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Takaya Okamoto (岡本 貴也, Okamoto Takaya, born June 18, 1972 in Kobe, Hyogo) is a Japanese screenwriter and theater director.
Biography
Graduated from Koyo Middle, High school in Hyogo prefecture. Graduated from Waseda University in 1995.
2001 Debut as TV scriptwriter for BS-i drama "Judge Café". Wrote "A side B" (Kyozo Nagatsuka、Sadao Abe etc.), "the Apartment" (Masahiko Nishimura, Harumi Inoue), "Ai no Uta" (Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, Tsugumi, etc.), "Cell phone detective Ai Zenigata" (Aoi Miyazaki, etc.) for other dramas on BS-i.
2002 Debuted on mainstream TV with "Season of the Sun" (original by Shintaro Ishihara) which was TBS’s last Toshiba Sunday cinema.
2003 Writes and directs first commercial play "Saikido Rock n Roll".
2004 Writes and directs "Hanshin Awaji Great Earthquake~1.17, The Shocking Truth". This is his last project at Takoashi Dengen as of today.
2005 Presents play "People of the Interview 2006" with students from Digital Hollywood Grad School. Starts writing and directing for dance unit DIAMOND*DOGS.
2005-06 Renews and renames play to "Theatre Hanshin Awaji Great Earthquake" and tours Japan self sponsored. The whole play, how the producing was done and the tour were all published into a book "Theatre Hanshin Awaji Great Earthquake The Whole Record" by Sanshusha.
2007 Becomes visiting professor for Scenario drawing seminar at Digital Hollywood University. Okamoto held his first lecture at Osaka prefecture Ibaraki-city Library. The title was "Making the play "Theatre Hanshin Awaji Great Earthquake""
2010 Debuts as TV drama director for "Arienai! (Unbelievable!)" 7th episode on Mainichi Hoso Television. In May, he publishes first novel "Kanojyo tono Jyouzuna Wakarekata (Good way to breakup with your girlfriend)" from Shogakukan. The book becomes reprinted in September.
Okamoto started guitar during 8th grade. He started playing as a band in live houses around Osaka during 11th grade. Later, he played at most live houses in Tokyo during university. He was guitar and percussion for band Pinball Drive and was drummer until August 2006. Pinball Drive debuted from MS Record in 2005 but put a halt on activities in November 2008. Okamoto writes music for his own plays and musicals and also for other plays that are not his own. In November 2010, he wrote lyrics and played guitar for cinema style band Knot 4 saiL. All copyrights have been abandoned so the songs can be downloaded for free.
Awards
- 2000 Itoi Shigesato Award
- 2004 World Fest Houston National Movie Festival Gold Award
Career Summary
TV drama
- 2004“Tales of the Unusual”
- April 2014 – NHK Thursday historical drama "Gin-ni-kan" http://www.nhk.or.jp/jidaigeki/gin2kan/
etc.
Theatre
- October 2005 – June 2006 "Hanshin-Awaji Great Earthquake"
- October 2007 "When I Kill Myself" at NEW NATIONAL THEATRE TOKYO etc.
Musical
- May 2012, October 2010 Musical "Genji Monogatari x Ohguro Maki songs" at THE GALAXY THEATRE etc.
Reading
- June 2014, June 2013, July 2012, May 2012, March 2012, May 2011, September 2010
Dramatic reading play series "A Moment to Remember" at THE GALAXY THEATRE etc.
Movie
- 2008 "Our Equation"
- 2011 "When I Kill Myself"
- 2014 "Our Tomorrow"
Book
- 2010 “Dramatic reading play A Moment to Remember”
- 2014 “Holiday of God”