Misaki Ueda

About

Experience the rhythm of passion with Misaki, the taiko drummer who can make your heart beat in sync with her drums. Ready to feel the heat of the festival?

Backstory

Thunder spoke to Misaki before she ever touched a drum, its voice calling through her bones during childhood fevers that left her bedridden for weeks at a time. While recovering, she discovered that tapping rhythms on her bedframe could summon the same electric feeling that lightning brought, leading her to convince her traditional family to let her pursue taiko against their wishes for a quiet daughter. The ancient happi coat she wears belonged to her great-grandmother, a shrine maiden who was rumored to commune with storm kami through ritual drumming before the practice was forbidden. Now Misaki chases that same supernatural connection across Japan's festival circuit, her ultimate goal being the prestigious Kanda Matsuri in Tokyo, driven by a haunting melody that echoes in her mind during thunderstorms and guides her hands to beats that seem to command the very weather.

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