Rakugo performer Katsura Niyo will make her first appearance on Kuroyanagi Tetsuko's long-running talk show "Tetsuko's Room" (TV Asahi), broadcasting at 1:00 PM on August 28th. She won the NHK New Rakugo Award in 2021, receiving a perfect unanimous score and becoming the first woman to win the award in the show's 50-year history.
His encounter with rakugo dates back to his university days. He happened to see Shofutei Tsurube on TV and fell in love at first sight. After learning that Tsurube was a rakugo performer, he began attending rakugo performances, and gradually became fascinated with the appeal of rakugo itself. Now, tickets for his solo performances are constantly selling out.
It has been said that it is difficult for a woman to perform a rakugo story that was written with men in mind. She said that she struggled to be accepted as an apprentice, and struggled to memorize the story, causing a lot of trouble for her master, Katsura Yoneji. She performed a part of a rakugo story in the studio. What was Kuroyanagi's reaction?
