Rumi Matsui (松井るみ, born in Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese set designer and scenographer based in Tokyo. She is the president of Centreline Associates.
In 1985 Rumi Matsui completed her BA in graphic design at Tama Art University and joined Shiki Theatre Company. This led her into further education in theatre design at Central School of Art and Design in London. After her return to Japan in 1990, Matsui began her career as a set designer and scenographer, and in 1991, she established Centreline Associates Inc. She has designed over four hundred theatrical productions and won numerous awards including Yomiuri Drama Grand Prix for the best set designer and the Kinokuniya Drama Award. In 2004, her Broadway debut Pacific Overtures at Studio 54 was nominated for the Tony Award’s Best Scenic Design of a Musical. The Fantasticks was taken to theatres in London’s West End in 2010. She has also designed a number of opera sets such as Junior Butterfly for the 52nd Puccini Festival at Torre del Lago Puccini in Italy and Tea: A Mirror of Soul at Santa Fe Opera in New Mexico. In recent years, she is expanding her practice to concert set design as seen in AKB48 concert at the National Athletic Stadium, Tokyo in 2014. Matsui was a member of the jury for Prague Quadrennial ‘07 and she was listed as one of the Honorable Scenographers by OISTAT (International Organization of Scenographers, Theatre Architects and Technicians) in 2007. Matsui is currently a guest instructor of set design at Tokyo University of the Arts, and remains the president of Centreline Associates Inc., one of the major theatre set design companies in Japan.
Rainbow Prelude (2014), directed by Yukio UeshimaThe Addams Family (2014), directed by Akira ShiraiAnything Goes (2013), directed by Kazuya YamadaMozart, l'opera rock (2013), directed by Philip McKinleyHamlet (2012), directed by Tamiya KuriyamaGold –Camille and Rodin (2011), directed by Akira ShiraiPiaf (2011, 2013), directed by Akira ShiraiDracula (2011), directed by Toru KikkawaGone With the Wind (2011), directed by Kazuya YamadaOnly Yesterday (2011), directed by Tamiya KuriyamaThe Fantasticks (2010), directed by Amon MiyamotoJane Eyre (2009, 2012), directed by John CairdBlood Brothers (2009, 2010), directed by Glen WalfordRudolf –the last kiss (2008), directed by Amon MiyamotoSweeney Tod (2007, 2011, 2013), directed by Amon MiyamotoHere’s Love (2004, 2005), directed by Toru KikkawaUrinetown (2004), directed by Amon MiyamotoThe Witches of Eastwick (2003, 2005, 2008), directed by Kazuya YamadaThe Little Prince (2003, 2005), directed by Akira ShiraiPacific Overtures (2000, 2002, 2004), directed by Amon MiyamotoMercury Fur (2015), directed by Akira ShiraiSanada Ten Braves (2014), directed by Yukihiko TsutsumiPygmalion (2013), directed by Keiko MiyataLost in Yonkers (2013), directed by Koki MitaniTrue West (2013), directed by Scott ElliottBun to Fun (2013), directed by Tamiya KuriyamaHeadache, Stiff Neck, Ichiyo Higuchi (2013), directed byTamiya KuriyamaThe Dresser (2013), directed by Koki MitaniSoldiers in the Tree (2013), directed by Tamiya KuriyamaSonan, (2012), directed by Yukiko MotoyaThe King's Speech (2012), directed by Yumi SuzukiYabuhara, the Blind Master Minstrel (2012), directed by Tamiya KuriyamaThe Cherry Orchard (2012), directed by Koki MitaniThe Sister (2011), directed by Masahiko KawaharaCrazy Honey (2011), directed by Yukiko MotoyaRain (2011), directed by Tamiya KuriyamaTop Girls (2011), directed by Yumi SuzukiJeanne d’Ark (2010), directed by Akira ShiraiHarper Regan (2010), directed by Keishi NagatsukaMacbeth (2010, 2013), directed by Mansai NomuraThe Seafarer (2009), directed by Tamiya KuriyamaSakurahime (2009), Kazuyoshi KushidaHenry Ⅳ (2009), directed by Akira ShiraiShun-kin (2008, 2009, 2010, 2013), directed by Simon McBurneyKuni Nusubito (2007, 2009), directed by Mansai NomuraHysteria (2007), directed by Akira ShiraiThe Fastest Clock in the Universe(2003), directed by Akira ShiraiPitchfork Disney (2002), directed by Akira ShiraiThe Elephant Man (2002), directed by Keiko MiyataDie tote Stadt (2014), directed by Tamiya KuriyamaLear (2013), directed by Tamiya KuriyamaDie Fledermaus (2013), directed by Akira ShiraiLa Damnation de Faust (2010), directed by Sakiko OshimaOtello (2010), directed by Akira ShiraiLa Traviata (2009), directed by Amon MiyamotoTurandot (2008), directed by Amon MiyamotoTea: A Mirror of Soul (2007, 2010, 2013), directed byAmon MiyamotoDaphne (2007), directed by Sakiko OshimaWhite Nights (2006, 2009), directed by Akira ShiraiJunior Butterfly (2006, 2014), directed by Masahiko ShimadaStar Troupe: South Pacific (2013), directed by Ryo HaradaFlower Troupe: Poetry of Love and Revolution - Andrea Chenier- (2013), directed by Keiko UedaSnow Troupe: Spring Lightning (2013), directed by Ryo HaradaAKB48: Spring Concerts (2014)AKB48: Summer Tour (2013)38th Kazuo Kikuta Drama Award (2013)19th Yomiuri Grand Drama Award for Best Designer (2012)15th Yomiuri Grand Drama Award for Best Designer (2008)59th Tony Award Nomineee for the Best Scenic Design of a Musical (2005)Yomiuri Grand Drama Award for the Grand Prix of Best Designer (2002)Kinokuniya Drama Award (2002)Novi Sad International Theatre Festival Special Jury’s Award (2001)8th Yomiuri Grand Drama Award for Best Designer (2000)Kisaku Ito Award for new comers (1997)