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VTuber Group Hololive Takes Over Tokyo Dome City
The all-female VTuber group Hololive has scored fans across the globe. Currently, group members are ...
September 1, 2023
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Fuku Suzuki Moves On To Next Stage Of Career
It may come as a surprise for some people, but celebrated “child actor” Fuku Suzuki is now 19 years ...
August 3, 2023
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Large Theatre Adaptation of ‘Spirited Away’ to Begin in U.K. in 2024
A theatrical adaptation of Hayao Miyazaki’s animated film “Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi” (“Spirited...
August 3, 2023
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Kagura and Shomyo Cultural Traditions Kept Alive as Stage Performance
Kagura, dancing to live music to worship Shinto deities, and shomyo, the chanting of Buddhist sutras...
June 29, 2023
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Takarazuka Revue Performance to be Streamed Overseas
A performance by the famed all-female Takarazuka Revue Company will be livestreamed for overseas vie...
June 9, 2023
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Japanese Dancer Chosen to Lead French Theater Center for First Time
Dancer and choreographer Kaori Ito has become the first Japanese director of the Centre Dramatique N...
April 13, 2023
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Japanese Ballet Dancers Shine at Youth America Grand Prix
Young Japanese dancers performed well at this year’s Youth America Grand Prix, one of the world’s fo...
April 11, 2023
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Tokyo-born Ballerina Hannah O’Neill Rises to Etoile in Paris Opera Ballet
The Paris Opera Ballet recently announced that Hannah O’Neill had been made etoile, thereby rising t...
March 23, 2023
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Japanese Ballet Dancer Koya Okawa Returns from Russia to Take Stage with Gratitude in Tokyo
Award-winning ballet dancer Koya Okawa has performed in both Ukraine and Russia, but has been forced...
February 14, 2023
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Nozomu Kotaki Spreads Wings With Musical Role
Nozomu Kotaki, a member of the idol group Johnny’s West, is currently starring in his first musical,...
February 3, 2023
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ISPA Distinguished Artist Award for Playwright Noda
NEW YORK — Playwright Hideki Noda was named Thursday as the first Japanese recipient of the Internat...
January 14, 2023
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Japanese man appointed Ukraine national ballet’s new artistic director
The National Opera of Ukraine announced this month that a former Japanese member of its ballet compa...
December 12, 2022
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Houston Ballet principal Yuriko Kajiya recalls pandemic challenges
Tours by overseas ballet companies are resuming after a halt due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Un...
November 24, 2022
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Third time’s a charm as ‘The Glass Menagerie’ sells out in Tokyo
After being canceled in 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic, a new production of “The Glass Menagerie”...
November 24, 2022
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Purcarete’s ‘Scarlet Princess’ finally staged after pandemic cancellation
As pandemic-driven border control has eased in Japan, large-scale theatrical productions from abroad...
November 24, 2022
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