Kyodo = family
Kyodo = loud children (literally)
Before performing, Kyodo congregates into a large circle and does their traditional cheer to prepare for the performance.
Persoanlly, this cheer helps me to mentally prepare for the intensity that is to come.
IKUZO! GAMBARUZO! MAKENAIZO!

[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.]