Suzuki Matsuo
Suzuki Matsuo
Suzuki Matsuo moved to Tokyo after graduation from the Department of Design, Faculty of Design, Kyushu Sangyo University, and worked as a company employee and an illustrator before forming the Otonakeikaku troupe in 1988. Their individualistic actors and works depicting a unique world of characters shaped by their own flaws and peccadilloes appealed powerfully to the younger generation, raising the troupe to the top of the small theater scene in the 1990s. Matsuo received the Kishida Kunio Drama Award for Funky! Uchu wa Mieru Tokoro made shika Nai in 1997. He has been active in the Nihon Sogo Higeki Kyokai, a production unit that stages performances with actors outside the troupe, and as a novelist and essayist. He also performs frequently as an actor with other troupes.
