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Kensuke Yokouchi

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Yokouchi Kensuke

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1961-09-22 （Tokyo）
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Tokyo → Kokura, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka (elementary grade 5 to junior high grade 1)

経歴

職業
theatre director, playwright, screenwriter, theatre company founder
活動期間
1982年〜
所属
Founder and artistic director, Tobiraza theatre company
所属団体
Japan Playwrights' Association (Vice Chair: 2008)
影響を受けた人物
Yukio Ninagawa, Ennosuke Ichikawa (Ichikawa Ennosuke), Kunio Shimizu

学歴

Kanagawa Prefectural Atsugi High School
卒業年: 1979
国: Japan
While in high school his debut work '山椒魚だぞ!' won awards at the National High School Theatre Festival.
Waseda University, Faculty of Letters (First Department)
期間: 在学中に劇団を旗揚げ（1982年）
国: Japan
Founded the theatre company 'Zen'nin Kaigi' (later 'Tobiraza') in 1982 while at university.

受賞歴

National High School Theatre Festival — Excellence Award
1979
対象作品: It's a Salamander!
主催: National High School Theatre Festival
結果: 受賞
National High School Theatre Festival — Original Script Award
1979
対象作品: It's a Salamander!
主催: National High School Theatre Festival
結果: 受賞
Kishida Kunio Drama Award
1992
対象作品: The King of La Mancha's Nakedness (not seen by the Fools)
主催: Kishida Kunio Drama Award Committee
結果: 受賞
Otani Takejiro Prize (28th)
1999
対象作品: New Romance of the Three Kingdoms
主催: Otani Takejiro Prize
結果: 受賞（史上最年少受賞）
Kitakyushu City Civic Culture Award
2004
主催: Kitakyushu City
結果: 受賞
Appointed Atsugi City Special Cultural and Arts Ambassador
2010
主催: Atsugi City
結果: 就任
Appointed Artistic Director, Atsugi Cultural Promotion Foundation
2011
主催: Atsugi Cultural Promotion Foundation
結果: 就任
Otani Takejiro Prize (44th / Heisei 27)
2016
対象作品: Super Kabuki II: One Piece
主催: Otani Takejiro Prize
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

The King of La Mancha's Nakedness (not seen by the Fools)

1992年 play

A satirical play and one of his representative works; winner of the 36th Kishida Kunio Drama Award.

satiretheatricalityhuman relationships

New Romance of the Three Kingdoms

1999年 historical spectacle

A large-scale theatrical work incorporating Super Kabuki elements; earned him the 28th Otani Takejiro Prize as the youngest recipient.

reconstruction of historyepic scaleensemble drama

Super Kabuki II: One Piece

2016年 kabuki / stage adaptation

A stage adaptation of Eiichiro Oda's manga 'One Piece' produced as Super Kabuki; Yokouchi participated in scripting/directing and the production received the Otani Takejiro Prize in 2016.

entertainmentpopular culture adaptationadventure

Hi-damari no Ki (play) / The Tree in the Sunlight

1995年 play / manga adaptation

A stage adaptation of Osamu Tezuka's manga; staged multiple times at venues including Le Theatre Ginza and served as the opening performance at Saitama Super Arena.

manga-to-stage adaptationlarge-scale productionhuman drama

全著作

  • Tragedy at the Turning (Shinsuisya, 1988)
  • Nocturne: The Gentle Night of Arsonist Tsutomu (Kadokawa, 1988)
  • Shinra Saburomon: Plays by Kensuke Yokouchi (Teatro, 1991)
  • Gypsy: The Tale on the Thousand-Ring Stump (Teatro, 1991)
  • The King of La Mancha's Nakedness: Plays by Kensuke Yokouchi (Teatro, 1994)
  • Yukinojo's Transformation 2001 (Morning Desk, 1995)
  • Hi-damari no Ki: Play (Morning Desk, 1995)
  • Dream Pirates (Morning Desk, 1996)
  • Kaguya: New Tale of the Bamboo Cutter (Morning Desk / Seiunsha, 1996)
  • Dragon God Legend (Morning Desk, 1998)
  • Hotel California — My Play: The Story of Kanagawa Prefectural Atsugi High School (Camomile, 1999)
  • Bakumatsu Girl ~ Dr. Oine Story ~ (co-authored with Akuyo Kurosawa, Akita Shoten, 2013)
  • Fantastic Song-and-Music Drama 'Gennai' (co-authored with Akuyo Kurosawa, Akita Shoten, 2013)
  • Secret Rehearsal Room (NHK Publishing, 1994)
  • 'The Power That Dreams' Never Sleeps: Scenes from the Theatre (Shunjusha, 2005)
  • Can't Sleep When Thinking (Access Publishing, 2007)

翻案

  • 'Hi-damari no Ki' - stage adaptation of Osamu Tezuka's manga (staged at Le Theatre Ginza, etc.)
  • 'Super Kabuki II: One Piece' - kabuki-style adaptation of a popular manga

作風・主題

文体
theatrical stagingensemble narrativesblend of entertainment and literary elements
頻出モチーフ
reconstructing historystaging popular culturecoexistence of humor and pathos

評価・遺産

Kensuke Yokouchi, as founder of Tobiraza, has produced many experimental and large-scale stage works and contributed to blending popular culture with traditional performing arts such as Super Kabuki. He established his reputation through honors like the Kishida Kunio Drama Award and the Otani Takejiro Prize.

関連学会

  • Japan Playwrights' Association

大衆文化への影響

  • The stage adaptation 'Super Kabuki II: One Piece' drew wide attention for introducing manga-based works into kabuki-style theatre.
  • He has staged and directed TV productions and large public events, helping bridge pop culture and the theatre.

豆知識

  • In 1979 his debut work '山椒魚だぞ!' won the Excellence Award and the Original Script Award at the National High School Theatre Festival.
  • In 1982, while at Waseda University, he founded the theatre company 'Zen'nin Kaigi', later renamed 'Tobiraza'.
  • In 1999 he became the youngest recipient of the 28th Otani Takejiro Prize for 'New Romance of the Three Kingdoms'.
  • He is active beyond traditional theatre, directing Super Kabuki productions and large-scale public events.