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Spring Blessed Shigeyama Kyogen Club

春爛漫 茂山狂言会
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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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Senzaburo Shigeyama

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Senzaburo Shigeyama is a Kyogen actor. He was born in September 4 1964 as a third son of Sensaku Shigeyama IV.
By using his experience of working on Hanagata Kyogen Club with Sengoro, Shime and Akira, he organizes a society of mind, technique, and body, "educational classic Kyogen promotion preparation training (known as TOPPA!)", with Masakuni, Motohiko, Shigeru, Ippei and Douji.
In one hand, he is working on appealing fascination of classical Kyogen. On the other hand, he was also active as a director, trying to interact with the new and old arts of other genres. His debut musical drama work "ONATSU" united contemporary plays, opera, musicals, and kyogen and got a good reputation. He collaborated with the "Kyoto City Symphony Orchestra" and made the plays, "Kane no oto (Bell's Sound)" (2003), and "Konpei tou (Sugar plum)" (2004), successful.
In 2005, he was interested in environmental issues, and made a new work "Nagare boshi - X (Shooting star-X)", presented at Expo Aichi etc. and received requests for performance from various ecological organizations.
From 2005, he has been joining the mind textbook creation committee as an activity of "Dispatch of mind teacher" in the school education dispatch business in Kyoto Prefecture, while he goes to elementary and junior high schools in Tango district and Fukuchiyama, and performs workshops and Kyogen performance.
Performing Kyogen at school became his life work from his wish that he wants sensible children to feel familiar to Kyogen".

As a Kyogen actor, he also has participated abroad performances a lot.
Also, in recent years, he is expanding his area by taking part as a personality at the FM Kyoto α Station, and a caster and reporter at KBS Kyoto Television. What is more, as an actor of the oldest performing arts maker of Kyogen, he is sending the latest new music and information, and introduce the charm of classical performing art "Kyogen" to the young people of the world.

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Akira Shigeyama

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Akira Shigeyama is a Kyogen actor. He was born in June 12 1952.

He started his career as a Kyogen actor at the age of 3 when he performed the main character in the play "Iroha". Since the debut, he performed "Sanbasou", "Tsuri gitsune (Fishing fox)" and "Hanako" which require special teaching to play.
In 1976, Hanagata Kyogen Club was established. He organizes the club with his cousin Masayoshi (now Sensaku), Shingo (now Shime).

In addition to classical Kyogen, he has been focusing on popularization of Kyogen by performing in 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), and restoration for the first time in 1000 years "Kesakyu" (written by Shokichi Oda). He also participated in TV, radio, new theater, and experimental theater under the influence of a versatile theater person, his father - Sennojyo.

He also organizes "NOHO (Noh act) Theater Company" with American Jonah Salz. He performs abroad such as Beckett Yeats' absurd drama, English Kyogen etc.

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Shoji Shigeyama (master of Kyogen)

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Shoji Shigeyama is a Kyogen artist, born in Kyoto City in 1983. He studied under Grandfather II Norio Shigeyama Chiyonojo . In 1986, the first stage in the "Disciples of Wizards" of "Noh theatrical company" presided over by father Akira Shigeyama. He learnt from Kyoto International School.

In 2013, he joined the contest performances "Hayakaman Ben". In 2014, he made a new work Kyogen 's association "New work" "Kyogen Marikoji". Taking advantage of his English skills, he was featured in NHK 's language program' Pleko English ', as an actor in movies, as well as a wide range of activities including the production of opera.

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Munehiko Shigetake

Morihiko Shigoyama (June 4, 1975) is a Noh actor of the Kyogen Taiho stream. He studied under father, grandfather and great-grandfather (3rd generation Shigeru Shigeru Chisako), and when he was 4 years old, he took the first stage with "Iroha wave". He graduated from the Kindergarten of the Lady of God, Higashiyama Senior High School, Kyoto Art and Design University Department of Arts and Culture. The nickname is "hopi".In 1994, he formed "Hanagata Kyogen Shōnai Volunteer" with his brother Shigeru and his brother Shigehira to work for the younger generation. Since 2000, he organized "Mind, Technique, Body, Educational Classical Kyogen Promotion Preparation Training Drawing Kai (TOPPA!)" With Chisaburo, Masanori, Kohira, Shigeru and Shoji.

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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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Shogo Shichigosan

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Shogo Shichigosan is a Kyogen teacher. The second son of Human National Treasure IV Shigematsu Chisaku. Studied under the age of his father and grandfather Life III Shigeyama Chiaki. In 1995, he was born in Shichigosan II. He has also participated in many overseas performances, and in new Kyogen. He received "93 Kyoto Prefecture Culture Encouragement Award".

He is also active as an instructor, including teaching at the Nabari Children Kyogen Association.
He actively participates in activities to introduce overseas kyogen, a traditional Japanese performing art. Overseas performances have participated almost every year in recent years, and the activities are remarkable. In 1999, he graduated from Hanagata Kyogenkai. In January 2000, he was invited to the Academy of Actors in Paris (ARTA) to conduct a workshop.

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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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Hiromi Shimada

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Hiromi Shimada (July 28, 1976) is the second son of Tagaya Yusuke, studied under the thirteenth generation Chiharuro (currently Senna).
A rarity Nisei Kyogen mentor at the same gate. After graduation, he began introducing to the thirteenth generation of 2002, Chigoro Shigeyama (current thousand works), and undergraduate studies. In the same year, he joined the Kyoto Noh program. He graduated from the Kyoto Nohaku training course in 2009 and joined the Kyoto Nohkaku-kai the same year and also participated in overseas performances such as Ireland, Spain, the USA, Italy, Mexico, Brazil.

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Minoru Suzuki (Kyogen actor)

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Minoru Suzuki (July 10, 1978) is master of Kyogen, studied under Senzaburo Shigeyama
Introduced to Senzaburo Shigeyama in 2006. Until then, he began performing theatrical activities more than while he was a university student, acting as an actor / model mainly in Kanto. Participated in the ceremonial performance ceremonial opening ceremony of the Japan Cultural Center in New Delhi in 2006, the first stage in "stick binding". He joined the Kyoto Nohgakui training course in 2007 and studied it. In 2011 the young fellow of the same gate and 'Kyogen gōryai' was launched under the auspices of Kyoto Prefecture. In 2013, as an independent, memorial performance "Nasu". In 2017 Taga Taisha gets a "Sanbaso".

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fairy tale

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A fairy tale is a Japanese quartet rock band, formed in 2000 by Arima and Kazama, they met at the same university. After that, Ushio and Maekoshi joined in and has been a four-members band currently.

In 2007, They released the 1st album "SALE!" from the UK project, and by the year 2013, they had released six albums, including two from ROSE RECORDS.
In 2015, the 7th album "CULTURE CLUB" containing "COSMOS", a representative song for fairy tales, was released and helped us get reputation . With this album, they broke the old music style and opened a new door, expressing lots of traditional images.

In the fall of 2016, they released the 8th album 'ISLAY'. Moreover, in addition to the high evaluation as a talent live band, they expect to cooperate with stars across multiple genres such as movies and theater.
Currently, they has built with the wonderful concepts according to pop rock and roll.

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Hanako

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Hanako is an idol girls junior high school student .

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