Creators’ Performances

The VR performer team Breath Actors “Kasou” Butodan is a troupe that performs various physical expressions in virtual reality.

The purpose of this program is to contribute to a variety of events by providing the necessary skills for VR events in addition to performances, such as sword and fan dance, robot and marionette dance, street dance, runway, and fashion modeling, as well as stage expression, stage scriptwriting/direction, various instructional workshops, practical training as a concierge/butler and event attendant, and more.

The leader of the group, Yoikami, used VR to care for his grandmother and to rehabilitate his paraplegia caused by a congenital disorder. While fighting the disease, he made a smooth recovery and won the world's first VR dance contest at SXSW held in Austin, USA, in 2021.

Later, as a member of the Breath Actors “Kasou” Butodan dance troupe, he won an award at Japan's largest and most prestigious dance festival, the "Nippon Doshinchu Festival," and starred in and performed as Typeman in "Typeman," which won the Premio Visado d'Oro Best Short Film (Golden Eel Award) at the Venice International Film Festival, the oldest film festival in the world. He was the main performer/director for the unveiling of Nissan Motor's "SAKURA" new car, and is the representative director of the VR Theatre Association and the VR Theatre Association.

Troupe member tarako has appeared on various stages, including the Venice International Film Festival, and her performances, which fuse acting and dance to create a unique worldview, are deeply rooted and popular.

E-suke, a member of the troupe, is a Brazilian national, but he uses his cultural understanding from his upbringing in Japan to perform a sword dance that depicts Japanese culture. Popular on numerous stages throughout the world, the traditional Japanese sword dance "Kenbu Ichimonji is where a sword is treated as a brush, and characters are drawn in accordance with the Eight Principles of Yong.

Koua, a member of the troupe, is a musical actor who has performed in various musicals, improvisations, and other theatrical productions, and is also an official distributor of his work.
On stage, he specializes in contemporary dance and expression with a focus on art, and performs in a wide range of styles from verbal to non-verbal.