Taka’s dynamic dance moves sure to be big in Japan

A JAPANESE computer ace who never danced in his life gave up his career, home and family to learn to Riverdance in Ireland after being swept off his feet by the show in his native Tokyo.

Now Takayuki Hayashi is kicking up his heels with the best of them and has his heart set on returning to Japan in triumph as part of the next Riverdance troupe to tour his country.

The dramatic turnaround in the 30-year-old economics graduate and amateur triathlete’s life came when he was working as an IT consultant in Tokyo and went to see the Riverdance spectacular with friends.