Kie Yamamoto

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Kie Yamamoto

A set and costume designer, she graduated from the Department of Integrated Psychological Sciences, School of Humanities at Kwansei Gakuin University, and subsequently completed the Theatre Design program at Arts University Bournemouth and a postgraduate degree in Theatre Design at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, both at the top of her class. Her notable works include set and costume design for Dodo’s Free Fall (written and directed by Takuya Kato), Breaking the Code (directed by Kae Inaba), Heartland (written and directed by Ryo Ikeda), and Robot (directed by Seiji Nozoe), as well as set design for Watako Wa Motsureru, Itsuzoyawa (both written and directed by Takuya Kato), and Wild Grey (directed by Shuko Nemoto). She was awarded the 31st (2024) Yomiuri Theater Award for Outstanding Staff for her set designs in Heartland and Watako Wa Motsureru, and the 32nd (2025) Yomiuri Theater Award for Outstanding Staff for both set and costume design in Robot.（Updated April 2025）

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