Souma Nakanome

Souma Nakanome

Souma Nakanome was born on May 13, 2000 in Tokyo. He started tap dancing at the age of three, and at the age of four he tap danced with Arashi member Kazunari Ninomiya in the movie. He started choreography at the age of 7, won the grand prix in numerous contests by the age of 10, and was featured in the media as a super kids who specializes in improvisation. He also appeared as "Dr. Buddha's Tap Dancer" at NTV's "Star Draft Conference". In addition to tapping, he has been working for the theater company Tohai since he was 3 years old, and has appeared in numerous commercials, dramas, and movies as a child actor. Under the scholarship system (JTSP), he flew to Chicago at the age of 12 as the first elementary school student and performed at the tap festival. The following year, in 2013, he established JTP (Junior Tapdance Practicemeeting), a tap practice group where 3 to 18 years old gather and work, and juniors plan the 1st anniversary performance. In 2016, he visited eight American cities, including New York and Los Angeles, to learn history and music through taps. From 2017, he tried to express in video media and produced the music video "Samezae" "SAMEZAE" with the music unit Sora with the concept of fusion of Japanese and Western and "departure". He will also star in the short film "Bullying and Behavior" (Japanese title: Bullying and Behavior) produced by creators centered on EXIT FILM inc., Who aims to transform society from the video. After that, he started working in various fields such as music production, visual design, and tap dance planning. He was appointed as the Nara City Tourism Ambassador in the wake of the dedication of Tap Butoh to Akishino-dera in Nara City. Since childhood, he has longed for space, and now his goal is to tap at the jazz bar on a space travel ship. She continues her activities while treating PTSD, bipolar disorder, etc, which was triggered by the sighting of an accident in 2019. In May 2021, she released her third album "Even Weather", and in July she charted in the top 50 in her album category in Bulgaria's Apple Music World Music. On September 9th this year, he released his 7th album "Body, Noise, Air". And, his 8th album "Gauze" released on November 4th.