A Real Noh Performance of Shogo, Dancing As THAT Famous Samurai 

You're a true Japanese renaissance man, Shogo. I'm sure the rarity and importance of that is not lost on you. Your kids are lucky to have you as their father.

Japanese traditional theatre is one of my favorite facets of japanese culture.

As a theatre artist, one of my main motivators to visit Japan next spring is to watch Noh, Kabuki, and other forms of theatrical performances in Japan. I admire you, Shogo, for devoting yourself to the service of your country's arts and history. This is very moving to watch and thank you for sharing this priceless moment with us!

Well done, Shogo! I think people who aren't too familiar with Noh wouldn't recognize any mistakes you made; you made your performance look intentional all throughout, which is great! I didn't know you made mistakes until you mentioned it. :D

👏👏👏Wonderful!! Well done, Shogo!! Thank you for sharing your performance. You should be very proud of how well you did. ❤️

You Did great Shogo!

There are tears running down my face. I am proud of you, Shogo-San! I saw no flaws with this performance. It must be very difficult to follow the timing of this style of music, which to me, is hard to predict. I know nothing of how this music is meant to be played, and to me, it seems well suited to entry into meditation, but it would be challenging for me to dance to. Thank you for all that you share with us!

Great perfomance Shogo. You did really well. The timing uncertaintys will disapear with further practising and performing I‘m sure. I admire your dedication and effort to learn and preserve the traditional arts. I‘m sure some day you will experience how it feels to be the sensei and attend your students at their first performance.

Wow, what a great performance Shogo it was impressive to watch. It was my first time seeing noh and I don't think one could have asked for a better introduction. Shogo never looked nervous or uncertain and you could see the focus or fire so to speak in his eyes. Thank you for sharing such a beautiful part of Japanese traditional culture. Your dedication is inspirational. Here's to many more performances!

That was great. The video was great. Anyone who has done any kind of dancing understands that precisely controlled movements are a challenge. (I wish the video had subtitles so I could understand what was being said).

Hello Shogo thank you for sharing your performance on stage with us. I've been trying to expose myself to different forms of Japanese culture recently and the performance of yourself and the other performers was exceptional. I enjoyed it very much. You have a beautiful family Shogo, never forget that and I hope your health is going well. I look forward to seeing your next video. Take care of yourself and your family, Tom from the US

The performance is so intricate. It feels like there is a history behind every single act. And the sound of instruments kind of remind me of standing alone in a forest with cloudy sky and cold breez. It definitly feels dificult. You survived gloriously🎖

What a captivating performance. I'm sure after all that, you're feeling exhilarated & tired at the same time. I've had my experience with being on the theatre stage before, so I know the feeling. Thank you for sharing this.

That was an excellent display of Noh Theater, Shogo. Although I didn't understand what was going on, I can tell you were trying your best when you were dancing. It was nice to see all your years of training in Noh Theater finally pay off.

Congratulations! I thought it was great! It always impresses me how much you all do off screen. So many videos, but also so much practicing and researching and raising 3 kids!

Shogo, this was wonderful to watch. I definitely felt a positive energy coming from your performance. Bravo! Thank you for sharing

LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Maybe ten years ago, I went to a special performance at a local US university, by one of the famous actors who play women's parts in kabuki. I got the feeling that he wasn't super-happy to be there, especially since some people were interpreting his work as being "drag", but also because I think he was just a prickly person and was uncomfortable with pretty much everyone in the audience, gaijin or not (except the little old Japanese ladies who knew all about kabuki - you could feel him relax with them). But sometimes travel isn't pleasant, and I'm sure it was lonely to make a tour without a whole troupe along. I think you and your fellow students, and your teacher, all put across a feeling of love for the art form of noh, and of making all the audience welcome. Of course you are at home -- but performance for strangers can be scary, and we are all beginners at being your audience. So I appreciate the fact that you were all so open and courageous. And I wish my computer speakers could do justice to how you all were making the floor vibrate with your singing!

At 13:00 Shogo turns his head in multiple directions. What does this mean? It seems important. Also, I can't believe what a chunk of sweetness Zen has grown into so fast! He's so big now, so we can see he's well-fed and much loved. ❤ Here in the USA, some people don't take their babies anywhere for the first three months of the baby's life. Zen must be about that age now.

I don't know if you've realized this, Shogo, but your eyes change when you're in a serious circumstance and it's quite amazing to watch when you're focused.

Beautiful video nice performance. Do not be nervous Shogo you where the bbest.

Beautifully done ,ty

Congratulations! So much hard work, it’s wonderful! I’m so glad to be a subscriber to be able to see all of this…thank you! Please keep studying, and Harumi studying dancing, too…

So happy to see another full video was getting worried with all of the shorts🤘🤘🤘

that was so fun to watch! i would love to see a live noh performance some day. your daughters are adorable by the way XD

This was freaking fantastic dude!! 🤩🤩🤩 I see your hard work! What a performance!

wow, the amount of memory required to do this is mind blowing. congratulations on your first of hopefully many to come.

Well done, that must have required many hours of hard training, your performance was excellent.

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Amazing performance 😎 すごい、さすがしょうごうさん!

Japanese culture is beautiful.

Superb performance, I was spellbound! All the context as well, much appreciated :>

Amazing Shogo. Fantastic to see you in this venue.

Beautiful performance. Arigato Shogo 👍

Beautiful. Glad to see you perform. ❤👏⭐️

That was very interesting, thank you for sharing sir

That's an awesome performance! It's my first time seeing this kind of Japanese theater.

Bravo👏 Beautiful performance.

Your dedication to Japanese culture is quite moving. I so admire your obvious appreciation of your country's traditions.

Great job Shogo. Keep up the hard work. What a wonderful performance from everyone.

Big fan of shogo love from Japan 🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵

I have been watching many Nō plays a few weeks ago (almost binge watching) and it's a really different experience when it's performed by "someone you know". Congratulations, Shogo!

Outstanding!!! Beautiful performance my friend!

Very well done! Very interesting ! Thank you and congratulations💫💫💫

Thank you so much for sharing this!! Although I'm not very familiar with the performance, I think you did a great job!! You can tell you've worked very hard on this and it's paying off!!

I love the performance!

Japan needs more people like you

Hinata sounded like she wanted to take part, heheh 😁 Impressive performance! Hope we get to see more soon!

Amazing performance from everyone❤❤❤ Your performance was truly hypnotizing and captivating. I love deeply Noh theater. Love from Romania

I'm Slightly envious to have such a rich culture, and to be able to do so much that holds an importance to the history of your people. Though I can't understand more that a few words of Japanese, when I closed my eyes, I almost felt as if I was there, watching with countless others. Though I don't know of much regarding this, just watching you and the effort you have made for it shows in your performance. Thank you for allowing us to watch it as well.

Beautiful haunting voice, wonderful.

So THAT is what a Noh performance is. I read books every day about the history and culture of Japan and one of the things those mention is Noh. I didn't know what it was about reading from a book until I saw it here. I love it; it's definitely cultural.

Wow, that was amazing! Excellent performance Shogo.

It must have been so exciting and scary! You did amazing Shogo, this was a beautiful performance. Your kids are getting to experience an amazing show of skills at a young age, I’m sure it will help them grow!

Greetings from Orange County, California. I watch and enjoy a number of your videos. I find them to be rather interesting, entertaining and informative. As was this one. At a couple of points I tried to clap along, but just couldn't quite get the Rhythm 😉.

Beautiful voice. I know nothing about Noh, but I loved watching. Very fascinating.

Thank you for sharing your performance with us Shogo! I enjoy learning more about Noh theatre through your videos and being able to watch it is something special.

Ya, Shogo-san... You were amazing! You were/are channelling amazing energy 👍

Wonderful Shogo congrats 👏🏼 great performance

Shogo that was AMAZING! I love Noh theatre and your performance was incredible. Thank you so much for sharing this

great performance. thanks for showing us, shogo!

Amazing! I could feel the warrior spirit comming off your performance. Thanks for sharing.😀

Well done Shogo Love from Georgia 🇬🇪

Beautiful work Shogo! Loved the video!

Finally we know where did the ''yoooooooooo''s sound come from

Holy freaking wow!!! Just subscribed to your channel. I love this video because there's something in the singing that really touched me. The moves.... It touches my soul for some reason and...I don't know how to explain. Maybe an opera but, something else. It's just so beautiful and powerful. Thank you for sharing your video😊

you did so well Shogo!! i appreciate how scary performing like that can be but just from watching your previous videos of you training and practicing, compared to this performance, i feel like you improved so much! Love this content thank you for putting yourself out there especially for all of us Westerners who cant get to Japan to watch one of these magnificent performances in person, because watching you like this, you really made me feel like i was sitting in the room!

Wow. Shogo, you dance with such feeling! Even through video, you can feel the emotion, even through the most minute movements. Thanks for sharing with us!

:O wow, Shogo-san, your performance was incredible! Despite your self-criticism, it was still quite beautiful :)

Super interesting to watch, never seen Noh dancing before so it was really enjoyable to see you! Great job!!

❤️❤️❤️

One man, singlehandedly keeping Japanese culture alive

Shogo! You did so well! I didnt realize with your earlier vids that you're supposed to dance AND sing. I hear thats sooo hard to do with other modern singers. I do have a question though about plain singing. Does traditional singing mention ranges like other singing, like alto, tenor, or bass? I know your voice already has some nice low tones but are those who are cursed with higher voices supposed to be trained to go lower?

Hello Shogo! I went today to watch a Noh play at the National Noh Theater in Tokyo. It's pretty cool to see the results of your training in this video too. Keep it up! :)

Shogo, you do have a beautiful voice 😮 !!

This is the best of what the internet is. To experience, learn and share the best of our cultures. Thanks for sharing this with us Shogo.

Such adorable children!! I love your videos because it helps me learn about Japan. Respect.

That's a swell performance Shogo-san! 👏

Wow, great performance 👏👏👏I can’t wait to visit Kyoto again!

Being a foreigner, this was very fascinating to watch.

Beautiful Dance.

That was amazing! Well done, Shogo-san!

Ty for sharing. Congrats on your performance and milestone. I know little of Noh. But I found the performance beautiful and dramatic. I hope you keep improving. Cute daughter you have too XD.

Doumo arigatou gozaimasu for sharing this with us.

My uncle Yamaguchi in Kumamoto loves Noh Theater. Awesome performance Shogo-san! Your friend (Always) Wendall 🇺🇲🤓🇯🇵

I enjoyed your show, and it's amazing 👏 👏👏 👍👍👍

You danced very handsomely. I can’t grade your performance like someone who knows what they’re looking for can, yet I’ll say you have great posture, a great balance of tension and fluidity with masculine grace. I think you did a wonderful job!😃😃

I rarely comment but I have to say you did awesome. Very nice performance.

that was so pleasant to watch i had chills go down my spine!

I don't think I've seen so much of your stern and serious face all at one time...lol. I imagine this is what it might be like if Shogo comes home and the house is a mess! I loved watching it and I wish I had a greater understanding of the story it's telling and what all the symbolism means.

That was awesome 💯 shogo very impressive

You did amazing

Gambatte!! Did great just noticed your ceremony

Excellent performance 😍😍😍😍

The singing inpressed me the most! You're able to produce such a rich and full tone even while danicng! I'm sure your chorus club years helped ☺️ Why do you have to go through such a small door?

I've found a new reason why I am interested in Japan. You did the performance very well. During your performance you looked very elegant and also your movements were elegant. I don't know why but I only could look on your performance and not everywhere. It was interesting to see. And to be honest I also want to do a Noh Performance.

What a difficult character to portray! I really like noh and kabuki, I hope one day to see a performance in person. I would like you to show the musicians and their instruments at some point, it is something that makes me very curious. Beautiful family. Thanks for your work!

Your girl is so cuteeeeee!!! Very happy with your dance Congratulations 😊

That was so long to learn. Great job

Nice! Congrats, Shogo! You did well! So others can also better enjoy your performance, perhaps subtitles in such traditional performances would help.