Yojiro, a graduate of MA Directing in Musical Theatre in Arts Educational Schools London, has been working internationally in three countries; UK, US and Japan.

The most recent production he directed is the Japanese premiere production of “Tell Me on a Sunday” at the New National Theatre Tokyo. He also has collaborated with many international artists including David Leveaux (“Eternal Chikamatsu”), Harold Prince, Susan Stroman(“Prince of Broadway”) and Thom Southerland(“TITANIC” and “Grand Hotel”). He is an alumnus of Overseas Study Programme for Artists offered by Japanese Government, during which he participated in projects and workshops at numerous institutions including The National Theatre, Young Vic, Complicite, Drama Centre London and Arts Ed in the UK, and New York Theatre Workshop and The Play Co. and Lincoln Center Theater in the US. He settled and started to work professionally after finishing the MA course at Arts Ed.

His directing credits include UK: Peter Pan: A Musical Adventure (Mayhem Musical Theatre Company, The Bloomsbury Theatre), Four Seasons (Japan Festival at Trafalgar Square), From Up Here (Tristan Bates Theatre, UK Tour), Screw-Eyed (Theatre503), US: Ordinary Days (Access Theatre), Alone World (LCT workshop), JP: Tell Me On A Sunday (The New National Theatre), Songs For A New World (Mitaka Public Theatre), Once On This Island (Komaba Space Theatre).

1. Director

   Screw-Eyed · Jul 2016 - Jul 2016

2. Actor

   Marco Polo the musical · Aug 2016 - Sep 2016

3. Director

   Tell Me On A Sunday · Mar 2015 - Jun 2016

4. Translator

   ETERNAL CHIKAMATSU · Dec 2015 - Apr 2016

5. Assistant Director, Vocal Supervisor, Translator

   TITANIC the musical · Jan 2015 - Mar 2015

6. Translator

   Prince of Broadway the musical · Jul 2015 - Nov 2015

7. Director

   Peter Pan: A Musical Adventure · Oct 2014 - Dec 2014

8. Director

   Four Seasons (The Super J-Culture) · Aug 2014 - Sep 2014

9. Assistant Director

   Tinker Bell in Shoji-land · Jan 2014 - Feb 2014

10. Director

    From Up Here the musical · Aug 2013 - Aug 2014

11. Assistant Director

    EVITA UK tour · May 2013 - Jun 2013

12. Workshop “The Puppet and the Performer”

    Complicite · Mar 2013 - Mar 2013

13. Directors Lab

    Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab · Jul 2012 - Aug 2013

14. Director

    Ordinary Days · Feb 2012 - Apr 2012

15. International Fellowship

    New York Theatre Wrokshop · Sep 2011 - Aug 2012

16. Observership

    The National Theatre Studio Workshop · Jul 2011 - Jul 2011

17. Workshop “CLOWN in the Real World”

    Complicite · May 2011 - May 2011

1. MA Directing

   Arts Educational Schools London · Sep 2012 - Sep 2013

2. Study Abroad Programme - Completed Directing

   Drama Centre London · Sep 2010 - Aug 2011

3. BA Aesthetics

   The University of Tokyo · Apr 2002 - Mar 2007