Mary and her sisters are sitting in the back of a Kenmeri Skyline. At least, that’s what I thought when I saw this photograph for the first time. But who are they? I saved it for later and fast forward a couple of years and decided to run the photo through Google Bard. That turned out to be a nice surprise!
![The Candies (キャンディーズ) in the back of a Nissan Skyline C110 coupé](https://www.banpei.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/family-album-treasures-mary-and-her-sisters-in-the-kenmeri-skyline-1024x576.jpg)
Google Bard identified the three women as Ran, Sue and Miki from the Japanese idol group the Candies (キャンディーズ). Here’s a photo of them in reverse order:
![The Candies (キャンディーズ)](https://www.banpei.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/family-album-treasures-mary-and-her-sisters-in-the-kenmeri-skyline-pic2-the-candies.jpg)
I’d like to zoom in on that right top corner. Right behind behind Miki. It seems the owner of the car left the protective plastic on the interior panels.
![Nissan Skyline C110 coupé owner left plastic protection on the interior](https://www.banpei.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/family-album-treasures-mary-and-her-sisters-in-the-kenmeri-skyline-pic3-plastic-protection.jpg)
Unfortunately, the original source from this photo is gone, so I won’t be able to give some context around it. I did find another photo of the Candies in the backseat of another taxi:
![The Candies (キャンディーズ) in the back of a taxi](https://www.banpei.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/family-album-treasures-mary-and-her-sisters-in-the-kenmeri-skyline-pic2-the-candies-in-another-car.jpg)
If you are curious what their music sounds like, it’s basically early 1970s J-Pop mixed with disco. It sounds a lot like Pink Lady.
Found at Instagram
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