Conservatory / diploma training · Initial professional preparation
本科
Main course (Honka)
81 Actor's Studio · Shibuya, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Award
- No formal award
- Audience & level
- Ages 18–26
- Format
- In person1 year (April to following March), 40 weeks of lessons
- Price
- ¥434,000per year, 2027年度
About this program
One-year professional-track course of an agency-affiliated acting studio: acting for voice work, vocal music and monthly special classes, ending in a talent-agency affiliation audition.
- Offering
- Conservatory / diploma training
- Fields
- Voice acting, Actor training
- Purpose
- Initial professional preparation
- Teaching language
- Japanese
Qualification and recognition
- Qualification
- Structured course (no award)
- Award status
- No awardThe course or class does not lead to a formal award.
Structure and schedule
- Duration
- 1 year (April to following March), 40 weeks of lessons
- Delivery
- In personTaught at the listed teaching location.
- Physical attendance
- Regular physical attendance
- Schedule
- Part-time, Recurring schedule3 lessons per week (acting x2, vocal music x1) for 38 weeks, April to March
- Teaching location
- 81 Actor's Studio東京都渋谷区笹塚1-52-18 BOF5笹塚 (〒151-0073)
Admissions and auditions
Audition required
- Self-tape
- No
- In-person audition
- Yes
- Audition detail
- Interview and practical test performing a script handed out on the day; held as an in-person group audition.
- Interview
- Interview and practical test on the day (面接及び実技)
- Prior education
- High school graduation or above, up to age 26 at April of entry year
- Intakes
- April 2027 entry (2027年度)
- Deadlines
- 本科第1期入所オーディション 2026-11-29 (application deadline 2026-11-20)
- 本科第2期 audition 2027-01-17 (deadline 2027-01-08)
- 本科第3期 audition 2027-02-14 (deadline 2027-02-08)
- 本科最終期 audition 2027-03-07 (deadline 2027-03-01)
- Official instructions
- Application and audition instructions
Source could not be re-checked automatically.
Fees
Original currency is authoritative. Each price keeps its basis (per class, per term, per year, whole program) and is never converted or added up for you.
| Item | Amount | Applies to | Dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annual tuition (年間授業料), tax includedTuition · mandatory | ¥434,000per year, 2027年度 | All students | 16 October 2026SourceSource could not be re-checked automatically. |
| Entrance fee (入所金)Mandatory fee · mandatory | ¥200,000one-time, 2027年度 | All students | 16 October 2026SourceSource could not be re-checked automatically. |
| Annual accident insurance (年間損害保険料)Mandatory fee · mandatory | ¥15,000per year, 2027年度 | All students | 16 October 2026SourceSource could not be re-checked automatically. |
| Entrance audition fee (入所オーディション受験料)Audition fee · mandatory | ¥5,500one-time, 2027年度 | All students | 16 October 2026SourceSource could not be re-checked automatically. |
Performance opportunities
As published by the provider. Showcases and productions are opportunities to perform; they do not guarantee agents, auditions, casting, union eligibility or work.
- Career support
- After the one-year course, students can take the production-affiliation audition of the 81 group.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: experience level.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 16 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.
Sources (checked 16 October 2026)