{{Infobox bio | name = Oguri (Naoyuki Oguri) | birth_date = 1963 | birth_place = Tajimi in the Gifu Prefecture of Japan | education = Student of Tatsumi Hijikata and Body Weather of Min Tanaka. | occupation = Choreographer and dancer | known_for = Feature in "Height of Sky" a documentary by Morleigh Steinberg | notable_works = *''Kalpa'' which was performed at the Getty Center in Los Angeles. *''Cold Dream Colour'' at the Walt Disney Concert Hall complex. | spouse = Roxanne Steinberg }}
'''Naoyuki Oguri''' (born {{circa}}1963),<ref name="lat053004" /><ref name="lat042696" /> who performs as simply '''Oguri''', is a dancer and choreographer from Japan who lives in Los Angeles, California, where he works creating and teaching dance. His work is influenced by the tradition of the Japanese Butoh style of dance.
Oguri was born in Tajimi in the Gifu Prefecture of Japan.<ref name="lat053004" /> Prior to coming to Los Angeles he studied with master Tatsumi Hijikata,<ref>{{cite web|last=Pulliam|first=Noelle|title=Dancing with Choreographer Oguri|url=http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/2009/11/05/dancing-with-choreographer-oguri/|publisher=Indianapolis Art Museum|accessdate=22 March 2012}}</ref> the founder of a genre of Butoh dance whom Oguri credits as his inspiration for interest in the field.<ref name="lat053004" /> He also studied and danced with Min Tanaka's Body Weather in a mountain village in Yamanashi Prefecture in rural Japan<ref name="lat042696">{{cite news|last=LOOSELEAF|first=VICTORIA|title=Oguri Solos With Stunning Variations|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-04-22-ca-61436-story.html|access-date=22 March 2012|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=22 April 1996}}</ref> where he met dancer and choreographer Roxanne Steinberg.<ref>{{cite web|last=Rosenberg|first=Jeremy|title=Arrival Story: Roxanne Steinberg & Oguri|url=http://www.kcet.org/socal/departures/landofsunshine/arrival-stories/arrival-story-roxanne-steinberg-oguri.html|publisher=KCET|accessdate=22 March 2012|archive-date=20 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220091552/http://www.kcet.org/socal/departures/landofsunshine/arrival-stories/arrival-story-roxanne-steinberg-oguri.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1990, he had traveled to Los Angeles and married Steinberg.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Written on the Body |url=https://fjordreview.com/blogs/all/written-on-the-body |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=Fjord Review |language=en}}</ref> In 2002, he was featured in Meiling Cheng's book ''In Other Los Angeleses''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Cheng|first=Meiling|title=In Other Los Angeleses|year=2002|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=0-520-22953-3}}</ref> Oguri was also featured in the film ''Height of Sky'' a documentary by Morleigh Steinberg.<ref name="lat053004">{{cite news|last=Roug|first=Louise|title=Butoh in the badlands|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-may-30-ca-roug30-story.html|access-date=20 March 2012|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=30 May 2004}}</ref>
Subsequent works include ''Kalpa'', performed at the Getty Center in Los Angeles in January 2012<ref>{{cite web|title=Special Presentation: Kalpa|url=http://www.getty.edu/museum/programs/performances/kalpa.html|publisher=Getty Center|accessdate=22 March 2012|archive-date=17 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317141005/http://www.getty.edu/museum/programs/performances/kalpa.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> as well as a performance of ''Cold Dream Colour'' as a member of the Arcane Collective at the REDCAT, part of the Walt Disney Concert Hall complex.<ref>{{cite web|title=Arcane Collective: Cold Dream Colour|url=http://www.redcat.org/event/arcane-collective|publisher=REDCAT - ROY AND EDNA DISNEY/CALARTS THEATER|accessdate=22 March 2012}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Oguri}} Category:Living people Category:Japanese choreographers Category:Japanese male dancers Category:Japanese dancers Category:People from Gifu Prefecture Category:Entertainers from Los Angeles Category:1963 births