Tozaburo Yanagiyathe 3rd profile in English

Tozaburo Yanagiyathe 3rd

Stage Name: Tozaburo Yanagiya the 3rd

Born Name: Akiyoshi Inaba (b. September 28th, 1976)

Professional Affiliations 

2018 - Current                   Visiting Associate Professor at University of East Asia

1999 - Current                   Member of General Incorporated Association Rakugo Kyokai

Awards

2017                            Rookie/New Artist Award in the category of popular entertainment / The 71st the Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japan National Arts Festival

2003                                  The 8th Maki Okamoto Award

Professional Career 

March, 2014                Promoted to “Shin’uchi”, Master of a Rakugo Storyteller, Succeeded to the name of Tozaburo Yanagiya the 3rd

November, 2002         Promoted to “Futatsume” (Second Opener) senior apprentice, stage name changed as Kogonta Yanagiya 

July, 1999                   Promoted to “Zenza” (Opener) junior apprentice, start using a stage name as Gonpaku Yanagiya

April, 1999                  Accepted as a disciple by a RakugoMaster Gontaro Yanagiya the 3rd and started as a trainee

Selected Theater Performances as “Shin’uchi” Master Tozaburo Yanagiya

2018 August               Tozaburo Yanagiya no Kai Summer Solo performance & Launching first performance of the theatrical sketch comedy unit group “Hare & Ke” / Ikebukuro Engei-jyo / Tokyo

2018 July                    “MONOCRO Shinagawa Meguro” The 3rd performance of Tozaburo Yanagiya Company Troupe / Lead/Script/Director/Producer / Senbonzakura Hall / Tokyo

2018 April                   Tozaburo Yanagiya no Kai Spring Solo performance / Nakano Geino Sho-Gekijo / Tokyo

2017 November          Tozaburo Yanagiya no Kai Fall Solo performance / Nakano Geino Sho-Gekijo / Tokyo
The performance was participated and admitted to 71st the Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japan National Arts Festival (*1), received New Artist Award in the category of popular entertainment 

2017 July                    Tozaburo Yanagiyano Kai Summer Solo performance / Ushigome Tansu Kumin Hall / Tokyo

217 January                 “12 nin no Ikina Edokko” The 2nd performance of Tozaburo Yanagiya Company Troupe / Lead/Script/Director/Producer / Art Theater Ueno Sho-Gekijo / Tokyo

2016 October              “Minna de Rakugo, Hitori de Rakugo” The 1st performance of Tozaburo Yanagiya Company Troupe / Lead/Script/Director/Producer / Asakusa Gekitei / Tokyo

2014 March - April     Announcement Performance Tour for the advancement as a “Shin’uchi”, a Master of a Rakugo Storyteller and succeding to the name of Tozaburo Yanagiya the 3rd / Lead / Ueno Suzumoto entertainment hall, Shinjuku Suehirotei, Asakusa Engei Hall, Ikebukuro Engei-jyo,

Selected Regular performances

Tozaburo Yanagiya no Kai Seasonal Solo performances - 4 times per year

Musashi Koyama Rakugo Kai performance - 12 times per year

Gontaro Yanagiya Family group Rakugo Kai performance - once per year 

Other notable performances

Hanagata Engei-Kai Performances / National Engei Hall
sponsored by Japan Arts Council of the Government of Japan

Asahi Meijin-KaiMasters Performances / Yurakucho Asahi Hall
sponsored by The Asahi Shimbun Company

Rakugo Kenkyu-Kai / National Theatre of Japan
sponsored by Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc

Selected Theater Performances as “Futatsume” Kogonta Yanagiya 

2010 June                    The 9th Theater X International Dance + Theater Festival

2003 November          Announcement Performance 40 days Tour for the advancement as a “Futatsume”, a senior apprentice rank of a Rakugo Storyteller as Kogonta Yanagiya / Ueno Suzumoto entertainment hall, Asakusa Engei Hall, Shinjuku Suehirotei, Ikebukuro Engei-jyo     

2003                            Tozaburo Yanagiya & Yuichi Irifunetei Two person’s performances played 40 times over the years since this year.

Theatrical training as “Zenza” Gonpaku Yanagiya

1999 – 2003                Regular Assistant / Ueno Suzumoto entertainment hall
Regular Assistant / Shinjuku Suehirotei
Regular Assistant / Asakusa Engei Hall
Regular Assistant / Ikebukuro Engei-jyo
Regular Assistant / Asahi Meijin-Kai / Yurakucho Asahi Hall

Television, Radio, Film appearance and Theater performance

Television

July 23rd – August 23rd, 2018          “Kinder TV Pittanko!! Nekozakana Special”        
First appearance on July 23rd Monday and then regular appearance every Thursday until August 23rd
TV TOKYO Corporation

July 9th, 2017                                     “Katsura Bunchin no Engeizukan”
Nippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK: Japan Broadcasting Corporation)

May 4th, 2014                                     “Shōten”
Nippon Television Network Corporation

August 12th, 2000                              “Shutsubotsu! Adomachikku tengoku”
TV TOKYO Corporation

Radio

August 5th and 12th, 2018                 “Hamasaki Takashi Naniokitenno”
Radio Berry (FM Tochigi), FM Iwate, and radiko (internet radio)

June 26th, 2018                                   “Tomita Shiori no Dame Radio, YOKOHAMA RADIO APARTMENT”
FM Yokohama

April 12th, 2012                                 “Gyuzo Farm”
Radio Berry (FM Tochigi), radiko (internet radio)

January 2010 – March 2014               “Engei no Jikan”
Regular radio personality on every first Monday of the month
FM Atami Yugawara

Film

July 2018                                            “MONOCHRO” / Short Film
Director, Script, Producer, and Lead Actor

October 8th, 2016                               “Good Morning Show” / Feature Film
Supporting Role
Produced by Fuji Television Network, Inc.

March 12, 2011                                   “Rakugo Story” / Feature Film
Supporting Role
Produced by King Record Co., Ltd., BS-TBS, Inc.

Theater Performance

July 14th – 22nd, 2018                       “MONOCHRO,RedShinagawa, Blue Meguro”
The 3rd performance of Tozaburo Yanagiya Company Troupe
Senbonzakura Hall

January 18th – 26th, 2017                  “12 nin no Ikina Edokko”
The 2nd performance of Tozaburo Yanagiya Company Troupe
Art Theater Ueno Sho-Gekijo

October 22nd – 27th, 2016                 “Minna de Rakugo, Hitori de Rakugo”
The 1st performance of Tozaburo Yanagiya Company Troupe
Asakusa Gekitei

May 26th - June 5th, 2016                  “Jyuni-nin no Ikareru Otoko to Onna 2016 Remix”
SAME∞LINE PROJECT
Nippori Art Cafe Mozu

March 29th - April 3rd, 2016             “SARACHI BEST ~SAKURA~”
Tokyo Vaudeville Show
Theater711

July 20th – 28th, 2012                        “Katatsumuri – part Two AJISAI”
Keyward Co., Ltd.
Sasazuka Factory

February 24th – 26th, 2012                          “Hanashi Geki 2”
                                                                      Hanashi Geki Ichiza
                                                                      Dotonbori ZAZA House

October 13th, 14th, 2009                    “Hanashi Geki”
Hanashi Geki Ichiza
Kitazawa Town Hall

Volunteer

November 2018 in California

November 28th, 2018       University of California San Diego in San Diego, CA, USA

November 26th, 2018       California State University in Fullerton, CA, USA

November 2018 in New York

November 12th, 2018                   John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York, NY, USA

November 10th 2018        Queens University in New York, NY, USA

November 9th 2018          Adelphi University in New York, NY USA

November 9th, 2018     Hofstra University in New York, United States

March to April in New York

April 7th 2018                 J-Collabo, Brooklyn, NY U.S.A

April 7th 2018                 The Brooklyn Kitchen, Brooklyn, NY U.S.A

April 5th 2018                 Sake brewery “KURA” in Brooklyn, USA

March 28, 2018               New York University, New York, USA

March 15th 2018             Hunter College, NY, NY, USA

March 14th 2018             LaGuardia Community College, NY, USA

March 2018 in Toronto Canada

March 6th 2018               “MOMIJI” welfare facility for the elderly, Toronto, Canada

March 3rd 2018              University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

March 3rd 2018                Japanese Canadian Cultural Center, Toronto, Canada

March 2nd 2018              Western University in London, Ontario, Canada

Febrary 20th, 2018          QQEnglish, Cebu, Philippines

Febrary 3rd, 4th 2018       Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

September 15th, 2017     QQEnglish, Cebu, Philippines

August 18th 2008             Seijo Hall, Tokyo, Japan

Publications / Newspapers, Magazines, Website

Newspapers

October 3th, 2018             “Mainichi Shinbun” / The Mainichi Newspapers Co., Ltd.

June 5th, 2018                   “Tokyo Shimbun” / Chunichi Shimbun Co., Ltd.

July 1st, 2015                   “Tokyo Shimbun” / Chunichi Shimbun Co., Ltd.

May 7th, 2014    “Mainichi Shinbun” / The Mainichi Newspapers Co., Ltd.

January 14th, 2014          “Matsumoto Shimin Times” / Shimin Times Co.,Ltd.

Magazines

November 2016          “Tokyo Kawara-Ban”, specialized to Japanese popular entertainment culture magazine 

March 2014                 “Tokyo Kawara-Ban”, specialized to Japanese popular entertainment culture magazine

February 2014                   “JG” Shinjyuku Area Town Paper 

April 2006                   “Tokyo Kawara-Ban”, specialized to Japanese popular entertainment culture magazine 

November 2004          “Tokyo Kawara-Ban”, specialized to Japanese popular entertainment culture magazine 

July 2003                    “Tokyo Kawara-Ban”, specialized to Japanese popular entertainment culture magazine 

Website

March 2nd, 2014“HANASHI” / Rakugospecialty Website
                                          http://hanashi.jp/archives/3509

Education

1996-1999                   Nihon University College of Art literary arts Department

*1, Agency for Cultural Affairs of the Government of Japan National Arts Festival

Since 1946, the Agency for Cultural Affairs (ACA) National Arts Festival has been held every autumn with the aims of enabling a wide segment of the public to enjoy outstanding works of art from Japan and abroad, encouraging artistic creativity, and advancing the arts.
The National Arts Festival is composed of the sponsored performances, the cosponsored performances, and participating performances and works. Sponsored performances are either given by the executive committee, or by artists who have been commissioned to perform by the executive committee. The cosponsored performances are by artists with outstanding artistic achievements who perform during the National Arts Festival under the commission of the executive committee. Their performances are expected to be suitable to the objective of the festival. The participating performances are chosen and approved as suitable works for the National Arts Festival in the four categories of performances (theater, music, dance, and popular entertainment) and four categories of production (TV dramas, TV documentaries, radio, and recordings).
Performances and productions that entered for the participating performances compete with each other and awards are presented to outstanding performances by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Grand Prize, Excellence Award, and New Artist Award).