Takehisa (Tak) Kaiyama
Born in Sendai, Japan, 1937
Graduated from Waseda University, Theatre Dept., 60
Associate Director, then Artistic Director at Bunkaza Theatre, 1960-1999
Stayed in Canada for 12 months to study Canadian Theate
under the auspices of the Cultural Agency (Bunka-Cho) of
the Japanese Government 1982-1983
Director & Secretary General of the Japan Stage Directors Assoc., 1993
Founded the Maple Leaf Theatre, 1999
Yoshihara (Yoshi) Yoshihara
Toyoshi Yoshihara was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan. After graduating from Waseda University (B.A.), he immigrated to Canada in 1970. Besides running a successful heavy equipment marketing business, he promoted theatre exchanges between Canada and Japan, has translated more than 30 Canadian plays into Japanese and four Japanese plays into English, received an honorary doctorate (D.Litt.) from McMaster University, Ontario, Canada, in recognition of his successful efforts to introduce Canadian theatre to Japan. He also was honored in 2000 with the Yuasa Yoshiko Award, a highly-coveted theatre prize in Japan given annually to the best foreign play translator. With his wife, Ikuko, he spends two third of his time in Vancouver, Canada and one third in Tokyo, Japan.
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