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子どものころから運動神経がなくて、何をやっても自分に自信を持てなかった。
でもヨーヨーを手にしてから、毎日毎日練習するようになって、やっと好きなことが見つかった気がした。
18歳のときヨーヨーの世界チャンピオンになったが、結局、人生は何も変わらず落ち込んだ。
サラリーマン生活に息苦しさを感じ、思い切って脱サラ。パフォーマーとしての道を歩み始めた。
情熱を持って挑戦し続ければ、不可能なものは何も無いと信じている。
dexterous ：器用な
Cirque du Soleil ：シルク・ドゥ・ソレイユ
【transcripts】
When I was 14 years old, I had low self-esteem. I felt I was not talented at anything.
One day, I bought a yo-yo. When I tried my first trick, it looked like this. I couldn't even do the simplest trick, but it was very natural for me, because I was not dextrous, and hated all sports. But after one week of practicing, my throws became more like this. A bit better. I thought, the yo-yo is something for me to be good at, for the first time in my life. I found my passion. I was spending all my time practicing. It took me hours and hours a day to build my skills up to the next level.
And then, four years later, when I was 18 years old, I was standing onstage at the World Yo-Yo Contest. And I won. I was so excited. "Yes, I did it! I became a hero. I may get many sponsors, a lot of money, tons of interviews, and be on TV!" I thought. (Laughter) But after coming back to Japan, totally nothing changed in my life. I realized society didn't value my passion. So I went back to my college and became a typical Japanese worker as a systems engineer. I felt my passion, heart and soul, had left my body. I felt I was not alive anymore.
So I started to consider what I should do, and I thought, I wanted to make my performance better, and to show onstage how spectacular the yo-yo could be to change the public's image of the yo-yo.
So I quit my company and started a career as a professional performer. I started to learn classic ballet, jazz dance, acrobatics and other things to make my performance better.
As a result of these efforts, and the help of many others, it happened. I won the World Yo-Yo Contest again in the artistic performance division. I passed an audition for Cirque du Soleil. Today, I am standing on the TED stage with the yo-yo in front of you.
What I learned from the yo-yo is, if I make enough effort with huge passion, there is no impossible.
Could you let me share my passion with you through my performance?