Performer and choreographer, active with Hijikata Tatsumi from 1969 to the mid-1970s. Known for Bitter Light (1977) and Breasts of Japan (1983), Kobayashi continues to perform internationally through her company Saga Kobayashi + NOSURI.

Lead dancer in Hijikata’s Costume in Front (1976), Yamamoto later founded Kanazawa Butoh-kan to continue exploring Hijikata’s choreographic language. His performances and teaching draw from archival notation and embodied memory.

Performer and choreographer with Kanazawa Butoh-kan, known for directing the all-female collective 7xBikki. Shirasaka’s work deepens butoh’s legacy through collaborative creations and international workshops.

French choreographer Nach bridges urban krumping with butoh, flamenco, and kathakali. Her solo works Cellule (2017) and Beloved Shadows (2019) trace dance as a form of resistance, transcendence, and transformation.

Longtime archivist at the Hijikata Archive, Keio University Art Center, and director of Butoh Laboratory, Japan. Morishita has worked to preserve Hijikata’s creative legacy since the 1970s and continues to publish on butoh’s history.

Performer, archivist, and co-founder of the Perspectives on Hijikata Research Collective (POHRC). A dancer trained under Yukio Waguri, Ishimoto works to bridge archival research with living performance practices.

Writer, researcher, and co-director of POHRC, based between Mexico and the UK. Her work explores the relationships between poetics, performance, and archival practice, curating spaces for cross-disciplinary collaboration and reimagining embodied history.