Heritage Day: Rakugo Performance by Cyril Coppini
Sunday, April 21
On April 21st, we will also celebrate Heritage Day at the Japanese Garden, and in a very special way. Cyril Coppini, a Frenchman from Nice who currently resides in Japan, will tell stories on the theme of "Home" in the rakugo tradition. Rakugo is traditional Japanese comedy, stand-up comedy from the Edo period. After the performance, there will also be a Q&A session about his experiences in Japan as an immigrant and artist. This is a unique opportunity to experience a part of Japanese culture that rarely makes its way to the West due to the language barrier.
Practical
- You can enter the garden from 5pm at the entrance until 5:20 pm
- The performance starts at 5:30 pm
- These tickets are for the performance only, not for an evening visit to the Japanese Garden
- Tickets are free, but compulsory booking via de link below. If you find yourself unable to attend, please contact us via mail of phone, so we can cancel your tickets and give someone else a chance.
- This performance will be performed in English
Biography
CYRIL COPPINI 尻流複写二
Originally from Nice, Cyril started learning Japanese in Highschool. Like Obélix, he fell into it when he was still young.... In the early 90s, he attended INALCO in Paris and during his university studies won a scholarship from Shinshū University which allowed him to spend a year in the city of Matsumoto, which he shamefully squandered on karaoke and izakaya (Japanese bistros).
In 1997, he settled permanently in Japan (Fukuoka, Tokyo and Osaka).
As a Rakugo artist since 2011, he regularly travels France and the French-speaking world to help people discover in French this still unknown art form. He also performs in Japan, Thailand and New Zealand.
Cyril also translates manga (Le Rakugo, à la vie, à la mort (Descending stories), nominated for the Konishi Prize 2022 for the translation of Japanese manga into French; Detective Conan; La Grande Traversée (The Great Passage) and more) and video games (Danganronpa V3; Dark Souls RPG, and more).
He performs regularly on television (NHK World) and on Japanese FM band radio.
In 2022, he joined the English Rakugo Association of Japan.
