{"id":16814,"date":"2024-03-11T22:31:14","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T13:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/samurai-kamui.com\/re2024\/?page_id=16814"},"modified":"2024-04-15T15:11:43","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T06:11:43","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/samurai-kamui.com\/en\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Kamui?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1520\" height=\"740\" src=\"https:\/\/samurai-kamui.com\/re2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/about_pic.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/samurai-kamui.com\/re2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/about_pic.png 1520w, https:\/\/samurai-kamui.com\/re2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/about_pic-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/samurai-kamui.com\/re2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/about_pic-1024x499.png 1024w, https:\/\/samurai-kamui.com\/re2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/about_pic-18x9.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1520px) 100vw, 1520px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group centering\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>Formed in 1998.<br>A group of \"Samurai Artists\" who fuse formal beauty, theater and martial arts.<br>The company, led by founder Tetsuro Shimaguchi, based on their unique method \"Kengido\" that combines Japanese swordsmanship and expressive arts, they have been active not only in Japan but worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Japan, they appear at various genres of event and in the media, as well as solo performance.<br>They also choreograph and coach the swordplay actions,<br>and actively collaborate with artists of various genres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"translation-block\">Outside of Japan, Kamui has been performing throughout the U.S. since the team was formed.\nThe leader Tetsuro Shimaguchi was highly acclaimed by director Q. Tarantino, and choreographed the sword fighting scene for \"KILL BILL vol. 1\" in 2003 (Japanese part), and also appeared on that scene (as CRAZY88 MIKI). After that, followIng their performances were successful.  \nThe U.S. tour (2005) began with at the J.F. Kennedy Center and other venues,\nEuropean tours; the theater performances in Edinburgh Festival (2006, 2008), at Teatro Pergola and Palazzo Vecchio in Italy (2010-), JAPAN EXPO in France (2011-), at BLUE NOTE in Poznan Poland (2013), the State Hermitage museum Russia (2015), the Fern\u00e1ndez Rojas Theatre in Spain (2018) etc.\nIn the Middle East, at the Dubai Armani Hotel (2016-).\nTheir performance is highly regarded overseas and featured in numerous media outlets around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"translation-block\">Recently, the team has resumed international activities. They appeared at the NBA Halftime Show and the National Cherry Blossom Festival in U.S.(2022).\nThey do continuous performance tours in Europe and the Middle East.\nIn Japan, they made a guest appearance in MIYAVI world-distributed live show at the Kiyomizu Temple, and choreographed for the Meiji-za Theater and \"Chikyu Gorgeous\".\nIn 2023, their 25th anniversary show held at Happoen, a great success attracting audiences not only from Japan but also from overseas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kamui, as a \"Samurai Artist\", promotes \"SAMURAI\" as a Japanese culture and art to the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"translation-block\">(\u203b\"\u5271\u4f0e\u8846\u304b\u3080\u3090\", \"\u5271\u4f0e\u9053\", \"SAMURAI ARTIST\" trademark registered.\n \"KAMUI\", \"KENGIDO\", \"SAMURAI ARTIST KAMUI\" International trademark registered.)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Formed in 1998. A group of \"Samurai Artists\" combining formal beauty, theater and martial arts. 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