Dan Kao is the oldest newbie of the year. A constant taiko rec. class attendee last year, Dan was ready to play with Kyodo this year.

He is seen here playing the shime in "Taiza," to the left of Karen Nakasato.

[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.]