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Born in 1979, Soichiro is designated to become the next and 14th Noh Master of the Hayashi family, which belongs to Kyo Kanze Gokenya (The Five Kanze Families of Kyoto). He studied under his father, the 13th Noh Master Hayashi Kiemon and Kanze Kiyokazu, the 26th grandmaster of the Kanze School. Making his stage debut at the age of three, he has performed in Midare, Shakkyō, Dōjō-ji,Okina,Mochizuki and Ataka. While touring around the country to teach Noh chanting and dance at studios in Kyoto, Tokyo, Okayama, and Tottori, in 2017 he appeared in the performance Funa-Benkei commemorating the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Malaysia in 2017, and Rikyu Enoura commemorating the 110th anniversary of the establishment of Japan Society, New York. Soichiro is also aiming to convey the charm of Japanese classical entertainment to the world.
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