I am an independent writer and a researcher in Japan, writing articles in major Japanese newspapers and magazines specializing in the contemporary circus arts and social circus since then, covering from various aspects such as social culture and economy, education, and second career for world class athletes. I am currently enrolled in a doctoral course at the Comparative Literature, Graduate School of Letters, Osaka University, where I was completing my master's degree in Arts and Media course.
Four of my books in Japanese:
"Art Circus, the Magic beyond the Circus"; "Arts Vivants au Québec"; "Picture book / The Circus School in Montreal, Canada"; “Cirque du Soleil, Creativity that Changed the Circus”.
Japanese thesis: “The Transcendent Contemporary Circus -Focusing on Australia and Québec, Canada– (master thesis)"; "The Acceptance and Development in Contemporary Circus in Australia"; "An Analysis of Cirque du Soleil's Bankruptcy in Covid-19"; "Situation actuelle et enjeux du Cirque du Soleil et des compagnies de cirque contemporain au Québec"; "A study of social circus in the spectacles directed by Franco Dragone: East-West cultural representations in contemporary circus".
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