Wazalwa ngo-1931. Ungumnikazi weMpahla Ebalulekile Yamasiko Engaphatheki (Ingcebo Yesizwe Ephilayo). Umuntu Ohlonishwayo Ngamasiko. Ilungu le-Japan Art Academy. Umamukeli we-Order of Culture. Wafunda ngaphansi komkhulu wakhe, uNomura Mansai I ongasekho, kanye noyise, uNomura Manzo VI ongasekho. Waphothula eWaseda University, e-Faculty of Letters. Inhloko yeqembu elithi "Mansaku-kai". Ubuciko bakhe obuhloniphekile, obuhlanganisa ukukhululeka kanye nokubonakaliswa okucophelelayo nemizwa ejulile, bumelela esinye seziqongo zeKyogen. Ube negalelo ekusabalaleni kweKyogen kokubili eJapan nakwamanye amazwe. Usebenze njengoprofesa ovakashile eNyuvesi yaseHawaii naseNyuvesi yaseWashington. Usebenze iminyaka eminingi engosini eyimfihlo ethi "Tsurigitsune," ekhombisa isiqongo sendlela yeKyogen, futhi wawina uMklomelo Omkhulu eMnyangweni Wezobuciko ngokudlala kwakhe. Uthole neminye imiklomelo eminingi, okubalwa kuyo iKanze Hisao Memorial Hosei University Noh Award, iMatsuo Performing Arts Award, iKinokuniya Theatre Award, iJapan Art Academy Award, iPurple Ribbon Medal, iTsubouchi Shoyo Grand Prize, iAsahi Prize, iHasegawa Shin Award, i-Order of the Rising Sun, iGold Rays with Rosette, iChunichi Culture Award, iNew York Japan Society Award, kanye neNHK Broadcasting Culture Award. Njengomculi weKyogen, uvame ukubhekana nezinselelo ezintsha, njenge-"Pierrot Lunaire," "The Meridian Festival," "Akie," "The Boasting Samurai," "Atsushi - The Tale of the Mountain Moon and the Master," kanye ne-"The Ballad of Narayama," ebeka isisekelo sokuchuma kwamanje kweKyogen. Ngo-2025, ifilimu ethi "Six Faces" (eqondiswe ngu-Isshin Inudo), eqopha iminyaka yakhe engaphezu kwamashumi ayisishiyagalolunye kulo mkhakha, yakhishwa.
UMansai Nomura
Wazalwa ngo-1966. Wafunda ngaphansi kukayisemkhulu wakhe, isizukulwane sesi-6 uManzo Nomura, kanye noyise, uMansaku Nomura. Unesikhundla seMpahla Yamasiko Engabonakali Ebalulekile. Waphothula e-Faculty of Music, eTokyo University of the Arts. Umsunguli we-"Kyogen Gozaru no Za". Uhlanganyela ekudlalweni okuningi kwe-Kyogen ne-Noh kokubili ngaphakathi nangaphandle, okunegalelo ekwandiseni ukuthandwa kwawo. Uphinde adlale emidlalweni yesimanje, amafilimu, kanye nemidlalo kamabonakude, futhi uqondisa imisebenzi esebenzisa amasu akudala, okuhlanganisa nemidlalo yasesiteji ethi "Atsushi - Sangetsuki/Meijin-den -", "Shigosen no Matsuri", "Hamlet", "Noh/Kyogen 'Demon Slayer'", kanye nethi "The Emperor of the Rising Sun". Ungomunye wabantu abaphambili abaqhuba isiko nobuciko baseJapan banamuhla. Othole imiklomelo eminingi, okuhlanganisa ne-Arts Festival Newcomer Award and Excellence Award, uNgqongqoshe Wezemfundo, Amasiko, Ezemidlalo, Isayensi Nobuchwepheshe Umklomelo Wabaculi Abasha, i-Asahi Performing Arts Award, i-Kinokuniya Theatre Award, i-Mainichi Art Award Senda Koreya Award, i-Kanze Hisao Memorial Hosei University Noh Award, i-Matsuo Performing Arts Award Grand Prize, kanye ne-Tsubouchi Shoyo Grand Prize. UProfesa Ovakashile e-Tokyo University of the Arts kanye ne-Nihon University College of Art. Umqondisi Wobuciko Wobuciko we-Ishikawa Prefectural Music Hall. UMongameli we-Japan Association of Public Cultural Facilities.