japanese drum performance, the costumes may be a white kimono, with a hakama (a long pleated skirt worn over a kimono) of color such as red, or dark blue, depending on the groups, and there are also groups of men (sometimes boys in extremely rare cases) dressed in loincloths, depending on the play.
半タコ（トランクス）、腹巻き（さらし1反）に半天（半纏、袢纏、法被）というのが一般的だが、創作和太鼓においては、集団によっては、白い着物に赤、紫、紺、等の袴、又、一部の集団に於いては男性（ごく稀に少年）は曲目によってはふんどし一丁、という所もある。