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".