Yojiro Ichikawa

Male
Location: City of Westminster, England, UK
Ethnicity
Southeast Asian / Pacific Islander
Age Range
29 - 39
Height
5' 9" (1m 75cm)
Weight
11st. 0lb. (70kg)
Hair Colour
Black
Eye Colour
Brown
Build
Medium

Overview

Ethnicity
Southeast Asian / Pacific Islander
Age Range
29 - 39
Height
5' 9" (1m 75cm)
Weight
11st. 0lb. (70kg)
Hair Colour
Black
Eye Colour
Brown
Build
Medium

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Credits

Year Job Title
Project Type		 Project Name
Director / Company		 Location
2023 Chu Totoro Puppeteer (Principal Role)
Theatre 		My Neighbour Totoro
Royal Shakespeare Company 		Barbican Theatre
2023 Ukita / Ensemble
Music & Singing 		Death Note - The Musical, The Concept Album
Nick Winston
2023 Ukita / Ensemble
Theatre 		Death Note - The Musical
Nick Winston 		London Palladium / Lyric Theatre
2023 Employee 3
Theatre 		Not Yet Midnight
Royal Court 		Royal Court Theatre
2022 Chu Totoro Puppeteer (Principal Role)
Theatre 		My Neighbour Totoro
Royal Shakespeare Company 		Barbican Theatre
2022 Luggage Handler
Film 		Carlos Ghosn (TBC)
Lucy Blakstad / Netflix
2022 Tamagata (Lead)
Film 		The Masterpiece of Tamagaka
Ilona Suschitzky & Leo Crane / Figuration Ltd
2020 Yoshi Fujijmoto (Major Supporting)
Television 		INVASION
Amanda Marsalis, Jakob Verbruggen / Apple TV
2019 Japanese Bartender
Television 		GIRI HAJI
Julian Farino / BBC & Netflix
2019 various roles, regular voice actor
Voiceover 		Netflix TV series (multiple)
Netflix
2019 Regular voice actor
Voiceover 		Les Mills Fitness Videos
Les Mills
2018 Magician (Lead), etc
Theatre 		[Foreign Affairs] Translate Showcase
Trine Garrett, Camila França / [Foreign Affairs] 		Rose Lipman Building
2017 Tsujiri Mentor
Film 		Tsujiri London
Tsujiri London
2017 Pedestrian
Commercials & Industrials 		Alzheimer’s Society
McCann London
2016 General Irinchin (Major Supporting)
Theatre 		Marco Polo - An Untold Love Story
Preece Killick / ATC Theatre Productions Ltd 		The Shaw Theatre
2016 Nagi (The lead)
Theatre 		The Red Candle - Mermaids in the East
Yojiro Ichikawa / Theatre Lapis 		Brunel Museum
2016 Doctor
Film 		Three Nights
Seiichiro Itoyama / Independent
2015 Susumu (The lead)
Film 		Susumu Epilogue
Edmund Trevelyan-Johnson / Independent
2014 Japanese citizen
Film 		Mr. Holmes
Bill Coden / Miramax
2011 Foot Soldier
Film 		47 RONIN
Carl Rinsch / Universal Pictures
2007 Uranari(u/s), Nodaiko(u/s), Akashatsu(u/s)
Theatre 		I Love Bocchan
Reiko Aikawa / Ongakuza Musical Company 		Japan Tour
2006 Angel (Major Supporting)
Theatre 		RENT
Heki Theatre Company 		Komaba Space Theatre
2004 Seymour (The lead)
Theatre 		Little Shop of Horrors
Heki Theatre Company 		Komaba Space Theatre
2003 Papa Ge (Major Supporting)
Theatre 		Once on This Island
Heki Theatre Company 		Komaba Space Theatre

Education

Year Qualification Where
2013 MA Musical Theatre Creative Practice Arts Educational School London
2011 BA Directing Course - Study Abroad Programme Drama Centre London

About me

Yojiro is a Japanese actor, director and singer working internationally in UK, US and Japan.

He is a graduate of MA Directing in Musical Theatre in Arts Educational Schools London, and an alumnus of Overseas Study Programme for Artists offered by Japanese Government, during which he participated in projects and workshops at numerous institutions including The National Theatre, Young Vic, Complicite, Drama Centre London and Arts Ed in the UK, and New York Theatre Workshop and The Play Co. and Lincoln Center Theater in the US.

His credits as an actor include General Irinchin in Marco Polo (The Shaw Theatre), Seymour in “Little Shop of Horrors,” Papa Ge in “Once on This Island,” Angel in “RENT,” and The Armed Man in “The Magic Flute.” He also has appeared in several films including “47 RONINS” and “Mr. Holmes.”

His directing credits include UK: Peter Pan: A Musical Adventure (Mayhem Musical Theatre Company, The Bloomsbury Theatre), Four Seasons (Japan Festival at Trafalgar Square), From Up Here (Tristan Bates Theatre, UK Tour), Screw-Eyed (Theatre503), US: Ordinary Days (Access Theatre), Alone World (LCT workshop), JP: Tell Me On A Sunday (The New National Theatre), Songs For A New World (Mitaka Public Theatre), Once On This Island (Komaba Space Theatre).

Additional skills:
Puppetry, Movement, Mask, Singing, Dancing, Movement, Piano, Directing, French (Basic), Japanese (Native)

Additional information:
Spotlight Profile
https://www.spotlight.com/8174-4505-9061

Acting showreels:
http://tiny.cc/yojiro-acting

Demo recordings:
https://soundcloud.com/yo-ichikawa

Skills

Languages Spoken English, French, Japanese
Accents/Dialects American - General, English - General, Japanese, New York
Dance Styles Ballet, Jazz
Vocal Types Baritone, Belt/Traditional, Falsetto, Tenor, Treble
Musical Skills Piano/Keyboards
Organisations / Memberships Equity (UK)