Born in Tokyo and raised in Kyoto, Japan.
Works across the United States of America and internationally.
Based in both New York City and Havre de Grace, USA.
Photo by Terumasa Honda
Education
2010-2013 NYU Tisch School of the Arts in New York City, USA
2008-2010 State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA
1995-1999 Japan Women’s College of Physical Education in Tokyo, Japan
Selected Work
2025
Dialogues des Carmélites, The Juilliard School, USA
Rainbird, Mabou Mines, USA
Così fan tutte, Detroit Opera, USA
Madame Butterfly, Pittsburgh Opera and Utah Opera, USA
The Glass Menagerie, Alley Theatre, USA
The Turn of the Screw, The Juilliard School, USA
I’m Assuming You Know David Greenspan, Atlantic Theater Company, USA
In a Grove, La Mama EST / PROTOTYPE, USA
2024
Three Sisters, Barnard College, USA
Der Kaiser von Atlantis, New World Center, USA
Fidelio, Lyric Opera of Chicago, USA
Dial M for Murder, Alley Theatre and Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, USA
Dido and Aeneas / The Rape of Lucretia, Rice University, USA
I AM DELIVERED’T, Dallas Theater Center and Actors Theatre of Louisville, USA
EUROPERAS: 3 & 4, The Gem Theatre / Detroit Opera, USA
Émigré, NY Phil David Geffen Hall, USA
Angel Island, BAM Harvey / PROTOTYPE, USA
2023
Beaufort Scales, MASS MoCA, USA
Fidelio, Canadian Opera Company, Canada
VALIS, MIT Center for Art, Science & Technology, USA
L'Orfeo, Santa Fe Opera, USA
Madame Butterfly, Cincinnati Opera and Detroit Opera, USA
Decoder: Nova Express, Chocolate Factory Theater, USA
Torera, Alley Theatre, USA
Compass, ASU Gammage, USA
One Flea Spare, Barnard College, USA
Proving Up, The Juilliard School, USA
Anna in the Tropics, Miami New Drama, USA
2022
Orpheus and Eurydice, San Francisco Opera, USA
Four Saints in Three Acts, Target Margin Theater, USA
Red Velvet, Shakespeare Theatre Company, USA
Embarqued: Stories of Soil, Duke Performances, USA
The Orchard, Baryshnikov Arts Center, USA
Queen, Long Wharf Theatre, USA
When Monica Met Hillary, Miami New Drama, USA
In a Grove, Pittsburgh Opera, USA
Our Town | Nuestro Pueblo, Dallas Theater Center, USA
2021
32 Sounds, MASS MoCA, USA
Stick Fly, The Juilliard School, USA
Queen Of The Night, Dorset Theatre Festival, USA
Laughing Wild, Dorset Theatre Festival, USA
Seven Deadly Sins, Meatpacking District / Tectonic Theater Project, USA
2020
Seven Deadly Sins, Colony Theatre and Lincoln Plaza / Miami New Drama, USA
The Cubans, Miami New Drama, USA
Blood Moon, BPAC / PROTOTYPE, USA
2019
The Bridge of San Luis Rey, Miami New Drama, USA
Look Who’s Coming to Dinner, La MaMa EST, USA
Rakugo, New World Stages, USA
Sell/Buy/Date, New York Live Arts, USA
Triptych (Eyes of One on Another), BAM Opera House and Walt Disney Concert Hall, USA
Resonance III, LPAC, USA
Theo, Two River Theater, USA
Tiny Beautiful Things, Long Wharf Theatre, USA
2018
Hope, Wild Project, USA
Queen of Basel, Miami New Drama, USA
The Bridge of San Luis Rey, Two River Theater, USA
Kaya, Chigasaki CSF, Kanagawa Japan
2017
Octavia, University of Rochester, USA
The Importance of Being Earnest, Two River Theater, USA
The Women Of Padilla, Two River Theater, USA
Apparition, Stony Brook University, USA
2016
Circling the Center, 3LD, USA
2015
Blue Window, CSC/Columbia Stages, USA
Our Town, CSC/Columbia Stages, USA
The Golden Drum Year, University Settlement, USA
Epic Poetry, Hebrew Tabernacle, USA
Gilgamesh: A Musical Epic, Connelly Theater / Columbia Stages, USA
Decoder 2017, Gibney Dance, USA
Kafka's Quest, Theater for the New City, USA
Sorry, LPAC, USA
2014
Bastards of Strindberg, Theatre Row, USA
No One Asked Me, SoHo Playhouse, USA
The Fox, Gene Frankel Theatre, USA
The Seagull, NYU, USA
2013
The Pillowman, T. Schreiber Studio, USA
The Golem Of Havana, La MaMa EST / Columbia Stages, USA
The Corsair, 3LD / Columbia Stages, USA
2012
Cho H Cho, Flamboyan Theatre, USA
Black Milk, CSC, USA
2005
ヒビキアイ, Atelier Fontinus, Tokyo Japan
2003
曇り無き眼で, Zenshinza Theatre, Tokyo Japan
2002
NOWEVER 〜今が創る未来〜, Zenshinza Theatre, Tokyo Japan
2002 - 2007
大笑点, NTV / Comedy & Sports, Japan
音楽戦士, NTV / Music, Japan
歌スタ!!, NTV / Music, Japan
24時間テレビ, NTV / Variety, Japan
世界一受けたい授業, NTV / Variety, Japan
ブラックバラエティ, NTV / Variety, Japan
News ZERO 関西京都今村組, NTV / Dance & News, Japan
ひらめ筋 GOLD, NTV / Sports Variety, Japan
＠サプリ!, NTV / Variety, Japan
ワカチュキ, NTV / Variety, Japan
巨人中毒, NTV / Variety, Japan