kegawazoku was launched as a theatrical company staging works written and directed by Junko Emoto in September, 2000.
Their performances had been characterized in roaring and entertaining script in their first few years. In 2004, they could collect 4,000 people of audience in Ekimae Theater for long-run production and they advanced into performing in prestigious Honda Theater in 2005 in the fastest speed among other companies. In 2006, they started minimum and light theatrical series against their regular style of creating splendid stages. They created many of conversational plays and absurd plays in the series.
They started their new project, "Gekidan, Emoto Junko"series in 2009. They create both works as "kegawazoku"intensively seeking for pleasure with eroticism, humor and silliness and works as "Gekidan, Emoto Junko" seeking for excellent quality as conversational plays.
As of 2008, they are based in small theaters in Tokyo as a company of works written and directed by Junko Emoto.
www.kegawazoku.com

Launched as a unit of modern theatrical art "Ort" in 2000. Mainly played famous literature works and ready-made scripts such as modern Japanese literature by Soseki Natsume, Yukio Mishima, Rampo Edogawa.
And on the other hand, played works based on children's literature, "Tale of Circus", "The wizard of OZ", and "Pollanno Square".
They were invited to many international performing arts festivals such as Tokyo International Arts Festival, BeSeTo Performing Arts Festival in Korea, and Spring Arts Festival Shizuoka.
They also perform in projects for children like "Tobidase! Kodomo Bungaku" series by MEDIKIT Arts Center in Miyazaki and "Performing Arts for children" series by Toshima-ku. Their performances are held in Tokyo National Museum, Asian Gallary, Jiyu Gakuen Myounichi-kan, and Zenkoji Temple which are the important cultural properties. In 2008, they started their activity as a professional theaterical company "Ort-d.d" based in Nishi-Sugamo Arts Factory. They are unique as a community-based theater company in Tokyo.

http://ort-dd.jugem.jp

Dainanagekijo was launched in 1999 by Kohei, director and few other actors. They continuously have physical training in unique way. They create works with the essence of Japanese classical performing arts, Noh and Kabuki, Buto and contemporary dance and etc. They are seeking their own way of expression which is different from those of on TV or Movies and "Theatrical growth of literature" They also work for the study and improvement of the current situation of theatricals. They are based in Tokyo but they travel not only in Japan but foreign countries and participate in many international performing arts festivals globally.
In 2006, they built their own atelier SENTIO in Tokyo with Unique Point.

http://dainanagekijo.org

Toshiki Okada writes and directs all works for this unit. Name of the company, "chelfitsch" was created like a baby word in a way that "selfish" meaning egocentric was not pronounced well because of its childishness. Since they performed "Behold Their Hopes!" in 2001, they tend to use colloquialism for younger generation in their scripts.
They won the 49th Kunio Kishida dramatic award for "Five Days in March". "Five Days in March" was also invited to the contemporary art festival in Brussels called "KUNSTENFESTIVALDESARTS" in 2007 and got praiseworthy response.
These days they are invited to many international festivals in Asia, Europe and North America. In 2007, they performed "Five Days in March" as a special performance invited to 30 years anniversary of National Museum of Art and Mori Museum's exhibition called "Roppongi Clossing -Pulse for the future -"
Their representative works are "On the Harmful Effects of Marijuana" in 2003, "Air Conditioner" in 2004, "Five Days in March" in 2004, "The End of Toil" in 2005, "Destination" in 2005 and "Freetime" in 2008 and etc.

http://chelfitsch.net

The shelf with various piled up texts is used as a motif for their activity. They emphasis on "narrative" and keep on creating works based on classics and modern scripts. They are characterized in its unique awareness to the same period of time, its sense of beauty toward space and time and their acting method that they give way their energy out of their quiet posture.
Their representative works are "R.U.R. a second presentation" by Karel Capek, "Composition/Ibsen" by Henrik Ibsen, "Fragment/ Greek Tragedy" by Euripides, "Little Eyolf" by Henrik Ibsen and etc.
They won "The best person of the theater" in 2008 and won "Jury's special award" in Nagoya civic Performing Arts Festival in 2008 both for their work, "Little Eyolf".

http://theatre-shelf.org