Artist CV

                                                                        Senju Takeda

 

Name:

Wataru Karaki (Senju Takeda)

 

Date and place of birth: 

05.08.1984 born in Nagano, Japan

 

Education:

2013 - 2018

National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts "Krastyo

Sarafov" in Sofia, Bulgaria

Bachelor’s Degree in

Scenography for puppet theater

 

2008 - 2013

the Takeda Ningyō-za (Takeda Marionette Theatre)

Puppet Actor and performer

 

2003 - 2006

Tokyo University of Science in Suwa

Systems engineering

 

2001 - 2003

Iida OIDE Osahime High School

Class with the study of mechanics

 

Professional qualification:

Professionally trained as an actor and performer of

traditional Japanese marionettes by Sennosuke Takeda

(part of the Takeda Ningyō-za (Takeda Marionette Theatre),

founded in 1955) from 2008 to 2011 in Iida, Japan.

 

Inherited his teacher's last name and received the

professional nickname Senju Takeda in April 2011.

 

Professional development and projects:

2021, November -Ina, Nagano, Japan.

Performed a special

one hour show combining traditional Japanese marionettes

and animation of puppets. The show was a tribute to his late

teacher Takeda Sennosuke of the Takeda Ningyō-za (Takeda

Marionette Theatre).

 

2020, March – Osaka, Japan.

Participated in a joint exhibition

with an original marionette puppet in the 8th Craft Art

Competition Sousaku Ningyou.

 

2019, 2020 - Iida, Japan.

Recreating five traditional plays from

the repertoire of Takeda Puppet Theatre. Making the puppets

and the sets based on the designs of the scenographer Mila

Dikalova.

 

2018 - Sofia, Bulgaria.

Designed the scenography and

puppets, crafted the marionettes for the show "The Samurai's

Daughter" together with Mila Dikalova and director Lyubomira

Kostova, premiered October 31.

 

2016 - Nagoya, Japan.

Guest performer during the 50th

anniversary of the Nishikawa Sononikai dance group on the

stage of the Noh Theater in Nagoya.

 

2012 - Nagoya, Japan.

Guest performer during the annual

concert of the Nishikawa Sononikai dance group on the

stage of the Noh Theater in Nagoya.

 

2012 - Iida, Japan.

Performance of three puppets from the

repertoire of the Takeda Puppet Theatre during the Iida

Puppet Festival.

 

2012 - Okayama, Senouchi, Japan.

Performance during an

exhibition of the Takeda Puppet Theatre.

 

2011 - Iida, Japan.

Presentation of Sanbaso's dance during

the ceremony for receiving his professional pseudonym

Senju Takeda from Sennosuke Takeda of the Takeda

Ningyō-za (Takeda Marionette Theatre).

 

2010 - Tolosa, Spain.

Performance with the dance of

Shishimai and presentation of the puppets of the Takeda

Puppet Theatre in front of the local television during an

exhibition of the troupe.

 

Participations and awards:

2021 - Award for best puppets for the puppet performance

‘The Samurai’s Daughter’ from the 22nd Lut fest in Istocno

Sarajevo, Republika Srpska.

 

2011 - 2013 Trained by Nishikawa Sonoharu in the art of

traditional Japanese Nishikawa-style dance.

 

2010 - 2013 Trained by Harukawa Kayoko in the art of the

Japanese tea ceremony in the style of Omotesenke.

 

Languages and specific skills:

Japanese language, English language, Bulgarian

language.

 

Skills in traditional Japanese dance and Japanese tea

ceremony.