Enra


Japanese performing arts company enra combines video art with live performance, synchronizing human body motion with computer graphics. Established March 1, 2012, as of 2019 enra is a collective centered around six performers: Tsuyoshi Kaseda, Maki Yokoyama, Tachun, Kazunori Ishide, Takako Morimoto, and Aoi Nonaka.
WWW enra.jp

Tradition and origin

The Tokyo-based performing arts and production company seeks to create the ultimate union between motion graphics and live performance. The intent is to synchronize on-screen images with dance and other forms of live expression. Made up of eight individual performers, enra incorporates martial arts, rhythmic gymnastics, ballet, animation dance, juggling, and club dance into its performances.
Performances by enra consist of a synchronized fusion of motion graphics and live performance in front of a screen. The group regularly performs all over the world, and has received high praise not only in its native Japan, but also in Europe, North America, East and Southeast Asia, and the Middle East.
In Japan, enra performed as a guest of the prime minister of Japan at the official welcoming dinner for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) during its evaluation of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics plan, an event that also served to commemorate the 50-year anniversary of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
FILMS, an homage to movies, was performed by enra to open the award ceremony at the 68th Festival de Cannes, where the group also walked the red carpet.
In March 2016, enra kicked off its 2016 Japan tour with a public performance at Kitazawa Town Hall in Shimokitazawa, Tokyo.
enra walked the red carpet a second time at the Lunas del Auditorio ceremony at the National Auditorium in Mexico City in October 2016, where they performed as a special guest.

Name origin

According to the Mainichi Shimbun, "The group's name is derived from the smoke-like shape-shifting Japanese yōkai spirit, Enenra".

Performance history

2012

2013

  • Hong Kong: Citibank ULTIMA Card Presentation
  • Indonesia: NET. Mediatama Indonesia Launch Event
  • Romania: Summer Well Music Festival 2013, Bucharest
  • Japan: Honda Fit & Fit Hybrid Unveiling
  • Japan: Mori Art Museum 10th Anniversary Gala Dinner
  • Japan: Sharp AQUOS XL10 Web Commercial
  • China: Gust performance of Primitive at Hermès Forum

2014

2015

2016

2017

  • Japan: PARALLEL WORLD at Akasaka Blitz with →Pia-no-jaC← in Tokyo
  • Japan: Performance at International Luxury Travel Market
  • Japan: Performance at Audi Event
  • Macau: Performance at Sands Macau
  • UAE: Private event
  • Kuwait: Kuwait K-IT Day
  • Australia: Corporate event
  • USA: Palm Springs Art Museum Gala: Embracing the Abstract
  • USA: PROXIMA at Harris Center in Folsom, CA
  • France: Pyramides d'Argent de la Fédération des Promoteurs, Marseille
  • USA: Solo performance at Dollywood
  • Japan: Show at Toin Gakuen
  • Japan: Event in Miyazaki
  • Mexico: PROXIMA at Teatro de la Ciudad Esperanza Iris, Mexico City
  • Mexico: PROXIMA at Forum Cultural Guanajuato, León, Guanajuato
  • Japan: Dassault Systèmes 3DEXPERIENCEFORUM
  • Thailand: J Series Festival

2018

  • South Korea: 4IR Performing Arts Conference
  • Spain: Corporate event in Castellón
  • China: China International Youth Arts Festival
  • UAE: Performances at ADIPEC, Abu Dhabi
  • China: VOYAGER in Shanghai
  • Thailand: Japan Expo
  • Japan: Dealer event for Honda Canada
  • Japan: GHOST premiere in Sapporo
  • Japan: pleiades in Achi Mura

2019

  • UAE: Performance at WFES, Abu Dhabi
  • Egypt: Performance at EGYPS, Cairo
  • Singapore: Corporate event
  • Japan, Taiwan, India: Sands Macao Roadshow Event
  • Switzerland: Performances at Numerik Games Festival
  • Russia: Corporate event in Ekaterinburg
  • Hong Kong: JNA Awards 2019 Ceremony and Gala Dinner
  • Oman: Marriott International Event
  • Japan: Winter Night Tour in Achi Mura