Born in Nagoya Japan, choreographer, dancer, and co-founder of Motimaru Dance Company. From 2005 he had been studying butoh with Yoshito Ohno, son of Kazuo Ohno and worked as his assistant. After 2010 he has started field work researches of local and traditional dances in Japan, India, Nepal, Spain, and Bali, studied Balinese dance with Agun Anom Putra, I Made Djimat, and Ida Bagus Oka Wirjana, in search of universal principle of movements and dance. Since 2008, he has been immersed in the practice and study of Eastern contemplative traditions, particularly following the Tibetan traditions, and bridging between contemporary art practices and the age old wisdom. He has been performing and teaching in: Venezia Biennale 2010, 9th International Choreography Competition "No Ballet”, International Dance Festival Lucky Trimmer 2016, Hildesheim University, Leipzig University, Hasselt University, Academy of Media Arts Cologne, etc., Europe, Asia, Australia in over 50 cities.

​​​​

​

"Before thinking about art or dance, I ask a fundamental question about life and death: What is the deepest meaning and the most heartfelt wish in our lives? This inevitably leads to the question of spirituality.

By “spiritual,” I mean investigating the truth of who we are and how everything exists. I believe that art and dance must serve this broader inquiry.

Concepts, emotions, sensations, physicality, the subconscious, and social or political contemplation… all are vital dimensions of life, art, and dance.

But can we truly understand them without exploring the deeper ground from which they arise?

In modern times, many of us may believe the universe began with the Big Bang, followed by the emergence of organisms, and eventually, consciousness.

But what if the opposite is true — that consciousness is the primordial ground, existing even before the Big Bang — and that the universe and society are movements arising within this vast field of consciousness?

If we see and listen closely to the dance, we may sense the presence of space behind the movements and forms, and the presence of silence behind the sound. And that stillness and space seem to be shimmering… What is the nature of that presence?

​​

An old pond —
a frog leaps in,
the sound of water.
— Bashō

​

I deeply wish that art and dance can be a path toward realizing the truth of our existence."