sword dancer & singer

Yousuke Aikawa is voice artist as well as sword artist Aikawa was born and raised on the island of Kyushu, Japan. While still in high school, he decided to become the general secretary of the United Nations and in order to pursue that dream, upon graduation, went to Tokyo where he attended Waseda University as a student in the law department where he majored in international relations. While he was a student at Waseda, he went as a student volunteer to the PATRIR Peace Institute in Romania where he researched “Peace Studies” and met Dr. Johane Galtung who took him under his wing. In addition to attending the peace institute, Aikawa became active as a volunteer worker in UNFPA, an organization of the UN. On July 17th in 2006, Aikawa began his career as a voice trainer and studied under the world renown, and number one ranked voice teacher, Edwin Coppard of Canada. To further better himself, Aikawa enrolled in the actor’s school of Nippon TV where he received training and guidance from the former top announcer of NHK Mr. Hiroshi Sakai. He has also studied with Marilena Laurenza ConservatorySalerno Italy and Miyako Ichu traditional Japanese art Joruri.

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