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HAIR COLOR: Black
VIDEO LINKS (IF ANY): https://youtu.be/USa78cypfSY
VOCAL RANGE: (IF ANY): D2-D5
BIOGRAPHY:
Kota Horiuchi (they/he) is a singer-songwriter/actor, currently completing their MFA at Rose Bruford College through the National Theatre Institute. Having lived in six countries so far, Kota identifies themself as an experiential journalist - they seek to celebrate the lives of the people they have met in their travels through music, performance, and writing. Their work also focuses on nature, having been significantly influenced by Shinto-Buddhism’s animistic culture in their youth, particularly in Australia, Japan, southern France and the deep Appalachian woods in Vermont. Kota’s debut album acorn is set to release in May. Their second album, bluegrass, focuses on the lives of the people in Lexington, Kentucky. As a former Division I tennis athlete, Kota is a competitor in the Action Tennis Series, a televised fusion-tennis event. Kota is currently building an acting curriculum specifically geared towards athletes to incorporate a Stanislavskian vocabulary to approach mental strategy and presence in competition. Acting credits: Macbeth ([Macbeth] Davidson College Theatre Department), Layover (Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center), Chamber (Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center), Winter’s Tale (Shakespeare Academy), Corialanus (Shakespeare Academy), Desmond (National Theatre Institute Student Production).
EDUCATION / TRAINING:
Rose Bruford College/ National Theatre Institute
International Theatre Practice and Performance MFA Class of 2023
National Theatre Institute Advanced Playwriting Program Spring of 2022
National Musical Theatre Institute Fall of 2021
National Theatre Institute Summer Intensive 2020
Davidson College
BA in Theatre Class of 2021
Pig Iron School for Advanced Performance Training, Summer 2018
SPECIAL SKILLS:
Fluent in Japanese, French, Japanese and French accents, Irish and Southeast London Accents, Guitar, watercolour and acrylic painting, illustration, animation, stage combat, acrobatics, clown, Grotowski, juggling, urban hip/hop dance
OTHER SKILLS:
Music and Sound Production (Logic Pro), Video Production (Adobe Premiere Pro), Computer Programming and Data Analysis (RStudio, Python, Java, Excel), Licensed Driver, First Aid Certified, can throw a baseball +80mph