Ryuta Horai
Ryuta Horai
Born in Hyogo Prefecture in 1976. Graduated from the Performing Arts Academy’s Department of Drama. In 1999, he founded the theater company Modern Swimmers with his classmate Yoshimasa Nishijo (leader) and wrote and directed all of their performances. He has also written stage adaptations of best-selling novels such as Sekai no Chūshin de Ai o Sakebu (Love in the Center of the World) and Tokyo Tawaa~Okan to boku to, tokidoki Oton~ (Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad). He is highly regarded for his depiction of the subtleties, destiny, and the times that are inevitable in human life in intense multi-character dramas. In 2008, Gachi Boy was released, a film adaptation of Igarashi Den – Igarashi wa Moete iruka (The Biography of Igarashi – Igarashi Is Alive with Enthusiasm?) performed by Modern Swimmers. He won the 53rd Kunio Kishida Drama Award for Mahoroba in 2009, the 20th Tsuruya Namboku Drama Award in 2017 for Haha to Wakusei nitsuite, oyobi, jitensuru onnatachi no kiroku (A Record of Mothers and Planets, and of Women who Rotate) and the 6th Hayakawa “Higeki Kigeki” Award in 2019 for Kieteiku nara asa (Morning Disappearance). In addition, in recognition of its excellence as a theater company, Modern Swimmers won the Excellence Award at the 67th Agency for Cultural Affairs Arts Festival in 2012.
Modern Swimmers
