Literaturwissenschaftlerin, Kunsthistorikerin, Übersetzerin
Professorin an der Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
Research fields:
- German contemporary theatre
- Study of Heiner Müller
- Study of Bertolt Brecht
- Art Management Studies
- Performing Arts Studies
- Contemporary Theater Studies
Veröffentlichungen u.a.
Tokio-Berlin-Moskau: Die künstlerischen and ideologischen Bestrebungen der japenischen Theaterleute zwischen den beiden Weltkriegen, Academic Journal, 1998 / 100
Where is gone that modernism? An encounter of the German Avangarde-Theater and Japanese Theater, Quarterly magazine "Theater people" （Academic Journal ,2000 / 1)
Heiner-Müller-Machine （Mirai-sha, 2000）
"Language"on the border - dynamics of globalization/localization （Shinyo-sha,2000）
Thread Hell/Kaishida Rio - Introduction(translated by Carol Sorgenfrei, "A Century of Japanese Theatre 1980s" （Edited by Japan Play Knights Association, Kinokuniya,2002）