¡°Probably nobody ever got involved with theater the way I did,¡± Kenichi Tani said with a laugh, explaining that because his teachers at school were ¡°really boring¡± he set his sights on becoming an interesting teacher in the future.

¡°So I often skipped classes to study about education in the library,¡± the Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, native said, ¡°and I read that trainee teachers in England often have to do drama courses to improve how they communicate with pupils and express themselves.

¡°After that I joined a drama circle to help me become a great teacher ¡ª but instead I got more and more sucked into theater.¡±