Basic Information

Organizational Affiliation		university
Leadership Structure		sensei
Primary Purpose of Group		social

Background Information

Group's Mission and Motivation

UCLA Yukai Daiko was formed in the hope of spreading the joy of taiko to the UCLA community. Its members are all current or past students of UCLA and they strive to spread the love of taiko both to the campus and the surrounding Los Angeles community. Yukai in Japanese, means cheerful and so the group encourages its members to live up to that name and to become a family on campus.

List of Current Members

Courtney Deguchi, Camille Shek, Rie Onedera, Danny Chong, Jackie Mamaril, Janelle Gaw, Jennifer Chow, Jennifer Muise, Jana Yokoyama, Mark Nguyen, Ryan Ishikawa, Mike Morita, Raphael Ilagan, Sandy Chang, Xueman Liu

Performances, Recordings, Publications

Performances
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Intercollegate Taiko Invitational, Spring Concert at UCLA

Instructors, Teachers & Mentors
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Yuta Kato, Michelle Fujii
Byron Yamada, Julia Kato

Taiko Collaborators
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TAIKOPROJECT, Bombu Taiko, Stanford Taiko, UCLA Kyodo Taiko

Signature Works
Please include title, composer, date of composition, special reason(s) for composition, and what the work represents to the group.

Yukaina
Composed by Yuta Kato and Michelle Fujii