My work strives on the permission I give myself to embrace all the possibilities within myself. I operate on the assumption that acting is the truthful exchange of energies in service to telling a story. 

I am a Third Culture Artist that brings my lived experiences of growing up in Japan and in North America to the work I do. I’ve always found myself between two extremes, unable to side with one thing over the other. That changed. I now explore the embracement of extremes in my work. The feeling of despair, sadness, anger, balanced by compassion, joy, and hope. Embracing multiple cultures and worlds I’m a part of. To give myself permission in my work to be expansive more than I could ever imagine. No one is just “one thing”. We are a collection of “one things” that makes us an individual.

As an actor, my work is rooted in permission I give myself to embrace possibilities, and expanding the notion of imagination within myself. The curiosity and capacity to lend my whole being to inspiration is what I strive for. This is more human. My acting is a promise to humanity that I am here to embrace possiblities.

As a person of many interests, the story I tell is one of leadership, creating spaces for fellow artists can bravely collaborate to make something we all have ownership of. How something is done matters. It will continue to matter. My producing is a promise to artists that their voices are meaningful, and to audiences that art is worth their time.

Have an inspired day! 

Hidetaka