Masahiro Yasuda (art director, head of Yamanote Jijosha Theater Company)

Art director of Magome Writers Village Imaginary Theater Festival.Born in Tokyo.he is a playwrightHe presides over the theater company Yamanote Jijosha.He formed a theater company while he was a student at Waseda University, and has been acclaimed both in Japan and abroad as a director of a theater company that represents contemporary Japanese theater. In 2013 he received the “Special Achievement Award” from the Sibiu International Theater Festival in Romania.He also serves as a lecturer at various workshops, and is also focusing on the use of ``theatrical education'' as ``multifaceted hints to make yourself attractive'' in the general public. In 2018, he published “How to Make Yourself Attractive” (Kodansha Sensho Metier).

Theatrical company Yamanote Jijosha

Formed in 1984 based on the Waseda University Theater Study Group.Since then, he has consistently pursued “things that only theater can do” and developed experimental plays. In 1993 and 1994, they participated in the Shimomaruko [Theater] Festa, and developed as a performing arts group representing contemporary theater. Since 1997, he has been working on a performance style called "Yojohan" that expresses modern people with restricted movements, and in recent years there have been many performances overseas. In 2013, the dedicated rehearsal hall and office moved to Ota Ward.We also actively cooperate with local communities.Representative works include "Tempest", "Titus Andronicus", "Oedipus King", "Dojoji", and "Keijo Hankonka".

Hideki Yashiro (screenwriter, director, Japanese radio representative)

Born in Chiba prefecture.He graduated from Kokugakuin University, Department of Japanese Literature.After graduating from university, he started a voluntary organization "Nippon Radio" that staged plays.Since then, he has been in charge of writing and directing most of the works of the hosting organization, as well as providing scripts and directing to external organizations.His writing styles include comedy, horror, bizarre, psycho, noir, and absurdist skits. published a lot.

Japanese radio

The reading is "Nihon Radio".It was founded by Hideki Yashiro, the representative, to stage his own plays.I often do ghosts, outlaws, and things based on actual bizarre incidents.It often has a cruel ending, but it is sometimes said that "you feel refreshed after watching it."In the case of short films, I do not scary but bizarre skits.It features a simple stage production and soothing lines with margins.I hope that you will be able to take a sneak peek at this detached world.

Hiroshi Shimizu (stand-up comedian, actor)

From the 1980s to the 90s, he was a member of the theater company Yamanote Jijosha and was active as a central actor. In 2016, he established the Japan Standup Comedy Association with Zenjiro and LaSalle Ishii and became its chairman.Not only in Korea, but also at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, North America Fringe Festival, China, Russia, etc., he has performed comedy in the local language, making the world laugh with high tension and sweat.