The kabuki theatre has fascinated many Malaysian artists like Datuk Ibrahim Hussein, Yusof Ghani, John Lee Joo For, and more recently Hirzaq Harris. Hirzaq was introduced to Japanese culture indirectly through his father as a volunteer in an agriculture exchange programme. He remembers a student, Soji Tanaka, who hailed from Osaka, who opened up a fascinating world of kabuki, sumo-wrestling and genroku-mie, through magazines he brought over. Unlike Malaysia’s traditional art forms like Menora, Mak Yong and wayang kulit which are proscribed in Kelantan, the kabuki seems to defy digital technology and remains hugely popular in Japan despite its slow pace and long span. Theatres such as Kabukiza publishes monthly magazines in English even with synnosis and cast of play. A visit to the kabuki theatre is an experience complete with bento boxes and snacks. Hirzaq Harris was a double Grand Prize 2D (Hanging) winner in the Nandos Art competition in 2009 and 2010. He was also 1st runner-up in the Visual Art Pitch 3 competition at Ken Galleryin 2018. His other awards include 2nd Prize in Maybank Expression of Malaysian Tiger in 2010, Consolation Prize in the 2017 Penang Open. He was given a solo show, Mission, by Galeri Chandan in 2014, and was invited to take part in the Kuala Lumpur Biennale in 2017. He took part in the NAFA residency in Yogyakarta in 2012. He received his BFA, majoring in Sculpture, at UiTM.