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Actress Tokyo
Biography
Kate Doi
Height: 5'5''
Location: Tokyo, (Willing to fly anywhere)
Kate was born in Minnesota to her mother a Documentary Film translator of Japanese decent and her American father. At the age of four her parents divorced. Kate was taken to live in Tokyo with her mother. Here she was raised by her mother and her Japanese grandparents. Her grandfather was a owner of a book publisher.
At the age of 19, upon obtaining a degree college in performing arts, Kate began her acting career. She caught the attention of the late and legendary Japanese theatre director Yukio Ninagawa ( about Ninagawa: Article from The New York Times , Article from The Telegraph , Article from The Guardian). Under his tutelage, she went on to join one of Japan’s most prestigious theatre companies. She would go on to pursuing her career full time, attaining an impressive list of credits in both minor and major Japanese theatre productions. She performed in art festivals at locations all around the globe, the most notable being the Lincoln Center Festival in NYC, and the Barbican Center Festival in London.
She’s been working with most amazing directors around the world, like David Leveaux 5 times Tony Award nominated director, Michael Mayer who won the Tony Award several times and Richard Twyman who was previously Associate Director (International) at the Royal Court Theatre.
After sometime she decided to go back to school, attending the Lee Strasberg Film institute in NYC. Here she hoped to sharpen her acting chops and further her knowledge stage and screen production. Upon returning to Tokyo, she appeared in several Japanese TV dramas while simultaneously continuing to push her career in her true love, the theater.
2010 - present
2010 - present
TV
Totsukawa Detective 「十津川警部補」(TBS) series 5
Supporting
Special Squad 9 「特捜9」 (Asahi TV) episode 10
Guest Star
My crazy wife 「僕のヤバイ妻」 (TBS) episode7
Guest Star
Film
「尾かしら付き」 "a boy with a tail"
Supporing
「空に住む」 ”Living in the Sky”
「十万分の一」
”Hundred thousand and one”
Supporting
Guest Star
Training & Workshops
Nina Murano / Scene Class WorkShop Meisner Technique
Lee Strasberg theater and film institute NY
Acting : Lola cohen / Ted zurkowski / Tim Crouse
Speech : Nick Cianfrogna
Movement : Michael Ryan
Yukio Ninagawa / Saitama Next Theater Company
Yoko Narahashi / Various Workshops for film acting (Meisner Technique/ Method)
Graduated from Shobi music college Tokyo, majored Performing Arts.
Voice training and Contemporary dance WorkShops at regular basis in the Tokyo Theater company 3years.
Ballet, Jazz, Modern, Tap, Singing training at the Music College 2years.
Theater
*Click the title to jump to the official web sites and articles.
music/Stephen Flaherty
*Japan Tour(3Cities)
*Nominated to the
Yomiuri Theatrical Grand Award Japan 2023
*Won the Kikuta Kazuo Grand Award 2023
Emma Goldman
Dri.Shhuntaro Fujita
Nissei Theater Tokyo
Music/Maury Yeston
*Japan Tour(2Cities)
*Nominated to the
Yomiuri Theatrical Grand Award Japan 2020
Carla
Dir.Shuntaro Fujita
Akasaka Act Theater Tokyo
Mimi(White Cat)/Colonel's Girl
Dir.Yukio Ninagawa
Lincoln Center NYC
La Colline théâtre Paris
Berbican Center London
Arts Center Korea
Esplanade-Theaters Singapore
Akasaka ACT Theater Tokyo
Saitama Arts Theater
Izzy
Hippy/ Assasin
Dir.Suntaro Fujita
PARCO Theater Tokyo
Dir. Michael Mayer
Theater Creation Tokyo
Play by Lucy Kirkwood
Kitty Givens
Roberta (Lead)
Gertrude
Jocasta
Dir.Kato Takuya
Theater cocoon Tokyo
Dir.Shuntaro Fujita
Kinokuniya Theater Tokyo
Dir. Yukio Ninagawa
Saitama Arts Theate
Dir. Yukio Ninagawa
Saitama Arts Theater
”Shakespeare of the Tenpō era 12”
(musical) 天保十二年のシェイクスピアplay by Hisashi Inoue
*Nominated to the
Yomiuri Theatrical Grand Award Japan 2020
Osato
Dir. Shuntaro Fujita
Nissei Theater Tokyo
Chorus
Dir. Yukio Ninagawa
Tokyo Metropolitan Theater
Talk to me like the rain
Play by Tennessee Williams
Woman(Lead)
Dir. Shuntaro Fujita
Saitama Arts Theater
Short Story Festival 花鳥風月
"ka cho fu getsu" (One-man show)
Woman(Lead)
Dir.Kawamura Takeshi
ZA-KOENJI Theater Tokyo
Isa / Tatiana / Elizabeth
Dir.Yuna Koyama
Theater Trum Tokyo
Book by Wolfgang Herrndorf
Isa (Lead)
Dir. Yuna Koyama
Theater Trum Tokyo
Book by Alice Kuiper
Claire (Lead)
Dir.Kie Sudo
Hyogo Arts Theater
Parthenon Tama Tokyo
Women in a Holy Mess
(drama Reading)
Tsunko
Dir.Ai Nagai
Tokyo Metropolitan Theater
Salome
Dir. Yukio Ninagawa
Saitama Arts Theater
Mina / Akiko
Dri. Yukio Ninagawa
Saitama Arts Theater
Comedy Holy night
*Independence production
Lead
Dir. Shuntaro Fujita
Golden Gai theater Tokyo
"Sanada-diary"真田風雲録
*Japanese classic with Kimono.
okiri
Dri. Yukio NInagawa
Saitama Arts Theater