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1991年より大人計画に参加。脚本家として2001年映画『GO』で「第25回日本アカデミー賞最優秀脚本賞」他多数の脚本賞を受賞。以降もテレビドラマ『あまちゃん』『いだてん〜東京オリムピック噺〜』など話題作の脚本を手掛ける。2005年『真夜中の弥次さん喜多さん』で長編映画監督デビュー。俳優としても数々の作品に出演する。待機作に、映画『こんにちは、母さん』（出演 / 9月1日公開）、映画『ゆとりですがなにか インターナショナル』（脚本 / 10月13日公開）などがある。

Born in 1985 in Kanagawa Prefecture. Filmmaker. Graduated from Tokai University, Department of Literature, Literature and Creative Writing, and completed the 12th Fiction Course at the Film School of Tokyo, Japan, and directed his first feature film in 2014 with "Spiral Galaxy". His second feature film, "The Kingdom (or About That House)" (2018), was selected by the British Film Institute as one of the "Outstanding Japanese Films of the Years 1925-2019" in 2019.In December 2023, "The Kingdom (or About That House)" will be released in theaters for three weeks.

In 2003, she made her major debut as a high school student as YUI of the singer-songwriter unit RYTHEM, bringing numerous tie-up songs for anime and TV dramas to the teasers. In 2017, she changed her artist name to Yui Niitsu, and in addition to her own activities, she produces and provides music to outside artists and teaches at Showa University of Music. She is also expanding her activities as she celebrates the 20th anniversary of her debut as RYTHEM. With his latest album "Masterpiece" in tow, he is scheduled to hold a 2-day solo live concert titled "Masterpiece Exhibition" on May 4-5, 2024.

A cellist and composer who has received numerous awards, including the “MacArthur Foundation Fellowship,” a grant program known as the “Genius Award.” Raised in suburban Washington, D.C., he began his musical career in 2000 when he moved to Chicago, where he was commissioned by the AACM to create a work for a large ensemble called the Great Black Music Ensemble in 2009 and made his debut recording as a bandleader in 2015 with the Tomeka Reid In 2015, he made his debut recording with the Tomeka Reid Quartet as bandleader. He is currently teaching a composition course at Mills College, and in April 2024 will release a new album, 3+3, as the Tomeka Reid Quartet, and will lead the quartet on its first visit to Japan in June.

A five-piece psychedelic rock 'n' roll band in Tokyo consisting of a singer, three guitars, bass, and drums.
The band has released 9 full-length albums and 4 mini-albums, with several member changes in between, and has performed at major festivals such as FUJI ROCK. They have also expanded their activities to include a one-man live performance in China and a one-man live performance at Hibiya Noon.
The bombastic yet delicate music played by the five members, who have fallen in love with music, evokes old American country towns, back alleys of England, and the beauty of Japan's four seasons, enveloping the listener with a dazzling light.
This is rock 'n' roll updated to its true form.

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クソ男に対するヘイトをひたすら歌うスリーピースバンド。相次ぐ退職により現在の正規メンバーはフクダとてざわりの2人。サポートドラムは7人ほどおりシフト制。フクダ、てざわりがそれぞれ曲を手掛けているが“拝啓、クソ男様”“1998”といったそれぞれの代表曲がある。最近はライブ中宗教と思想の話をしている。

Formed by guitarist Katsumi Tanaka and minyo singer Freddy Tsukamoto, both of whom live in Fussa, a town in western Tokyo where the U.S. Yokota Air Base is located. The group has been experimenting with chemical reactions between various dance music from around the world, such as cumbia, biggin, boogaloo, calypso, afrobeat, rumba, and reggae, and Japanese folk music, which is being lost. In 2023, he released his 2nd album “Nihon minyo chindoju/Tour of Japan”, his first album in 6 years. The song “Chiiawase Ondo,” to which he contributed, has been broadcast and distributed on NHK's “Tensai Terebikun” music corner (MTK) since July 2024.

Born in Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture in 1955. He began making 8mm films while a student at Rikkyo University and made his commercial film debut in 1983. He gained international attention with CURE (1997). He was awarded the Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of France on June 10, 2024, and his latest film “Cloud” was released in theaters on September 27, following “Snake Road” and “Chime” in 2024.

A singer/songwriter/artist with roots in Japan and the Philippines, she made her debut in 2020 with the release of her EP “ena mori”, followed by the release of her first album “DON'T BLAME THE WILD ONE! In 2022, she released her first album “DON'T BLAME THE WILD ONE!”, which won the “Awit Award 2023” for best album and was ranked No.1 in “The 25 best Asian albums of 2022” by a British music magazine. The album won the “Awit Award 2023” for best work, and was ranked No. 1 in “The 25 best Asian albums of 2022” by a British music magazine.

Born in Tokyo in 1962 and raised in Kobe. Joined the publishing company Rocking On in 1986, and has served as editor-in-chief of “ROCKIN'ON JAPAN” since 1991, and as editor-in-chief of “rockin'on” since 2000, and is currently the general editor of both magazines. He has interviewed and written liner notes for numerous artists, and has gained the enthusiastic support of many readers.

In 2020, he launched the management/label “BMSG” and became CEO. He has produced the boy groups BE:FIRST and MAZZEL. He is an artist, producer, and manager with a wide range of talents.