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Nobuyuki Tsujii (辻井 伸行, Tsujii Nobuyuki) (also known as Nobu Tsujii) is a Japanese pianist and composer. He was born blind due to microphthalmia.
Premiering in May 2020 on public television in the USA is a documentary about the journey of Nobuyuki Tsujii from his first experiences with music as a child, to his success at local and international competitions, to his debut in 2011 at Carnegie Hall.
Family film footage shows a young Japanese boy excitedly playing a white toy piano. He is Nobuyuki Tsujii, now a major international soloist. The story of this remarkable pianist, who has been blind from birth, is told through an audio-described documentary, commissioned by B:Music ahead of Nobuyuki’s first recital at Town Hall Birmingham.
Tsujii was born with a developmental disorder, microphthalmia, in both eyes, rendering him completely blind from birth. But his musical ability and interest manifested as early as two years of age, being able to play tunes on his toy piano that his mother hummed.
Certain players of the role-playing game Magical Girl Raising Project are able to become magical girls for real. One of these is a boy named Souta Kishibe, who is able to transform into the magical girl La Pucelle.
When he burst on to the musical scene 14 years ago, blind pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii was a media sensation, mobbed by teenage groupies after every concert. His playing was praised as “a miracle” and “a healing power” by critics not noted for going into raptures.
An anime that tackles the rarer form of gender discrimination: discrimination to men. Our initially male protagonist Hibiki tries to apply for a job at Seito Sannomiya Private School but is rejected simply because he is male.
