simultaneous / consecutive intrepreting
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan (Comculture) 2016
"Taste of Japan" UN-related event with Tsuji Culinary Institute and Chef David Bouley
David Lee Roth, musician 2012 - 2014
Personal interpreter and coordinator
Yoshitomo Nara, artist (Asia Society, Marianne Boesky Gallery) 2010; (Pace Gallery) 2012; (Pace Gallery) 2013
Press interviews, onstage Q&A, lecture at Hunter College for solo exhibition
Press interviews, business meetings for ADAA Armory show
Suntory Whisky (French Culinary Institute, Gohan Society) 2010
Lecture by chief blender Seiichi Koshimizu
Kenya Hara, MUJI designer (Japan Society) 2011
Lecture, onstage discusssion, audience Q&A
Miyamoto Amon, director (Lincoln Center, Japan Society) 2011
Press conference and lecture for Kinkakuji
Harumi Kurihara, cookbook author/lifestyle guru (Conran/Octopus) 2009
Press junket interviews, store appearances, phone interviews, live demos, lectures
Kore-eda Hirokazu, director (IFC films, Tribeca Film Festival) 2009
Press junket interview for Still Walking at Tribeca Film Festival
Radio interview on Leonard Lopate Show (WNYC)
Takashi Miike, director (Nikkatsu Productions) 2009
Onstage Q&A and press conference at NY Comic Con
World premiere of Yatterman, press interviews, introduction, and audience Q&A
Takashi Murakami, artist & Sen So-Oku, tea master of Mushakoji Senke (Gagosian Gallery, NYC) 2007
Private tea ceremonies in conjunction with VIP gallery showings
Sho Sakurai, actor and member of Arashi (Nikkatsu Productions, Johnny & Associates) 2009
Press conference at NY Comic Con, world premiere of Yatterman, introduction and audience Q&A
Satoshi Kon, animator/filmmaker (Sony Pictures Classics) 2007; (Film Society of Lincoln Center) 2008
Onstage moderated discussions, introductions and audience Q&A for retrospective screenings
Press junket interviews for US release of Paprika
Museum of Modern Art (NYC) 2007
Mediascope program presentation, onstage discussion and audience Q&A with artist Naoyuki Tsuji
Brooklyn Academy of Music (Tsuki Inoue, filmmaker) 2007
Introductions and audience Q&A for Autumn Adagio
Japan Cuts Film Festival (Japan Society) 2009, 2010
Press interviews, onstage Q&A’s, and introductions with various guests including directors Isao Yukisada, Sion Sono, Tomorowo Taguchi, Hitoshi Yazaki, and Kazuyoshi Kumakiri, animators Uruma Delvi, actor Eiji Okuda and Tatsuya Fujiwara
New York Asian Film Festival (Subway Cinemas) 2009, 2010
Press interviews, onstage Q&A’s, introductions, and live commentary with various guests including filmmakers Tak Sakaguchi, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Noboru Iguchi, and Daisuke Goto
subtitling
The Cove (winner, Academy Award, Best Documentary Feature) 2009
Whispering Sidewalks (feature length drama, Pacific Film Archive) 2009
Spotting for English subtitles
Does Your Soul Have A Cold? (feature length documentary) 2006
Spotting for English subtitles
