Shinnosuke

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Shinnosuke, performing in the world.

- A Japanese performing artist, an actor, and a theatre director. Real name is Ryuta Shimba (SHINNOSUKE is his stage name). He performs and directs his arts and entertainments based on Japanese traditions with unique expressions and modern interpretations. Shinnosuke trained for performances with his masters in an authentic sword fighting performance following the traditions of the New National Theatre ("Shinkokugeki"), Japanese dance decended from the traditions of the Kabuki theatre ("Bando-Ryu" & "Fujima-Ryu") and traditional mask dance "Okame-Hyottoko". And learned European style performance techniques in France and Nederlands in 2013 trained with professional dancers. He has been on about 1, 000 stages since his debut including small theatres, middle size theatres and big theatres in Japan. Having a bachelor's degree in law at Nihon University College of Law in Tokyo in 2008.

Created a performance company called TEAM SAMURAI in Tokyo (2012). It won the prize for best performance, and Shinnosuke was presented with the individual award for best diretor at a high-level theatre competition held in Saint Petersburg, Russia organised with the cooperation of the Japanese consulate general (2012). Shinnosuke has also performed internationally including the theatre festival in Avignon, France (2013), at CAMERA JAPAN festival in Rotterdam, the Netherlands (2013), in Oxford, the United Kingdom (2015), Haarlem (2017) and also directed the Japone company performance at 'Abunai! ' convention, the biggest Japanese animation festival in Eindhoven, the Nederlands (2017).

Living in the United Kingdom since 2015 studying for masters degree at Oxford Brookes Business School for MSc Business Management and Entrepreneurship, and learning creative thinking in business following the professor James Bannerman, who is the innovation consultant of Aston Martin, Rolls-Royce and Starbucks.

Skills: Authentic style sword fighting and sword dance (master ["shihan"] ), Japanese dance, Mask dance (Okame & Hyottoko), Horse Riding, Song Writing & Singing and English (B2-C1 level, CEFR).