


- 1938
- Born in Tokyo.
- 1959
- Played a role of a young boy in "Kinjiki" (Forbidden Colors) directed and choreographed by Tatsumi Hijikata."Kinjiki" is taken as the first creation of Butoh in its history.
- 1960-68
- Participated in concerts of Hijikata's group Ankoku Butoh-ha. Studied classic ballet and pantomime with Hironobu Oikawa.
- 1969
- Solo dance recital at Shinjuku Kosei Nenkin Kaikan.
- 1981
- Particpated in Kazuo Ohno's tour in Caracas and New York in May through July
- 1982
- Particpated in Kazuo Ohno's tour in Europe in July
- 1985
- Premiered "The Dead Sea" with Kazuo Ohno at the Marion Asahi Hall in Tokyo within the Butoh Festival '8S in Februory.
Performed in Rimini and Geneve in August and September. Performed in the Joyce Theater in New York in the frame of the Mitsui Close-up of Japan.
- 1987
- Directed and performed "Water Lilies" with Kazuo Ohno in the World Theater Festival in Sttutgart in June. Performed "Water Lilies" in the Ginza Saison Theater in the project commemorating the first anniversary of Tatsumi Hijikata's death in August.
- 1988
- Performed "Water Lilies" in the New York Intenational Arts Festival in June. Directed and performed "Insect Metamorphosis" with Kazuo Ohno in the Tokyo International Theater Festival in August.
- 1989
- In March, gave a solo dance performance at the Cultural Institute of Japan in Rome. Participated in the IMMT Festival in Budapest, Europalia'89 in Belgium and the Cervantino Festival in Mexico with Kazuo Ohno in October.
- 1990
- Peformed "The Dead Sea" in Itami in January.Directed and performed "Ka Cho Fu Getsu"(Flowers-Birds-Wind-Moon) with Kazuo Ohno at Theater Ponchielli in Cremona of Italy. Toured Goettingen. Paris and Praha in October through November. 1991 Participated in Maureen Fleming's performance"Eros" at La Mama in New York in January. Performed "Ka Cho Fu Getsu" with Kazuo Ohno at the Ginza Saison Theater in August. Costared with Kazuo Ohno in a film "Scenary of Soul" (directed by Katsumi HIRANO).
- 1992
- Directed and performed "A White Lotus Flower" with Kazuo Ohno in Tokyo in March. Performed "Ka Cho Fu Getsu" in Berlin in the frame of the Mitsui Close-up of Japan in April. Directed and performed"Oguri-Hangan and Terute-Hime" with Kazuo Ohno in Ogaki in November.
- 1993
- Directed and performed "Palace Soars Across the Sky" with Kazuo Ohno in a warehouse of the Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse premises in April. Participated in the Butoh Festival in Seoul in August. Toured the United States. Performed "Oguri-Hangan and Terute-Hime" with Kazuo Ohno in the Shonandai Cultural Center.
- 1994
- Produced the Kazuo Ohno's Retrospective of his representative works since 1977 in Teatro Fonte in Yokohama and performed "Water Lilies" as its first program in April and directed Kazuo's solo piece, "Admiring La Argentina" as the 2nd in September. Participated in the Singapore Festival of Arts and the Guandu Arts Festival of Taipei in June. Toured Lisbon, Paris, Avignon and Perigueux in July through August and Holstebro(Denmork)and Warsaw in October.
- 1995
- Performed "The Dead Sea" in Teatro Fonte as the 3rd program of the periodical retrospective in February. In March, choreographed a dance scene of "Flirt", a film by Hal Hartley. In April directed and performed "The Road in Heaven , the Road in Earth" with Kazuo Ohno in the Keio University in Yokohama. Participated in the Art Summit Indonesia'9S and toured Padangpanjang(West Sumqtra) and Jakarta in October. Directed "My Mother" as the 4th program of the Kazuo Ohno's periodicol retrospective in November.
- 1996
- Presented Kazuo Ohno's "My Mother" in New York in Febuary. Performed"The Road in Heaven, the Road in Earth" in Osaka in March. Perfromed "Ka Cho Fu Getsu" as the 5th program of the retrospective in May. Toured Quebec with Kazuo Ohno in May.
- 1997
- Performed "The Road in Heaven, the Road in Earth" in Ferrara. Rimini(Italy), and Remscheid (Germany) in March, and toured Brazil in May. Performed "Water Lilies" in Osaka in September and in Hakodate in October. Performed "The Road in Heaven, the Road in Earth" as the 6th program of the retrospective in Yokohama in November.
- 1998
- Presented Kazuo Ohno's "My Mother" in Yokohama in February. Premiered"The Last Picture of Dorian Gray" in Theater X in Tokyo. In November performed "The Road in Heaven, the Road in Earth" in the Setagaya Public Theater in Tokyo and In December in Torii Hall in Osaka.
- 1999
- In April performed "The Last Picture of Dorian Gray" in Theater X. Published the first book, titled "Kazuo Ohno - Bread for Soul" in Film Art Sha in September. Participated in La Biennale di Venezia and gave 6days workshop in the Isola della Danza in October.
- 2000
- In February had a workshop in Belo Horizonte. Performed"The Flower of Universe" with Kazuo Ohno.
- 2001
- In January performed with Kazuoko Shiraishi (poet) in Art Front Gallery. In October directed "Hana" (Flower) of Kazuo Ohno in Park Tower Hall in Shinjuku.
- 2002
- In May gave the workshop in Seoul. In September performed "Form and Heart - My Butoh's Life" with Kazuo Ohno in Theater X in Tokyo.
- 2003
- In May gave the workshop in Paris. In September performed with Kazuo Ohno in the Site of Reversible Destiny of Yoro Park. In November premiered "Taisetsu na Hito" (The Important Person) in Kiryu.
- 2004
- In March performed a duo, "Eye" with Akira Kasai in Tokyo. In July performed the updated edition of "Taisetsu na Hito" in Kazuo Ohno Festival 2004
- 2005
- In April gave the workshop in the Bologna University and performed "Eye" in Arena del Sole in Bologna. In December premiered "Ishhin"(With All One Heart) in Kazuo Ohno Festival 2005 in Yokohama.
- 2006
- In April performed with Kim Maeja in Maison de la Culture du Japon a Paris. Appeared in a feature film, "Yokohama Mary".
