Katsura Sunshine
Katsura Sunshine | |
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Katsura Sunshine | |
| Born | Gregory Robic Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupations | Traditional Japanese "Rakugo" comic storyteller, television personality, playwright, composer |
| Website | rakugo |
Katsura Sunshine (桂 三輝, Katsura Sanshain; born Gregory Robic, 6 April 1970) is a Canadian rakugo comic storyteller, theatre producer, and playwright.
Katsura Sunshine received his professional debut in Singapore on April 26, 2009,[1] and completed his three-year rakugo apprenticeship in November 2011. Sunshine has also performed in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Slovenia, Ghana, Senegal, South Africa, Gabon, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, Thailand, and Australia, as well as throughout Japan. He currently resides in New York City. In July 2012, he opened his own rakugo theatre in his home in Ise, called the Ise Kawasaki Kikitei, where for two years he regularly performed rakugo stories.[2][3]
Notes
- ^ "Katsura Sunshine: Hilarious Japanese Story-Telling in English! - Segal Centre". Archived from the original on 2015-06-25. Retrieved 2013-05-02.
- ^ "三重の住みます芸人の桂三輝さん、伊勢市河崎の住民に愛され、自宅を寄席に". 伊勢志摩経済新聞.
- ^ "Katsura Sunshine's blog (in Japanese)". Archived from the original on 2012-07-17. Retrieved 2013-05-02.
External links
Interview
Interviews in Japanese