KOO-KINakamura Ningyo
Sketch of a sumo wrestler
Sketch of a sumo wrestler

From the Netflix series SanctuaryAnother Sanctuary

The Another Sanctuary Project

In 2024, Kensho Sawada, who played “Enya” in Sanctuary, was hospitalized after a brainstem hemorrhage. He is still undergoing treatment.

Paralyzed throughout his body and barely able to move, he continues to fight with extraordinary determination.

We wanted to support his comeback, however small a part we could play.

And we wanted people to know about him, and to remember him.

That is why we started this project.

This is another Sanctuary.

Another battle for a man who lived within that story.

Director of SanctuaryKan Eguchi

Kensho Sawada
Kensho Sawada as “Enya”

Inside the workshop

Drawing preliminary sketches for the new sumo wrestler figures for Another Sanctuary
  • An artist at work at a desk in the workshop
  • Drawing a standing sumo wrestler in pencil
  • An artist’s hands and a sketchbook with a full-body sketch of a sumo wrestler

Nakamura Ningyo

Nakamura Ningyo
  • Shinkyo Nakamura making a doll

    Shinkyo NakamuraThird generation, Nakamura Ningyo

    • Director, Japan Kogei Association
    • Head of the Dolls Division, Japan Kogei Association
    • Professor, Kyushu Sangyo University Museum
    1957
    Born in Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
    1979
    Graduated from the Department of Fine Arts, Faculty of Art, Kyushu Sangyo University, specializing in sculpture (wood carving)
    1983
    Began studying under Komao Hayashi, now a holder of the Important Intangible Cultural Property designation for toso doll-making
    2011
    Received an audience with Pope Benedict XVI and presented his sculpture of Mancio Ito
    2019
    Received an audience with Pope Francis and presented his sculpture of Julian Nakaura

    Related collaborations

    2021Evangelion × Hakata Ningyo © kharaOfficial website
  • Hiromine Nakamura making a doll

    Hiromine NakamuraFourth generation, Nakamura Ningyo

    1986
    Born in Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
    2009
    Graduated from the Department of Sculpture, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts
    2011
    Completed graduate studies in sculpture at the Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts
    2011
    Began studying under his father, doll artist Shinkyo Nakamura
    • Creates zodiac figurines for Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine in Fukuoka Prefecture
    • Creates the kakiyama, a float carried through the streets, for Doi-nagare in the Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival

    Related collaborations

    2023Godzilla of Reminiscence TM & © TOHO CO., LTD.Official website

KOO-KI

KOO-KI
Kan Eguchi

Kan EguchiDirector of SanctuaryChairman, KOO-KI

  • Born in Fukuoka
  • Graduated from the Department of Visual Communication Design, Kyushu Institute of Design
  • Co-founded KOO-KI in 1997
2007–2009
Won awards at the Cannes International Advertising Festival three years in a row (Bronze, Bronze, Gold)
2013
Created and directed the television drama Mentaipiriri
2018
Created and directed the film Riding Uphill (Gachiboshi)
2019
Directed the film The Fable
2021
Directed the film The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn’t Kill
2023
Directed the Netflix series Sanctuary

From the Netflix series SanctuaryThe Another Sanctuary Project

Full-body sketch of Enno
Full-body sketch of Enya