He goes to a university in Kyoto to get away from his strict father, not becoming interested in Noh until he watches 'Koi no Omoni' (The Burden of Love) performed by Sojuro as a shite and Norito as a tsure (a shite's companion) in New York, and then decides to be a Nohgakushi.
父の厳格さを敬遠して京都の大学に進学、能からも一時遠ざかるが、ニューヨークで左右十郎シテ、憲人ツレにより演じられた「恋重荷」を見て能楽師を志す。