Swedish rakugo performer Sanyutei Kouseinen's first-hand experience of budo, Japanese martial arts, in Tokyo. As a unique activity that is part of Japan's sporting culture, budo cultivates the ...

Katsura Niyo, who was chosen as the winner of the grand prize at the NHK Shinjin Rakugo Taisho, is seen holding the trophy at NHK Osaka Hall in Chuo Ward, Osaka, on Nov. 1, 2021. (Mainichi/Satoko ...

Kosira Tatekawa, a multi-talented Japanese "rakugo" performer in Japan, will hold his first stage performance in Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne this month. Rakugo is a traditional style of Japanese ...

An actor has to memorize a couple of pages of a script before performing in a scene. A Japanese Rakugo master, on the other hand, has to memorize hundreds of detailed stories before going on stage in ...

. Sure, I probably saw it come up in some anime or game, but didn’t recognize it for what it was. I didn’t pinpoint the art form. But the beauty about the story this series is telling is that it feels ...

"I've got nothing, so I'm going there." Former small-time crook Yotaro has never forgotten the rakugo tale "Shinigami" that the great artist Yurakutei Yakumo performed to him in prison. After his ...

Sanyutei Kouseinen is a Swedish rakugo performer who had majored in Japanese at Stockholm University before studying at a university in Japan under a study abroad program in 2012. After enrolling in ...