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Katsuhiro Horikiri

ほりきり かつひろ

Horikiri Katsuhiro

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1983-10-08 （Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan）
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese
Residence History
Fukushima Prefecture (birth/early life) → Tokyo (study/work) → France (study abroad)

Career

Occupations
theatre researcher, haiku poet, university professor, researcher
Active Years
2007-
Affiliations
Waseda University Theatre Museum (research assistant, Theatre and Moving Image research hub), Chiba University (part-time lecturer), Senshu University (part-time lecturer), Aoyama Gakuin University (part-time lecturer), Keio University (part-time lecturer), Musashino University (Faculty of Literature, Department of Japanese Literature and Culture — Professor)
Influenced By
Antonin Artaud, Ina'o Ito (haiku master)

Education

Fukushima Prefectural Fukushima High School
Period: 1999–2002
Year of Graduation: 2002
Country: Japan
Hitotsubashi University, Faculty of Social Sciences
Faculty of Social Sciences
Degree: 学士
Period: 2003–2007
Year of Graduation: 2007
Country: Japan
The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (Master's)
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences / Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies
Degree: 修士（修了）
Period: 2007–2009
Year of Graduation: 2009
Country: Japan
Completed master's program. Later left doctoral program after obtaining credits (2016).
Paris 7 University (study abroad) / École Normale Supérieure related study
Period: 留学期間（年不明）
Country: France
Studied abroad in France for research including studies on Antonin Artaud.

Awards

6th Ishida Hakyo Newcomer Award (Encouragement Prize)
2014
Category: 奨励賞
Organization: Ishida Hakyo Award Committee
Result: 受賞
3rd Haiku Poets Association New Critic Prize (Grand Prize)
2016
Category: 評論賞
Organization: Haiku Poets Association
Result: 大賞（受賞）
8th Hokuto Prize
2017
Organization: Hokuto Prize Selection Committee
Result: 受賞
42nd Haiku Poets Association Newcomer Award
2018
Work: Haiku collection 'Shakukko no Michi' (Path of the Inchworm)
Organization: Haiku Poets Association
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Shakukko no Michi (Path of the Inchworm)

2018 haiku collection 120 pages

A contemporary haiku collection centered on seasonal sensibility and corporeality. Contains poems themed around fragments of daily life, stage representation, and memory.

seasonsthe bodytheatre/stagememory

Kabuki and Revolutionary Russia

2016 theatre research 200 pages

A research work discussing cultural exchange and intersections of representation between kabuki and revolutionary Russia (based on publisher information).

theatre historycultural exchangerepresentation studies

Bibliography

  • Shakukko no Michi (haiku collection)
  • Kabuki and Revolutionary Russia (research book)
  • Numerous papers on theatre and representation (journal articles)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
theoretical and interdisciplinary prosecondensed imagery in short poetic forms
Recurring Motifs
stage and bodily representationseasonal changefragments of memory

Legacy

Recognized as a rare scholar-poet who crosses theatre research and haiku. Based on studies of Antonin Artaud, he has contributed to stage representation theory and short-form poetry.

Academic Societies

  • Haiku Poets Association
  • Theatre studies related societies (affiliated/contributor)

Archives

  • Musashino University faculty profile and research achievements page
  • researchmap profile

Trivia

  • Born in Fukushima Prefecture as the eldest son of a family with parents who served as political secretaries.
  • Maintains an official account on X (formerly Twitter).
  • Has study-abroad experience in France and is deeply involved in research on Antonin Artaud.