The opportunity when I fell in love with puppetry was to have joined the puppet show club at the time of a junior high school student.

 

I worked as produce and business (not a puppeteer) for a puppet theatre in Japan from 1994. 

 

  ◆ Puppetry in U.K ◆  

 

1999 - 2000

I have taken some courses of

London school of Puppetry.

 

2004 

Performance at

Little Angel Theatre

in London

 

 

Nov.2005 - May.2006 

  I've visited U.K under Overseas Study Programme for young 

  artists of The Agency for Cultural Affairs by Japanese

  Government.I had workshops and performances at kindergartens, 

  primary schools, a school for the handicapped and a university.  

 

PECKHAM SPLASH 2006 (June - July)

  Making a shadow show in a primary school for 3weeks

  and performed it at Queen Elizabeth Hall in London. 

Sep.2008 * Workshops

 Japanese Language work in Debshire 

  <Let's play Pape-sart!> at elementary schools.

 <Kanchil and a famer> by Shadow show at a juior higt school for 3days.

 

 Wayang Kulit 3days course as a lesson of London School of Puppetry.

 

Oct.2008 * Performances

 at Rosemary Branch Theatre in London for 2 weeks.

 

 

◆ Wayang Kulit ◆

 

I have started to train for

Wayang Kulit at JAPAN

WAYANG SOCIETY in 2000.

The leader of JAPAN WAYANG

SOCIETY is Mr.RYO Matsumoto

who is researching about Wayang

over 40 years and he was　

conferred culture order of merit

on in 1998 by the Indonesian

President. He is a Japanese but very famous in the world of

Wayang Kulit performance in Indonesia.

 

 2002-2012

 I participate in an 8hours all-night Wayan performance 

 once a year in Tokyo.

 

 

 2005・2006・2009

 I've participated in the international wayang festivals held in

 Yogyakaruta and the Palace of SOLO in Indonesia as a member

 of JAPAN WAYANG SOCIETY.

 

 

◆ OTOME BUNRAKU ◆

 

I have started to train for

　　　OTOME BUNRAKU

(One kind of Bunraku / a female

puppeteer operates a Bunraku

puppet) at a FOUNDATION of

MODERN PUPPET CENTRE in 2005. 

 

 

◆ Making Puppetry Performances ◆ 

 

2009

  <KiKi-Forest>

* The red candles and the mermaid

* The Lady in Macbeth

 

 <P＊CLAPS>

* Snow Story 
It is 

2010 

<KiKi-Forest>

* A Picture Book without Pictures

* Princess Hazy Moonlit Night

　　　 from The Tale of Genji

 

<P＊CLAPS>

* The Three Billy Goats Gruff

 

<COU・COU>

* A walk and whistle ～ feeling of comfortably

2012

<PP☆Theatre (Theatre for ONE)>

 *  " It's SECRET! "

 * “ A Winter Story "

 

 <Cirque Lumiere ～ Planetarium Ver.>

* Runnig after shooting stars

 

2013

<PP☆Theatre (Theatre for ONE)>

* " L-O-V-E "

* " Thunder ☆ Song "

 

 

 

PP☆THEATRE (Theatre for ONE) 2012～2019

 

The Official programme for 15 countries 25 festivals.

 

Nominated 5 International competitions and won five awards.