Miura Motoi is a representative, and the director, of Chiten. From 1999 he studied in Paris for two years on a government scholarship, learning directing, arts management and artistic directorship under Jacques Blanc. Upon his return to Japan in 2001, Miura got up and running with Chiten, which moved from Tokyo to Kyoto in 2005. Representative works include: Three Sisters A. Chekhov; Kein Licht (No light) E. Jelinek; Sports Play E. Jelinek. He has been the recipient of many awards, including: The Kyoto City Award for New Artists in 2011; The Yomiuri Theater Award Special Jury Prize in 2017. His publications include: Omoshirokereba OK ka? Gendai Engekikō (Is just being interesting OK?: A meditation on contemporary theater, Goryu Books, 2010) , and Yappari Higeki Datta. "Wakaranai" Engeki e no Omāju (Oh, it was a tragedy: an homage to confusing theater, Iwanami Shoten, 2019). In August 2022 he challenged himself with a performative reading adaptation of The Water Hen by Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz.
