■島口哲朗 プロフィール
1970年、埼玉県生まれ。日本大学芸術学部卒業。
1998年、剱伎衆かむゐを結成。 サムライアーティストとして国内外でパフォーマンス活動。
Q.タランティーノ監督映画『キル・ビルvol.1』では出演&殺陣指導・振付。
2012年、剱伎道創設。 日本、イタリア、チェコなどで道場を展開。
2018年、イタリアフィレンツェにてアジア人初のコンソナンゼ文化芸術賞受賞。
2019年、会津若松市観光大使、福島県あったかふくしま観光大使に就任。
2021年、一般社団法人Code of the SAMURAIを設立。
日本文化・芸術としての「SAMURAI」を世界に発信し続けている。
▪️Tetsuro Shimaguchi
Tetsuro Shimaguchi was born in Saitama .prefecture, Japan, and graduated from Nihon University College of Arts.
After gaining several years of experience in theater activities, such as kabuki, he established a samurai sword performance group ,” Kengishu KAMUI” , of which he has been serving as a leader.
He is a “Samurai Artist”
One of his major accomplishments as an actor was performing as Crazy 88ʼ s “MIKI” , as well as directing the choreography in “KILL BILL Vol.1” , a film by Quentin Tarantino.
In 2012, he established his original samurai dojo, “KENGIDO” and heʼ s been expanding it not only in Japan, but also in many other countries including Italy, Poland, the U.S. and Republic of Lithuania.
He is the first Japanese artist to receive the Consonance award in Florence, Italy in October 2018. In October 2019, he was appointed as a tourism ambassador for Aizuwakamatsu City and Fukushima Prefecture.
And he has been promoting "SAMURAI" as Japanese culture and art to the world still now.
■島口哲朗 プロフィール
1970年、埼玉県生まれ。日本大学芸術学部卒業。
1998年、剱伎衆かむゐを結成。 サムライアーティストとして国内外でパフォーマンス活動。
Q.タランティーノ監督映画『キル・ビルvol.1』では出演&殺陣指導・振付。
2012年、剱伎道創設。 日本、イタリア、チェコなどで道場を展開。
2018年、イタリアフィレンツェにてアジア人初のコンソナンゼ文化芸術賞受賞。
2019年、会津若松市観光大使、福島県あったかふくしま観光大使に就任。
2021年、一般社団法人Code of the SAMURAIを設立。
日本文化・芸術としての「SAMURAI」を世界に発信し続けている。
▪️Tetsuro Shimaguchi
Tetsuro Shimaguchi was born in Saitama .prefecture, Japan, and graduated from Nihon University College of Arts.
After gaining several years of experience in theater activities, such as kabuki, he established a samurai sword performance group ,” Kengishu KAMUI” , of which he has been serving as a leader.
He is a “Samurai Artist”
One of his major accomplishments as an actor was performing as Crazy 88ʼ s “MIKI” , as well as directing the choreography in “KILL BILL Vol.1” , a film by Quentin Tarantino.
In 2012, he established his original samurai dojo, “KENGIDO” and heʼ s been expanding it not only in Japan, but also in many other countries including Italy, Poland, the U.S. and Republic of Lithuania.
He is the first Japanese artist to receive the Consonance award in Florence, Italy in October 2018. In October 2019, he was appointed as a tourism ambassador for Aizuwakamatsu City and Fukushima Prefecture.
And he has been promoting "SAMURAI" as Japanese culture and art to the world still now.