“Great art is created only through diligent and painstaking effort to perfect and polish oneself.”
— Daisaku Ikeda
Min-On’s mission is not limited to enhancing worldwide cultural exchange and providing a wide range of the finest performing arts; the organization also hosts a variety of independent productions throughout Japan every year to encourage the flourishing of music and the arts. These productions have included a number of operas independently produced by Min-On, as well as original musicals and plays. Most recently in 2008, Min-On created its own production of Odyssey—Brass Angels 2008, featuring an all-female cast with brass, percussion and color guard performers from the United States. This unique production was named Music Motion Theater, which could be categorized as a new musical genre—a fusion of two different American performing arts traditions: marching bands and Broadway style musical theater.
Min-On Opera Productions
Min-On Opera Production “Les contes d’Hoffmann” in 1984 
Original Opera La Traviata in 1990- 1983 – “Le Nozze di Figaro”Produced by Yasuhiko Aguni; Conducted by Yukinori Tezuka; Soloists: Tadahiko Hirano, Hiroshi Kudo, Mitsumasa Sato, Yukie Okura, Yukiko Iwasaki, Masako Saito, Yasuko Kozaki and Kimiko Nagahama
- 1984 – “Les contes d’Hoffmann” Produced by Keisuke Suzuki; Conducted by Seiji Ozawa; Soloists: Makoto Hayashi, Kiyomi Toyota, Yukie Okura, Yoshie Tanaka and Takao Okamura
- 1985 – “Madama Butterfly”Produced by Yasuhiko Aguni; Conducted by Tadaaki Odaka and Makoto Kokubu; Soloists: Iiran Chu, Yukiko Iwasaki, Yuko Ofuji, Kazuko Nagai, Shinya Kuroda, Kazuko Kobayashi and Makoto Hayashi
- 1987 – “La Cenerentola”Produced by Yasuhiko Aguni; Conducted by Jerome Kaltenbach and Naohiro Totsuka; Soloists: Yoshihisa Yamaji, Eiichi Taira, Kiyoshi Oda, Hiroyuki Okayama, Kiyotaka Kaga, Taichi Uchiyama, Kazuko Nagai and Keiko Omi
- 1989 – “The Queen of Spades”Produced by Yasuhiko Aguni; Conducted by Seiji Ozawa; Soloists: Hiroshi Kawakami, Makoto Hayashi, Shinobu Sato, Masako Saida, Akemi Nishi, Aiko Kori, Michio Tatara and Susumu Matsumoto
- 1990 – “La Traviata”Produced by Yasuhiko Aguni and Shigetaka Matsumoto; Conducted by Jacques Delacote; Soloists: Shinobu Sato, Robert Alagna, Robert Flontali, Michiko Aoki, Yukimi Akiyama and Ikuo Obo
Original Dramas
among twenty-four different productions
Original Drama Rentaro Taki’s Story,”Kojyo no Tsuki in 1990 
Mi-On Popular Song Theater “Bokyo no Uta”| 1974 | “Broken Drum,” starring Isamu Nagato |
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| 1976 | Min-On Romantic Theater: “Hachiro Sato’s Song of Balloon,” starring Teruhiko Aoi |
| 1978 | Min-On Romantic Theater: “Hakushu Kitahara’s Path I Had Walked Once Before” |
| 1981 | Original Play: “Aoki Okami,” starring Tomisaburo Wakayama |
| 1984 | Min-On Popular Song Theater: “Bokyo no Uta,” starring Makoto Fujita |
| 1987 | Min-On Original Theater: “Omitsu,” starring Pinko Izumi |
| 1990 | “Boy and Cherry Trees” by Tsunobue Theater Company |
| 1990 | “The Rentaro Taki Story,” starring Noboru Matsuhashi |
| 2004 | Choral Theater: “Blue Sky,” starring Mai Kitajima and Singers |
Original Musicals
among twenty-three different productions
Original Musical “Swingin’ at Backstage” in 1995 
Min-On Production Odyssey| 1973 | “Genius Drifter,” starring Gannosuke Ashiya |
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| 1975 | “October Is the Land of Twilight,” starring the Tokyo Kid Brothers |
| 1975 | “Chaplin and Me,” starring Ichiro Arishima |
| 1976 | “One Same Door,” starring the Tokyo Kid Brothers |
| 1985 | “Le Pettit Prince,” starring Hideko Yoshida |
| 1995 | “Swingin’ at Backstage,” starring Izumi Yukimura and Kaho Shimada |
| 1995 | “The Broadway Story,” starring Yoshinori Monta |
| 2008 | Music Motion Theater: “Odyssey—Brass Angels 2008” |
