About Masa

BIO / HISTORY

Certified Parkour Coach / Acrobat Dancer/ Movement Teacher

Parkour practitioner and Movement Coach representing Japan. From Commercials and Music videos, Live performances and shows, seminars and workshops, personal training to designing facilities and equipments, he’s widely involved in various works of movement.

He has worked as a professional performer both in Japan and the USA before he became a teacher at Gymnastikhøjskolen i Ollerup (renown Movement school in Denmark), after which he came to Japan to work as a freelance Parkour & Movement Coach in order to spread what he learned while living in Europe.”

Certification

  • ParkourEDU certified Parkour Coach
  • R-Body certified Conditioning Coach
  • Certified in SMT (Safety spotting for Mini-trampoline and Tumbling)

Education

Westmont College (Kinesiology Major)

Gymnastikhøjskolen i Ollerup (Performance/Tumbling)

Jiyu Gakuen High School (Tokyo, Japan)

Work experience:

  • Parkour/Acrobatics/Movement coach for Terras Athletics (October 2019- Current)
  • Movement coach for Peak Performance Japan (September 2018- Current)
  • Parkour/Acrobatics Instructor for Mission Tokyo (July 2018-Current)
  • Parkour/Acrobatics Instructor for GemStone Gym (January 2017- July 2018)
  • Parkour Instructor for Gymnastikhøjskolen Ollerup (August 2014- January 2017 ) 

Teaching/Performances :

Guest Instructor for a special event at Aeon Mall South Kobe (https://www.instagram.com/p/BoRMTPAnVSY/?hl=en&taken-by=missiontokyo

Guest Instructor for a special event at Takashimaya Futako-Tamagawa (https://peakperformanceonline.jp/item/F20180518.html

Banana-Lemon “Look at me, Look at me” Music Video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sJpkxoY2oM

Performer for FRIENDS #NoBitterLife Music video (https://youtu.be/DRzA9u_U26g)

Performer for G-Star Raw Web Commercial (https://youtu.be/JVpvefFFrW8

Performer for Toyo-Tire Web Commercial (https://youtu.be/0p_ALw_AiL0

Chase Tag athlete for Fuji-TV show “Fujiyama” (https://youtu.be/2OQ8rwPOvjQ

Performer for North-face Web commercial “Let it rain” (https://youtu.be/XVgWszOANZY

Performer for Chopar X-Collection UP-SIDE-DOWN (https://youtu.be/rhUPiNtV6OU

Instructor for Move Copenhagen 2015 (https://youtu.be/h2vSw6cFllk

Freerunner for Olympus Stylus TG-860 Concept movie (https://youtu.be/eY_ymKp1xqQ

Organizer for Inspire Tour Japan (https://youtu.be/pY9bXzSp_ro

Live performer for Golden Wheel Summer Spectacular (https://youtu.be/548e6ObA5PM

Performer for EXILE Tribe/24 World music video (https://youtu.be/w9rmnE4tmZw

Freerunner for Xx Apparel web commercial (https://youtu.be/1OMLGaS3ZmY

Dance Instructor for Westmont College 

Freerunner for “FREE MY WAY,” Red Bull Media House Project (https://youtu.be/Jab1chmUCss

MC for Red Bull Art of Motion Yokohama/Japan (https://youtu.be/fhEQDvLZeVk