Tetsuro Shimaguchi

Tetsuro Shimaguchi

Tetsuro Shimaguchi was born in Saitama prefecture, Japan, and graduated from Nihon University College of Arts.

After gaining several years of experience in theater activities, such as kabuki, he established a samurai sword performance group ,”SAMURAI ARTIST KAMUI”, of which he has been serving as a leader.

He is a “Samurai Artist”

pursuing a style of beauty of form, acting, and martial arts mixed together.

One of his major accomplishments as an actor was performing as Crazy 88’s “MIKI”, as well as directing the choreography in “KILL BILL Vol.1”, a film by Quentin Tarantino.

After the success of KILL BILL, KAMUI has been putting on highly acclaimed performances around the world. They performed in high-profile venues, such as Kennedy Center in the U.S. (2005), Teatro Della Pergola and Palazzo Vecchio in Italy (2010), Blue Note in Poland and many other venues in Europe, Hermitage Museum in Russia (2015), Armani Hotel in Dubai (2016), etc.

In 2012, he established his original samurai dojo, “KENGIDO” and he’s been expanding it not only in Japan, but also in many other countries including Italy, Poland, the U.S. and Republic of Lithuania. This demonstrates how he has been putting his heart and soul to promote Samurai culture both inside and outside of Japan.

He is the first Japanese artist to receive the Consonance award in Florence, Italy in October 2018.

In October 2019, he was appointed as a tourism ambassador for Aizuwakamatsu City and Fukushima Perfecture.

And he has been promoting "SAMURAI" as Japanese culture and art to the world still now.

埼玉県出身。日本大学芸術学部映画学科卒業。

歌舞伎などの舞台で経験を積んだ後、1998 年『剱伎衆かむゐ』を創設、主宰を務める。

形式美と芝居と武術を融合したサムライアーティスト。

主な俳優活動として、Q・タランティーノ監督映画『KILL BILL vol.1』では 出演 （CRAZY88- “MIKI” 役）＆殺陣指導・振付（雪の庭の決闘などの日本パート）。

J.F. ケネディーセンターをはじめとする KAMUI アメリカ公演、イタリア国立ペルゴラ劇場公演やヴェッキオ宮殿 での演舞、ロシア国立エルミタージュ美術館公演などのヨーロッパツアー、アルマーニホテルドバイ、 ブルーノートなどでのディナーショー、短編映画主演など活動は多岐にわたる。

2012 年、独自の SAMURAI メソッド『剱伎道』を創設。 日本、イタリア、ポーランド、チェコ、リトアニア、ベラルーシ、アメリカなどで道場を展開中。

2018 年 10 月イタリアフィレンツェにて、日本人初のコンソナンゼ文化芸術賞を受賞。

2019 年 10 月には『会津若松市観光大使』、『福島県あったかふくしま観光大使』に就任。

日本文化・芸術としての「SAMURAI」を世界に発信し続けている。