Born 1971 in Okinawa, Japan.
Intense training in football and baseball, taek-wondo and karate. Later he took pantomime and ballet classes as well as contemporary dance. He studied law at the "Surugadai-University". Lives and works since 1999 as dancer and choreographer in Europe. Since 2003 in Zurich, Switzerland, where he founded his own company "serioushobbys".
2010 | "KOKUU", with 4 dancers and 4 musician. Premiere : 6 February, Theaterhaus Gessnerallee Zürich (CH) |
2009 | "Silent Scream", with 3 dancers and 8 musician. Premiere : 1 August, Davos-Festival (CH) |
"one day after another", duett with 2 guitars 1 violin and 1 violoncello. Premiere: 1 August, Davos-Festival (CH) |
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"Dawn", Solo with 2 Guitars. Premiere: 21 April, Kaserne Basel (CH) |
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"Serpens", with 7 dancers and 4 musician. Premiere: 19 March, Theaterhaus Gessnerallee Zürich (CH) |
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"arms", with 1 dancer, 1 actor and 1 musician. Premiere: 13 February, Dampfzentrale Bern (CH) |
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2008 | "Tale 2 of Sympathetic Vibration", with 3 dancers and 2 musician. Premiere: 15 March, Tanzhaus Zurich (CH) |
"Against newton", Cie Ludens (Chor. Takiko Iwabuchi), Swiss-Premiere: 15 March, Tanzhaus Zurich (CH) |
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"Blow & Go", with 1 dancer and 1 musician. Premiere: 6 June, Festival LISTE Basel (CH) |
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2007 | "streamextreme", with 11 dancers and 3 musicians. Premiere: 8 June, Tanzhaus Zurich (CH) |
2006 | "Happy freaks" Solo with pianist Akiko Okabe, Premiere: 22 February at Theaterhaus Gessnerallee Zurich (CH) |
Guestchoreography "sympathetic vibration" for pretty ugly dance company, Cologne, Premiere: 7 March Schauspielhaus Köln (D) | |
2005 | "Lost dog", Creation for 7 men, Premiere 31 March at Theaterhaus Gessnerallee Zurich (CH) |
Guestchoreography for 11 dancer from the school: bewegungs-art, Freiburg (D) | |
2004 | "no body is neutral", (Chor. Jack Gallagher), Amsterdam (NL) |
"Light behind the dark", with musician R. Freudenberger Tanzhaus Zürich Zurich (CH) | |
"A VOID", with Harald Kimmig (Violine), Theater E-Werk Freiburg (D) | |
"Against newton 2", Cie Ludens (Chor. Takiko Iwabuchi), The National Theatre, Tokyo (J) | |
2003/04 | "Obsidian"; Guestchoreography for pretty ugly dance company, Ballett Freiburg (D) |
"Circus", with Matthias Daneck (drums) Duo with Christian Dierstein (percussion), new music performance festival, Rümlingen (D) |
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2002/03 | Dancer with pretty ugly dance company (Amanda Miller),
Ballett Freiburg (D); Choreographies for the Company: "GOKAI", "MIKAI" and the Solo "f.A.M." (performed by Amanda Miller) Solo "Insectual man" (3 parts) with Ralf Freudenberger (elektronics) |
2002 | "The Fight", Duo with Niki Good, Tanzhaus Wasserwerk Zurich (CH) |
2001 | "The Flight", Duo with Niki Good, Lausanne & Zurich (CH) |
"Think me thickness", Cie. Kobalt Works (Chor. Arco Renz), Brussels (B) | |
"quake - between - étranger", commisioned work at Cours des Capucins, Luxembourg (L) | |
2000/01 | "Natal", Cie. Fabienne Berger, Lausanne (CH) |
2000 | 1. Price for the choreography and public price for the solo "étranger" at Cours des Capucins, Luxembourg (L) |
1999/00 | "La Haine de la Musique", Cie. Philippe Saire, Lausanne (CH) |