Makoto Ueda

Makoto Ueda

Born in Kyoto in 1979. When he entered Doshisha University in 1998 Ueda joined the University’s small-theater company. That same year he formed the unit Europe-Kikaku within the company. In 2000, Europe-Kikaku officially became an independent theater company. As its representative, Ueda has since served as the playwright and director for all of its regular productions. His plays Fuyu no Yurigera , Kakomu Formation , Heibon na Way and Windows 5,000 have all been selected as a finalists for the OMS Drama Award. In 2009, a movie was made based on his play Fuyu no Yurigera and released under the title Magare, Spoon . In 2010, the television anime Yojo-han Shinwa Taikei (The Tatami Galaxy) that he contributed the composition and script for won the Grand Prize in the anime category of the 14th Agency for Cultural Affairs Media Arts Festival. Ueda was also the winner of the Ohkiri (comical show) event “Dynamite Kansai 2010 third”. He also appears in numerous events like Kikaku Night. Ueda is also active as a writer for plays outside his own company, as well as for movies and dramas and programs for television and radio. In 2017, his play This New World that Had to Come won the 61st Kishida Drama Award.

Europe-Kikaku
https://www.europe-kikaku.com/