Motoi Miura
Motoi Miura
Born 1973. Graduated Toho Gakuen Jr. College, department of theater, Toho Gakuen Major Course. Joined Seinendan theater company in 1996, became member of the directing department. Studied and worked in theater in Paris for two years on an Agency for Cultural Affairs research grant from 1999. Returned to Japan in 2001 and acted as representative of the Seinendan Link company Chiten from 2003 to 2005. Became independent of Seinendan in April of 2005 and moved Chiten’s base of operations to Kyoto. That year he won the Outstanding Performance Award of the Toga Director Contest for his production of The Seagull (by A. Chekov). From 2007 he began a project to mount productions of the four great masterpieces of Chekov and won the Agency for Cultural Affairs New Director Award for the third production of this series, The Cherry Orchard. In 2010 he published his first book Omoshirokereba OK ka? (Is just being interesting OK?) (Goryu Shoin publishing). Named for Special Accomplishment in Culture for the City of Kyoto, 2008.