Masaye Okano Nakagawa
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Actor, Singer, Dancer, Choreographer, Taiko Performer, Japanese Language Interpreter
Based in Seattle, WA
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Artist's Stats & Personals
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50 - 65
5'3/4"
Heavy
Brownish Black
Brown
Alto
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Odgen, UT
July 6
Purple
Star Trek
Star Wars
Pern by Anne McCaffrey
Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
Japanese
Taiko
Japanese Tea Teacher
Potter
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OTHER SPECIAL SKILLS:
Japanese dance choreographer, Taiko performer/composer/arranger,
Certified Tea Instructor, Potter, Hair stylist, Wearable art designer, Sewing.
Artist's Bio
Masaye is the Director of "YushinDaiko; a Japanese American Taiko Group", and is also the Teaching Assistant for the Studio sections of the University of Washington
Art History Chado class, and still tutors 3 girls 3 days per week. She attended
Theodore Roosevelt High School in Los Angeles, CSULA, and graduated from the UW in 1981 with a BA in Japan Regional
Studies from the Henry M Jackson School of International Studies. In 2003, Masaye was
presented with her second degree Tea teaching license, an honor she worked hard
for for more than 20 years. She has been married for 16 years to Junzo
Nakagawa, now of Las Vegas, Nevada. Her 3 sons, Justin Hidemi Kurihara (35),
Jarod Tadashi Okano (32), Jordin Kanshi Kurihara (30) and granddaughter, Justice
Masaye Kurihara (9)are some of her greatest accomplishments. She and Junzo
recently acquired a new puppy named Miso who is a very happy and active puppy
(and who is completely Junzo's dog only when she is really naughty).
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