Multidisciplinary Collective STUDY, Featuring Shō Ikeda, Tomoki Kawamura, Takuto Sakurai, and Yūto Honda, Presents New Solo-Theater Performance Centered on Heartbreak

STUDY is a multidisciplinary collective with four core members: Shō Ikeda (sound artist), Tomoki Kawamura (playwright and director), Takuto Sakurai (choreographer), and Yūto Honda (drummer).

Following their participation in the Toyooka Theater Festival 2025, STUDY returns with a new production after nearly a year, presenting performances from Friday, June 19, 2026, to Sunday, June 21, at BUoY Underground Space in Kitasenju. QuanTRIOS GK is supporting this production as a sponsor.

This article provides details on tickets and performance information. We hope audiences will experience the originality and innovation of this work firsthand at the theater. STUDY challenges the form of solo theater, exploring new expressions of love through cross-genre collaboration.

Key visual for the production, created by painter Shōtarō Sanada.

Comment from STUDY:

This debut theatrical work is an experimental piece (!) in which seven performers use diverse media to stage a grand-scale, solo tragicomedy (?) about one man’s heartbreak, based on 12 original compositions written by Yūto Honda.

Painter Shōtarō Sanada, who received the Best Debutant of the Year 2025 award and is active across multiple fields, contributes to both the main visual and the cast. Also joining the cast are actors Hayaya Kawaguchi and Konomi Hakozaki, who are active primarily in the Kansai region.

A new generation of rising talents will take over Kitasenju.

Don’t miss this opportunity (!?)

Photo from previous performance: Gaki no Danshoku’s Plot No. 2 “STUDY | Environment that Welcomes Modification ←→ Body that Rejects It” © Ayaka Tomokane / Provided by Toyooka Theater Festival Executive Committee

Performance Details

‘STUDY｜-●▶︎■-’

Original Concept: Yūto Honda

Ticket Information

· Performance Dates

6/19 (Fri) 13:00-◎ / 19:00-

6/20 (Sat) 13:00-★ / 17:00-

6/21 (Sun) 12:00-★ / 15:00-

◎ → Open Dress Rehearsal: Audience questionnaire required after performance. Recording will take place.

★ → Post-show Talk Session (details to be announced)

· Box Office opens 45 minutes before each performance; doors open 30 minutes prior.

· All seats are unreserved.

· Numbered tickets will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis starting 45 minutes before each show.

· Entry priority: Reserved tickets first, then by ticket number.

· Performance Duration

Approx. 65 minutes (estimated)

· Ticket Prices

[Advance Sales]

Regular Performances

Adults: ¥3,500

U25※1: ¥2,500

Open Dress Rehearsal

Adults: ¥2,000

U25※1: ¥1,000

[At the Door]

Add ¥500 to all above prices

※1 Please present age-verification ID at the venue on the day.

· Venue

BUoY Underground Space, Kitasenju

49-11 Senju Nakamachi, Adachi-ku, Tokyo 120-0036

· Synopsis

This is a breakup song.

This is longing.

I’m an adult too. But I want to rewind time, start over, do whatever I please.

This isn’t a piece meant to help you move forward. But I don’t want you to feel down either.

I love you. I loved you.

(Written by: Yūto Honda)

· Cast (in no particular order)

Shō Ikeda

Hayaya Kawaguchi

Tomoki Kawamura (Gaki no Danshoku)

Takuto Sakurai

Shōtarō Sanada

Yūto Honda

Konomi Hakozaki

· Staff

Original Concept: Yūto Honda

Composition / Direction: STUDY

Text: Tomoki Kawamura (Gaki no Danshoku)

Choreography: Takuto Sakurai

Composition: Yūto Honda

Stage Manager: Hirofumi Umazu (Saiōba Theatre Company)

Sound: Shō Ikeda

On-site Operations: Akari Miyasaki

Main Visual: Shōtarō Sanada

Organizer: moment of us

Collaboration: Gaki no Danshoku

Sponsor: QuanTRIOS GK

Grant Support: Tokyo Foundation for History and Culture, Arts Council Tokyo [Startup Grant]

Director’s Comment: Yūto Honda (Original Concept, Composition, Performer)

This performance tells the story of one man’s heartbreak.

I composed the music, but I specifically requested that the structure of the play resist the music—aiming for a pop, nonchalant tone. This stems from my belief that emotional states and outward attitudes often contradict each other in negative environments. Humans are constantly contradictory. Looking inward is extremely painful. But perhaps, if we do it together, we can face it. We await you in Tokyo, where contradiction and love coexist in saturation.

Profile

Born in 2000. Graduated from the Music Department of Tokyo University of the Arts in 2024. Studied percussion under Rika Fujii, Takashi Saitō, Chieko Sugiyama, and Takafumi Fujimoto. Performed in “JAZZ in GEIDAI” and the 50th GEIDAI Chamber Music Regular Concert during university. Collaborated with renowned artists through exchanges with saxophonist Toshiyuki Honda.

Currently based in Tokyo, actively participating in diverse cross-genre sessions, live performances, festivals, and TV CM recordings both domestically and internationally. Collaborated with guitarist Katsumi Watanabe and clarinetist Eiji Kitamura, and has guest-performed with orchestras.

Participated in Canada Council for the Arts’ grant program “Unrealistic Space” in 2025 to critical acclaim.

As a composer, contributed music to contemporary art projects such as “moment of us” and “CUBE Immersive Audio-Visual Showcase.” Also involved in composition for the YouTube channel “Artune!”

“The bank of XX,” a work he composed for, was selected as a partnership program for the Aichi Triennale 2025.

Member of YouTube channel “Artune!”

Major Works

Runa Watanabe “Return To Innocence,” Toshiyuki Honda “GEIDAI PLAYS HONDA,” “TIME TO FLY,” “FAREWELCOME,” Sam Davidson, Yūto Honda, Will Howie “Unrealistic Space”

Member Comment: Shō Ikeda (Sound)

In STUDY’s creative environment, disciplines that rarely interact closely come together, so things don’t always go as planned. But I find the misalignments and mismatches themselves fascinating.

This work approaches heartbreak—a deeply personal experience—from multiple angles: language, body, music, visual art, and acting.

Structurally, it’s tightly constructed, yet the emotions it handles are messy and chaotic.

I believe this lack of neat resolution is precisely what makes the work compelling. I hope audiences will experience it in the theater.

Profile

Sound engineer, programmer, technical director.

Born in Niigata Prefecture in 2000. Graduated top of his class from the Department of Music and Environmental Creation, Tokyo University of the Arts, and received the Acanthus Music Award. Completed graduate studies in the Music and Acoustic Creation field at the Graduate School of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts.

Interested in spatial expression and staging through sound, he creates recordings, mixes, sound designs, and sound installations. Focusing on the acoustic space created by recording and playback, he specializes in spatial audio production. Recently involved in technical direction for sound-centered works.

7th “Student-Produced Music Recording Competition”