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About Our Teachers
Our teaching staff is made up entirely of first-language Japanese with
experience in both the creative arts and in teaching.
Makiko Mikami Head teacher
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Head teacher Makiko Mikami left Japan when she was 18 to study drama in England. She has a
degree from the University of Hull and a diploma from Desmond Jones School of Mime & Physical
Theatre. She is also an experienced English language teacher who has taught privately in language schools
and also for elementary schools. She is an original founding member of
Wide Eyed Theatre Company,
and now Wide Eyed Language School, and she is excited by the great potential to be found in
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Yuki Hisamichi
Yuki Hisamichi's longtime interest in stage acting turned into an obsession while
she was at University. Since then, she hasn't stopped. Over the years, she has appeared
in many productions for both stage and film, and in 1999 she first encountered Impro
theatre through a workshop with "In the Moment". She is a resident performer with
Tokyo Comedy Store
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and you can see her in action twice a month at the "Crocodile"
live house in Shibuya. |
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Mami Nagata
Mami Nagata was born in Hiroshima and she moved to Tokyo after graduating from high
school. She went to Vantan School of Art to study drama, which was where she first
experienced improvisational theatre. She is currently a member of
Tokyo Comedy Store
and she appears on stage both as a performer and a MC. |
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Takeshi Watari
Takeshi Watari is an actor and an improvisor. He performs in Impro shows with
Tokyo Comedy Store
on the first Friday and third Thursday of every month at the "Crocodile"
live house in Shibuya. In Autumn 2007, he also starred in the Japanese production of
popular Broadway one-man show "Defending the Caveman". His interests do not end with
mere performance, and as well as teaching for Wide Eyed Language School, he teaches
improvisation for actors and non-actors for Elite Company. |
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Kaori Yazaki
Kaori Yazaki obtained a teaching qualification from Yamanashi University but rather
than becoming a teacher straight away, she decided to go on an adventure and headed
for Europe. In London, she studied drama at the Desmond Jones School of Mime &
Physical Theatre. She has been a member of
Wide Eyed Theatre Company
for the past
three years. She was a Japanese teacher for the foreign students at Kushigata Junior
high school (Yamanashi) and has also taught at Akebono school for children with
special needs, using physical movement techniques. She believes that the best way
to learn is the fun way. |
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For more information, please write to
wideeyedjapanese@gmail.com
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