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Tenor: Kyosuke Kanayama

Kyosuke Kanayama, tenor

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He graduated Chief his class from Kunitachi College of Music and completed graduate studies at Tokyo University of the Arts and the Nikikai Opera Training Institute. He made his Nikikai debut as Tamino in the co-production with Linz State Theatre of "The Magic Flute," and has since appeared in the nationwide co-production of "Don Giovanni" as Don Ottavio, the Nissay Theatre's "The Barber of Seville" as Count Almaviva, "The Abduction from the Seraglio" as Belmonte, Tokyo Nikikai's "The Merry Widow" as Camille, and "Die Fledermaus" as Alfredo. In recent years, he has continued to achieve remarkable success, including the voice of the young sailor in "Tristan und Isolde" at the Tokyo Spring Music Festival, Ferrando in Tokyo Nikikai's "Così fan tutte," and Gaston in "La Traviata" at the New National Theatre. He is a member of Nikikai.