Production Coordinator, Production Division, Toyohashi Arts Theatre PLAT

Rei Ohashi (b. 1993) is a production coordinator and theatre employee. She spent six years of her childhood in the Middle East and developed an interest in theatre education through the drama classes she attended at the international school. At university, she studied production planning as well as applied theatre as a performing arts major. From 2015, she began working at the Toyohashi Arts Theatre PLAT (Toyohashi Cultural Foundation). She is in charge of a wide range of activities, including production of performances, educational dissemination projects, human resource development projects, public relations, and facility management. She contributes to the revitalisation of arts and culture in Toyohashi City through projects in which high school students and locals create works with performing arts professionals.
In recent years, she has been involved in supporting audiences with visual and hearing disabilities, planning and producing performances with stage sign language interpretation, and producing lectures to deepen understanding on the part of facility management in the aim of improving accessibility to theatres.

Toyohashi Arts Theatre PLAT

Art Producer, Okinawa Arts Council

Keisuke Ogawa is an arts producer based in Okinawa island, Japan. His career began in 2017 at a public concert theater, “Sugar Hall,” where he was in charge of planning and production of art projects as well as musical education programs for children in collaboration with artists, regional governments, and local firms. Currently he works as a program officer of Okinawa Arts Council to promote arts and culture for grants. As an independent producer he has also produced, administered and been involved in multiple projects such as Mum & Gypsy's theater "Light house" at the Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre in 2022, "Choreographers Okinawa" organized by Japan Agency for Cultural Affairs and Japan Contemporary Dance Network in 2023, "NAHArt Jazz Month" organized by Naha city government at Naha Cultural Art Theater "NAHArt" in 2023-24 and a traditional performing art company "Okinawa Kumiodori Shi no Kai" in 2024-2025. He gained a Master Degree in ethnomusicology from Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts with the university president’s prize.

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Production Coordinator, Saitama Arts Theater

Born in Shiga (next to Kyoto). Studied cultural anthropology at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Hitotsubashi University. After graduation, worked at a performing arts production company, coordinating international co-productions and overseas tours with Asian countries. Since 2016, involved in planning and production of contemporary dance performances and outreach programs at Saitama Arts Theater.
Currently engaged in the founding, planning, and management of Company Grande in Saitama Arts Theater, a theater group of about 120 participants from diverse backgrounds. Focused on building environments where people from different positions can come together and explore artistic creation collaboratively and independently.

Saitama Arts Theater

Dramaturg, Ogimachi Museum Cube / Theatre Workshop

Kensuke Seto Cameron is a dramaturg and producer based in Osaka, Japan. Born in 1998 and raised in Osaka, he began his theatre journey through high school theatre and later joined Hachinosuza, a theater club based in Kobe University. While still a student, he began working as a stage manager, assistant director, and dramaturg for multiple independent productions and theatre companies.
In 2020, he launched his independent project "Tsurezure," producing several workshops and productions, such as “Hamletmachine” written by Heiner Müller, “Yoroboshi” written by Mishima Yukio (From “Modern Noh Plays”) and “My friend has come” written by Suzue Toshiro. He joined Theatre Workshop, a Theatre consulting company in 2022, and after working in the preparation office, he became a staff member at the Ogimachi Museum Cube.
Alongside his institutional work, Kensuke continues his independent practice as a dramaturg and producer, engaging in projects that support emerging creators and foster regional theatre networks. He is a member of Nishibi, a fluid collective focused on rethinking and revitalising the Kansai theatre scene. In 2024, he co-produced Henseifu – Kansai Young Playwrights Collection, a publication that reflects on the four years shaped by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Producer

After graduating from university, she worked at an advertising agency and then in public relations at Tokyo Photographic Art Museum.
Subsequently she worked at three public theaters (Toshima Ward public theater OWLSPOT Theatre, KAAT Kanagawa Arts Theater, and Tokyo Metropolitan Theater) for about 18 years until 2023, as a producer for theater productions on theater and dance.
She planned and produced a wide range of stage works, from cutting-edge projects to commercial works and installations.
Since April 2024, she has been working as an independent producer.
She focuses on creating companies with a wide perspective casting creatively and staffing with creators from various fields such as art, music, and fashion.

Representative works
“Unfulfilled Ghost and Monster ZAHA / TSURUGA” (written and directed by Toshiki Okada, 2021)
"Sucide for Love” (written by Matsuyo Akimoto, directed by Keishi Nagatsuka, 2021)
“Object Story” (written and directed by Suguru Yamamoto, 2022)
“The Little Prince” (choreographed and directed by Kaiji Moriyama, 2022)
In November , a dance work titled “TRAIN TRAIN TRAIN,” inspired by the legacy of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, to premiere.

Production Coordinator, ROHM Theatre Kyoto, Kyoto City Music Art Cultural Promoting Foundation

She began her career in the performing arts as an intern at Festival / Tokyo 09 Autumn in 2009. In 2010, she worked as a production coordinator for contemporary dance performances at Spiral Hall, including DANCE TRIENNALE TOKYO. In 2014, she joined ROHM Theatre Kyoto, where she was involved in the launch of the theater's reopening, as well as the management of the theater, including venue operations, production, and program planning. She has especially overseen the production of numerous international performances, such as KYOTO EXPERIMENT. With a background as a professional dancer and a lifelong familiarity with dance from an early age, she is particularly interested in fostering an environment where performing arts are seamlessly integrated into everyday life and are accessible to all.

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Coordinator / Programmer, SPAC – Shizuoka Performing Arts Center

Born in 1992, he holds a Master’s degree in German Literature from Keio University. From 2022 to 2024, he received a two-year grant from the Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japan under its Program of Overseas Study for Upcoming Artists. During this period, he resided in Munich and completed a Master’s program in Dramaturgy at the Theaterakademie August Everding.
From 2018 to 2022, he worked at syuz’gen, a performing arts production company, where he was involved in producing international works for major cultural initiatives, including the Tokyo Festival and Tokyo Tokyo FESTIVAL. In 2025, he joined the production team at the Shizuoka Performing Arts Center (SPAC) and will also contribute to the programming of the World Theatre Festival Shizuoka from 2026.
Alongside his institutional roles, he is active as a freelance dramaturg in both theatre and opera. He has contributed to productions directed by Shuji Onodera, Kae Inaba, Miharu Sato, and Masashi Nukata, and has collaborated with composers such as Wataru Mukai. He also works as a German-to-Japanese translator, specializing in surtitles for stage performances.
His current focus is on exploring how the role and methodologies of dramaturgs in German-speaking countries can be effectively adopted within Japan’s public theatre system and theatre festivals.

SPAC – Shizuoka Performing Arts Center

Producer, La forêt

Born in Tokyo. She worked with international events such as TIFFCOM (Tokyo International Film Festival Market), TIFF (Tokyo International Film Festival), and TPAM (Tokyo Performing Arts Market), before working at the Museum of Art, Kochi. As a producer of the museum hall, she organized performances by domestic and international artists, international co-collaboration projects, and artist-in-residence programs.
In 2020, she founded La forêt, an organization that promotes arts and cultural exchange projects. With a focus on international co-collaboration projects and artist-in-residence programs, the organization aims to create opportunities for people of all ages to experience diverse cultures and the arts together.
Her recent projects are the international co-collaboration A Song for Us to Meet (2024) by Papermoon Puppet Theatre (Indonesia) and usaginingen, and Uirapuru (2024), a one-act opera fable by Brazilian artist Nina Vogel.

La forêt

Director, Shimokitazawa International Puppet Festival

Yoko Yamaguchi, Ph.D. (Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts), is a JSPS Overseas Research Fellow at the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden (SKD), researching the emergence of object theatre in Germany. Former research fellow at the Klassik Stiftung Weimar and the Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte, and lecturer at Waseda and Seijo Universities. Current themes include reconstruction of modern Japanese puppet theatre histories, posthumanism in puppetry, and global shifts in the concept of “Bunraku.” Founder of the Shimokitazawa International Puppet Theatre Festival (2024; next edition 17–23 Feb 2026) and Chair of the non-profit Deku Art Forum.

Shimokitazawa International Puppet Festival

Lighting Designer / Coordinator

Kazuya Yoshida began his career as a lighting designer while he was a student at Kyoto University. He also belonged to the “GEKKEN staff room,” the organization that managed the technical section of the small theatre in Kyoto until it closed in 2017.
In recent years, his work has become increasingly diverse and worldwide. He designed the lighting for the following pieces: “UNUM” (directed by Adriaan Luteijn and Dai Matsuoka, / 2025.5 Expo ND Hall, Japan), “A Conversation with the Sun(VR)” (directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul / 2025.1 One Bangkok, Thailand), “Super Farm” (by Saeborg / 2024.9 Jahnturnhalle, Austria)
Yoshida has coordinated the lighting for Japan's international arts festivals and meetings, such as Aichi Triennale 2025 and YPAM 2023. He received awards from the Japan Association of Lighting Engineers and Designers in 2024 and 2020, for his stage lighting design. He founded DEZAR inc. in April, 2025. Yoshida has a desire to learn how international arts festivals are organized. It was an aspect that he couldn’t oversee when he participated in some festivals as a lighting designer over the past 10 years. He also aims to make use of his experience as a technician to connect companies and organizers, and to build closer relationship among them.

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