#Masashi Nukata

Composer / Director, born in Tokyo in 1992. Formed the contemporary pop band “Tokyo Shiokouji” while a student at Tokyo University of the Arts. They attracted attention with their sound that crosses breakbeats and minimal music, and their first album “FACTORY” released in 2017 was described as “a great live band” by New York composer Steve Reich. He also formed the theater company “Nutomic” in 2016. The company's works are based on the question, “What is performance?” and expand the framework of performing arts with scripts and staging using musical backgrounds. He won the “16th AAF Drama Award Grand Prize” for “Sorekara no Machi” (2016) and was nominated for the “66th Kishida Kunio Drama Award” for “Bonny Blues” (2021). He won the “Komaba Agora Directors Competition 2018 Best Director Award” for his direction of a classic play.