SAITO Retsu, Atsuma

斉藤烈

The Japanese art of kendama from a professional educator

As you see in the photo, “Kendama Ken-chan” often sports a kendama around his neck. As both a kendama master and an educator, he established a kendama club in his home town of Atsuma, and is working to form a new community from infants to the elderly with the generation-spanning policy of “no crying, be kind to others, and no farting”.

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Clown Chappy, Kyushu

クラウン・チャッピー

Fooling around in a stripy swimsuit. What could be more fun?

Appearing originally at WMDF as part of the trio “Africlown”, Chappy is back again to repeat his solo role. He goes anywhere in the world to deliver smiles. In 2010, he was part of the opening of the “World Clown Festival in Japan” that featured Patch Adams. In 2011, he received a license from the nonprofit organization “Japanese Hospital Clowns”, and visited hospitals in the Ukraine and Belarus. He also participated in the “World Clown Association” events held in New York in 2011 and in Chicago in 2014. He often appears on TV as well as touring Japan’s many festivals.

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Sukesan and Shu, Tokyo

Acrobatic circus duo defy gravity for your entertainment

Acrobatic performances that will leave you amazed. Transforming the atmosphere with their circus-like teamwork, their performances incorporate humour, props, and a variety of musical backing. Debuting at WMDF in the year before Corona, we have waited a long to bring them back to check that some of those tricks are real…

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