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The SETOUCHI CIRCUS FACTORY introduced its “Associate Artist” system from 2020
Under this system, a small number of artists who the SETOUCHI CIRCUS FACTORY wishes to encourage (as a general rule, artists whose activities are based in Kagawa Prefecture) are selected and their activities given the SETOUCHI CIRCUS FACTORY’s backup, receiving priority with regard to the provision of training facilities, creative support, and performance/workshop job opportunities.
In addition, the profiles of Associate Artists are displayed on the SETOUCHI CIRCUS FACTORY’s official website, together with their individual numbers and links to videos of their performances. Technical riders are prepared in both Japanese and English with the cooperation of the SETOUCHI CIRCUS FACTORY, assisting these artists to promote their activities overseas as well.
Associate Artists and SETOUCHI CIRCUS FACTORY are partners collaborating together to promote projects and achieve further contemporary circus development.
吉田 亜希 Aki Yoshida
From early childhood through until university graduation, Aki Yoshida dedicated herself to competitive gymnastics, subsequently going on to join the world of entertainment. In addition to aerial arts, she has studied dance, drama, and various other forms of physical expression. Aki’s artistic activities cover a diverse range of genres including concerts by Ayumi Hamazaki, Hiromi Go, and other musical artists; National Cultural Festivals; expositions, theatrical performances, Bunraku (Japanese Puppet Theater) performances; television commercials; music videos; and brand parties. She has also performed widely overseas, including as a MGM COTAI Resident Aerial Artist and in the La Vigne France Tour and Finland x Japan Exchange Project in Finland, and she is registered with the Cirque du Soleil Artist Bank. In addition to performing, Aki is also active as an instructor and choreographer.
Photograph copyright of Shintaro Miyawaki
Costume design by Yuko Hasegawa.
Aki Yoshida ”kingyo” Short Version
Aki Yoshida “kingyo” full version
谷口 界 Kai Taniguchi
Director of contemporary circus Company “Gokko.” Graduated from Sori International Circus School. The main act is a Cyr wheel and handstand. He currently active as a unit, “White Asparagus” with juggler Takehiro Nagaoka. He appeared in Nagamekurashitsu” ,”Kazeno-Matasaburo” by Hiroshi Koike BP, “Cirsus” by Kaiji Moriyama and etc. He pursues the possibilities of the body with his unique ideas, which are not bound by disciplines. He moved to Kagawa in 2020 and be active as SCF Associate Artist.
Photograph copyright of Shintaro Miyawaki
Costume design by Yuko Hasegawa.
野瀬山 瑞希 Noseyama Mizuki
Born in Niigata Prefecture
Mizuki Noseyama began studying classical ballet in her early childhood and joined the ABC-Tokyo Ballet Company after graduating from high school. She subsequently studied at the Performing Arts Institute (P.A.I.) for one year. Mizuki has performed in a variety of stage, recitation, and impromptu performances including the works of Kazuhiro Nishijima, Kimiho Hulbert, the Tarinof dance company, Yasuyuki Endo, Hiroshi Koike, Yoko Ando, and the Strange Kinoko Dance Company. She is now expanding her horizons into contemporary circus, with Silwheel as her main act. Seeks a unique form of expression that crosses circus and dance.
Mizuki Noseyama ”Zu Zu Zu” Trailer
Photograph copyright of Shintaro Miyawaki
Costume design by Yuko Hasegawa.
目黒宏次郎 Kojiro Meguro
At the age of 18, she entered the Sori International Circus School, where she spent four years in physical training.
In 2019, after graduation, she performed in many creative circus stage performances in Japan, including Nagame Kurashitsu’s “Distance Breathing”, Setouchi Circus Factory’s “OLA!” and the contemporary circus exchange project “Air/Air”. In 2021, he was selected as one of the TOP 100 performers at the 2nd Online Circus Festival, and also participated in the “Fukuyama International Street Performance 2021 Grand Prix”, which was attended by a jury from Japan and abroad. In 2024, “Nagamekurashitsu” won the acting prize at the “CoRich Performing Arts Festival”!
Photograph copyright of Shintaro Miyawaki
Costume design by Yuko Hasegawa.