Description
Togo Igawa is an actor/director living in England. He trained in Japan at The Haiyuza Theatre Company Acting School and Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music.
In 1968 he joined the Theatre Centre 68 (precursor of the Black Tent Theatre), and went on to tour throughout Japan, performing in more than 120 cities. In 1983 he moved to England. In 1986, the opening season for the Swan Theatre in Stratford-upon Avon, he became a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company as its first Japanese actor. Since then he has appeared extensively on stage, film, television and radio worldwide.
In 2006, he formed Ichiza Theatre Company in London. He lives in a village in north Oxfordshire with his wife, potter-chef, Adrienne Baba.
Togo is currently appearing on the West End in KYOTO playing “Japan”.
