“Nursing children who will carry the future – A new approach to education in Toyooka and Setagaya”

Koji Shima

Born in Hyogo Prefecture in 1956. He graduated from Kwansei Gakuin University Faculty of Letters. From 1998 to 99, he enrolled at the Hyogo University of Education Graduate School, researching Yoshio Azuma's education. He has been the director of the Toyooka City Education and Training Center since 2007, the principal of Toyooka Elementary School since 2010, and his current position since May 2017. Since his appointment as Superintendent, he has established an integrated elementary and junior high school education system and expanded the city-wide common curriculum of ``Communication Education Using Dramatic Methods,'' ``Hometown Education,'' and ``English Education.'' He is also in his third year of running a drama workshop aimed at improving non-cognitive skills for elementary school children.

Oriza Hirata

Playwright and director. He is the president of the College of Arts, Culture, Tourism and Professional Studies. He heads the youth group. General artistic director of Gangwon Riverside Theater. Advisor in charge of cultural policy for Toyooka City. Born in Tokyo in 1962. He won the 1995th Kishida Drama Award for ``Tokyo Note'' in 39, and the 2019nd Tsuruya Namboku Drama Award for ``History of the Rise and Fall of Japanese Literature'' in 22. Since 2019, he has been living in Toyooka City, Hyogo Prefecture. He teaches dialogue drama workshops, which have been adopted in Japanese language textbooks, all over the country, mainly in the Tajima area.

Satoshi Utsunomiya

After working as the director of the Setagaya Ward Education Center and an elementary school teacher in Tokyo, he was involved in educational administration at the boards of education in Fuchu, Hachioji, and Akishima cities. After that, he had 10 years of experience as an elementary school principal, and his last position was at Matsuzawa Elementary School in Setagaya Ward. The Education Center promotes career and future design education from infancy, with a focus on developing non-cognitive abilities, under the theme of ``Turning Setagaya into a place of learning''.

Akira Shirai

Director, Setagaya Public Theater Artistic Director. Born in Kyoto Prefecture. After graduating from Waseda University, from 1983 to 2002, he was the director of Yukumai/Full Automatic Theater. After becoming independent as a director, he has worked on a wide range of projects, from straight plays to music plays, musicals, and opera. The 9th and 10th Yomiuri Theater Awards Excellent Director Award, the 2005 production of ``Accidental Music'', the Yoshiko Yuasa Award (screenplay category), the 2012 production of Matsumoto Civic Opera ``The Magic Flute'', the 2018 Yoshio Sagawa Music Award. He has received awards such as the Yushi Odajima Translated Drama Award for his production of ``Barry Turk'' (co-produced with KAAT Kanagawa Arts Theater) in XNUMX.