Satoko Ichihara / Q, The Question of Faeries (New Version)

A playwright, director, novelist, and the artistic director of Kinosaki International Arts Center, Satoko Ichihara was born in Osaka Prefecture in 1988 and raised in Fukuoka Prefecture. After studying theatre at J. F. Oberlin University, she launched Q in 2011. She writes and directs plays that deal with human behavior, the physiology of the body, and the disquiet that comes from that, all interpreted through her unique linguistic and physical sensibility. In 2019, her first novel anthology, Mamito’s Angel, was published. In the same year, The Bacchae—Holstein Milk Cows was performed at the Aichi Triennale and won her the 64th Kishida Drama Award. She is a Saison Fellow of The Saison Foundation.

Masashi Nukata

Composer and director. Born in Tokyo in 1992. A head of the performing arts group Nuthmique as well as the eight-piece music group Tokyo Shiokouji. His stage work interrogates the very notion of performance, pushing the boundaries of performing arts with scripts and directorial techniques that draw on his musical background. As a composer for stage music, he has collaborated with Q, Pascal Rambert, Teita Iwabuchi, Compsons and more. Nowadays, he works hard to organize a gathering that has no purpose.

dot architects

Architecture firm founded in 2004. It is based in the Kitakagaya district of Osaka at Coop Kitakagaya, a self-styled “collaborative studio for practicing another society,” and which brings together people and organizations from across different fields and disciplines, including art, alternative media, archiving, architecture, area studies, clubs, and nonprofits. It works collaboratively with both specialists and nonspecialists during the design and construction process. Not only design, dot architects is also involved with on-site construction, research projects, art projects, and more. Its major projects include Umaki camp (2013, Shodoshima) and Chidori-Bunka (2017, Osaka). The collective currently has seven members: Toshikatsu Ienari, Takeshi Shakushiro, Wataru Doi, Hidefumi Terada, Keiko Miyachi, Ai Ikeda, and Tomohiro Ishida. dot architects won the 2nd KAZUHIRO KOJIMA AWARD.

Chieko Asakura

Graduated from MA in Graduate School of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts. She has been active as a freelancer in the Kanto area, and has performed in “Five Days in March Re-creation” (2017-2019) by chelfitsch, “Showroomdummies #4” (2020) by Gisèle Vienne and Etienne Bideau-Rey, and “Itsudatte-okashiihodo-daremogadareka-aishiaisarete-daisanshougakkou” (2021) by LOLO. Also, she has created her own performances and video works.

Kanako Tsutsui

Born in 1994. She has studied at Piccolo Theatre School as a member of the 33rd graduates. While studying at the school, she performed in her own works and small theatres in the Kansai area. After that, she came on stage not only in the Kansai area. Now she started participating in video works, and appears in a movie, “The Women,” directed by Nobuteru Uchida, which has been released nationwide.

Eiji Oishi

Born in Osaka in 1987. Freelance actor. Registered member of dracom from 2015 – 2020. He has performed in various companies’ works, such as Osushi, akakilike, Doryokukurabu, Buru Egonaku, THE ROB CARLTON, Gekinomushi, NIWA GEKIDAN PENINO, Ishinha, Shinbunka, Toriko A Produce, Hyun-suk SEO, sons wo:, Takuya Murakawa, and Takahiro Fujita. Also, he has performed in many festivals inside and outside Japan.

Hanaka Kiki

Born in Katano, Osaka in January 27, 1988. She has been a member of Theatre Company Kodomokyojin since 2009. Now while she works as an actor mainly in Tokyo, she also works as a costume stylist for stages/movies, and makes and sells clothes/accessories in the name of KI.pharmacy, seeking her own style from many perspectives.

Manami Hirokawa

After graduating from college, she aspired to become an actor and worked as an actor’s chauffeur before performing in popular theatre groups, such as Komatsudaihigashi, Roie, and Momoziriken. While performing mainly for the stages in small theatres, she has also widened her activities including appearances in video works for web commercial, “MARZO VR” by Tanino’s Seacret Club, and movies such as “Nariyuki na Tamashii“ by Takahisa Zeze, and “Kigeki Aisaimonogatari” by Shin Adachi.

Takuya Funakoshi

Born in 2000. Currently studying Acting Course at Nihon University College of Art, Department of Cinema. Since the age of 18, he has appeared on stage and in dramas as an extra or minor rolls, and recently starred in an independent film. He considers his job as an actor to be “a spokesperson for those who are unable to raise their voices in the society,” and he aims to be involved with various works and active across genres including stages and films. He is a cheeful person and extroverted.

Fanta Midori

Born in Kyoto. She performs on stage mainly in small theatres based in Osaka. Since 1993, she has been a member of adult theatre group, Maningekijyo Onreiza, and continues to participate in their annual performance. From 2014, she performed in “0 Sai,” “5ships,”and “7ships” by Tetsuya Umeda, an artist and director who has worked for “PLAYTIME” (2020) at Theatre Cocoon. She also participated in “Nandakore?! Circle” (2016) in Bangkok, Thailand.

Shu Akimoto

From Sapporo. Graduated from Jazz Course at Senzoku Gakuen College of Music as the top student in 2014. He appeared as Mysterious priestess on Wacken Open Air 2013, and Naruyoshi Kikuchi with Axel Tosca Project in Montreux Jazz Festival Japan 2017. In 2020, he stayed alone in Reykjavík, Iceland. Also, he has taken part in DC/PRG, Song-XX, Klehe and so on.

Haluna Ishigaki

From Kanagawa Prefecture. Graduated from Jazz Course at Senzoku Gakuen College of Music. She has performed with Mike Stern, Randy Brecker, Terumasa Hino, and Kazumi Watanabe. Her own band TAMTAM has toured in Canada and performed in FUJI ROCK, and collaborated with Chinza DOPENESS in the latest album, “We Are the Sun!.” In addition, she has been involved with many works.

Yusei Takahashi

Born in Tokyo in 1994. Graduated from Department of Art, Faculty of Letters, Meiji Gakuin University. At the age of 13, he became interested in jazz and began to study jazz alone. After that, he joined Setagaya Dream Jazz Band for junior high school students. He studied music under jazz musicians including Terumasa Hino. Now he has been working in various fields, including, but not limited to jazz, Setagayatrio (Keigo Iwami (b), Sota Kira (ds)), m°fe (Kei Matsumaru (as), Kosuke Ochiai (b)), Terumasa Hino Quintet, his own music unit Himitsu-kichi, and a track maker STUTS’s band.