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Kyodo Taiko at UCLA

Candice Shikai (Kyodo Taiko - Candice Shikai)


Published: July 10, 2007 Modified: April 11, 2025

Candice Shikai is extremely talented, no questions asked. She is an up and coming taiko composer, hoping to debut her song in the near future! Here she is seen playing "Yatai" at the 2007 Kyodo Taiko Spring Concert.

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Kyodo Taiko - Candice Shikai

Candice Shikai is extremely talented, no questions asked. She is an up and coming taiko composer, hoping to debut her song in the near future! Here she is seen playing "Yatai" at the 2007 Kyodo Taiko Spring Concert.

[Kyodo Taiko at UCLA was the first collegiate taiko group to form in North America, founded under UCLA's Nikkei Student Union. Striving to live up to the group’s name, Kyodo Taiko functions as a family, sharing the joy and spirit of taiko with more and more of the surrounding community each year.]


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