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Nomura Mansai

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Nomura Mansai II (二世 野村 萬斎) born on April 5th, 1966 under the name Takeshi Nomura (野村 武司, Nomura Takeshi) ) is a well known Kyogen stage actor, and film actor. He played Abe no seimei in Onmyoji and Onmyoji 2, an original work of Baku Yumemakura. He received the Best Actor prize at the Blue Ribbon Awards for his work in Onmyoji.

His debut was at the age of three in the drama Quiver of The Monkey. Since then he has also appeared in the dramas: in Aguri in 1977, for which he had won many awards, and in Hana no Ran in 1994.

Mansai was nominated by the Japanese Academy for best actor for his performance in The Floating Castle.

He was currently (March 2013) appearing at the Japan Society and the Guggenheim Museum Rotunda in two productions: Shakespeare's Macbeth with five actors, performed in Japanese with English subtitles and Sanbaso, Divine Dance.

On July 30th, 2018, Mansai was appointed chief executive creative director of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. He will oversee the opening and closing ceremonies of both Games.

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Sensaku Shigeyama (v)

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Sensaku Shigeyama V is a Kyogen actor. He was born in July 6 1945 as a first son of Sensaku Shigeyama IV.
He made his debut when he was 4 years old in Kyogen stage "Iroha". At the age of 20 he played "Tsuri gitsune (Fishing Fox)" which is a special play that requires special teaching.

In 1976, he launched the "Hanagata Kyogen Club" in the aim of revitalizing the Kyogen world and digging up new generation audiences as well as being a place for him and his family's studying. He organize the club with his brother, Shingo and Senzaburo and his cousin, Akira.

In addition to classical Kyogen, he works on new type of Kyogen including "Mokuryu Urushi" (written by Junji Kinoshita), SF Kyogen "Kitsune to Uchujin (Fox and Alien)" (written by Sakyo Komatsu), "Shinigami (Death God)" (written by Masanori Hoashi), restoration for the first time in 1000 years "Kesakyu" (written by Shokichi Oda).
In "Aso" played at the Tokyo National Noh theater, he collaborated with his father Sensaku IV (Sengoro at that time) and showed rare acts of hair tying on the stage. He also participates in overseas performances such as Europe, America, Southeast Asia and so on.
His dynamic, humorous, delicate and deep art performances have a good reputation.
Even after the age of 70, he still plays a number of stages as the main person of the Shigeyama family.
Also, in the 2005 60s birthday Memorial Performance, he performed the secret play "Tsuri gitsune (Fishing Fox)" nationwide and gained acclaim.

Received "Cultural Agency Art Festival Award" in 2008.
Received "Kyokujitsu Sou Kou Sho (Order of rising sun, Japanese order)" in 2016 and succeeded the stage-name Sensaku Shigeyama V.

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Mansaku Nomura

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Mansaku Nomura is a Living National Treasure of Japan. Born in 1931 as the second son of the late Manzo Nomura VI, who was also a Living National Treasure, he studied Kyogen under his grandfather, Mansai Nomura I and his father, Manzo. At the age of three, he made his stage debut in the role of Little Monkey in Utsubozaru. He studied Japanese literature at Waseda University. Since graduation, Mansaku has been an outstanding leader in the Kyogen world and has brought new ideas into the art form.

Along with such important traditional Kyogen pieces at Tsurigitune, his representative works include Pierrot Lunaire, Shigosen no Matsuri (The Rite of Meridian) by Junji Kinoshita, and Shukoh with Zhang Ji qing. His recent directing credits include The Braggart Samurai, based on Shakespeares The Merry Wives of Windsor, which toured to Hong Kong and Adelaide. He has extensively led Kyogen workshops throughout the world since 1957. Workshops at U.S. universities include those given at University of Washington, University of California at Berkeley, and University of Hawaii as a visiting professor.

After recent performances abroad at Piccolo Teatro di Milano, Chang An Grand Theater in Beijing, and National Theatre of Korea, Mansaku is happy to return to the Kennedy Center where he had performed during the JAPAN! culturehyperculture festival in 2008. Mansaku Nomura has garnered numerous awards, including the Asahi Prize, Grand-prix of Art Festival run by the Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japan, Tsubouchi Shoyo Prize, Kinokuniya Theatre Award, and awards from the Japanese government, including the Purple Ribbon Medal and the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette.

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Shigeru Shigeyama

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Shigeru Shigeyama (September 9, 1975) is the second son of the fifth generation of Shigeyama Kyogen. At the age of 4 Kai Mai "under the willow" is the first stage. After that, he gets "Chitose" "Three Three" "Fishing Fox". In 1994, he formed "Hanagata Kyogen Shonentai" together with his cousin Munehiko Shigeyama and Yuhei. Ever since the flag-up performance of the same year, they performed voluntary performances as "Hanagata Kyogen Shonentai" every year.

The fact that the kyogens who are active on the stage are of the same age, the younger audience feels familiar with kyogen, and the spectators of the youth are visibly increasing in various kyogen meetings. The achievement of the corps is great. In Tokyo, he continued the Kyogen Theater from 1995 to 2004 with his brother Masakuni (currently Chigoro) and his cousins, Munehiko Moyama and Iheihei.

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Chigoro Shigeyama (14th generation)

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Chigoro Shigeyama (July 7, 1972) is the eldest son of the 5 th generation. At the age of 4, the first stage at the shite of "Iroha wave". After that, he got "Three Three" "Fishing Fox" "Hanako" "Raccoon Drum". In the past "Hanagata Kyogen Association" "Kyogen Small Theater" "Mind · Technique · Body, Educational Class Kyogen Promotion Preparation Training and Refugeation Pollution Association = TOPPA!" Also hosted the Nohgaku group "Yakinikai" by young Noh performers.

In addition to Kyogen, he also focuses on cultivating fans of Noh music. Currently organized the "Shigayama Kyogenai" revised Hanagata Kaikai-kai "HANAGATA", brothers association with Shimo Megumi "Fuyuki-kai", a two-person association with Rakugo Yoshinari Rakugo "Laughable Association", Kyogen to a wide range of ages Tell the charm of. He also collaborates with other genres such as collaborative performances with Shanghai Kyoto Theater, Sekiyotani, Kawa Dramatic Surface King and Kang Peng.

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This is a list of Japanese actors who have their own Wikipedia articles.

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Derma

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Derma is a Japanese beatmaker .

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Junji Kinoshita

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Junji Kinoshita (木下 順二 , Kinoshita Junji, 2 August 1914 – 30 October 2006) was the foremost playwright of modern drama in postwar Japan. He was also a translator and scholar of Shakespeare's plays. Kinoshitas achievements were not limited to Japan. He helped to promote theatrical exchanges between Japan and the Peoples Republic of China, and he traveled broadly in Europe and Asia. In addition to his international work, Kinoshita joined various societies that focused on the study of folktales and the Japanese language.

Kinoshita left many works, which cover a wide range of genres including plays, novels, and theatre reviews, in addition to his translation of Shakespeares works. They are collected in The Collected Works of Junji Kinoshita (木下順二集), published by Iwanami Shoten, Publishers (株式会社岩波書店, Kabushiki Gaisha Iwanami Shoten). Kinoshita was selected as a member of The Japan Art Academy (日本芸術院) in 1984, and chosen as the honorary citizen of Tokyo (東京名誉都民) in 1998, but he turned down both of these honors. He never accepted any national honors or awards, and stuck to his left-wing political views throughout his life. Kinoshita died on October 30, 2006, from pneumonia. In accordance with his will, no funeral was held. His death was reported one month after his death.

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