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KYOKO TAKENAKA (竹中響子)

Kyoko Takenaka is a director, filmmaker, butoh dancer, actor, musician, performance artist, and teacher based between Turtle Island and Japan. Centering their work in the in-between, they create work around diasporic longing as it relates to cycles found in nature, Japanese mythology, and the ethereal realm.

 

Their name means “vibrations of sound child” in Japanese.

Their work has been featured on Apple TV+, Hulu, Nowness, HBO, the LA Times, BOMB Magazine, and Far-Near; performed at Lincoln Center and venues around the world. Their self-directed short film, HOME, reached viral acclaim in 2021. They've released two collaborative albums, Planet Q, and Wastewomxn, centering themes of queer liberation and afro-asia unity with artists of the African and Asian diaspora.

Image by Andre Shizen

Contact

Theatrical (LA)

Commercial (LA)

Ashley Partington

ashley.partington@ariseaa.com 

All other inquiries:
kyoko.takenaka (at) gmail . com

UK + Europe
(Theatrical + Commercial)

Leoni Morris

leoni@capulet.uk

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