Katsura Sunshine wants to spread the world of rakugo (traditional comic storytelling) to people all over the world, including his home country Canada, by delivering English-translated versions.
The 42-year-old Slovenian-Canadian, who was given the stage name from his master, Katsura Bunshi, after three years of apprenticeship, has already performed in Canada twice since last year. His dream is to eventually open his own yose (rakugo theater) in New York's Off-Broadway and perform English rakugo.
"I want to travel all over the world and do English rakugo, and make rakugo part of the Western vocabulary," he said.