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Born in New York in 1953. After graduating from college, he worked in the fashion retail industry as a sales representative and brand director before founding United Arrows with Osamu Shigematsu and others in 1989. He was a member of the Fashion Faculty of the Royal Antwerp Academy of Fine Arts in Belgium from 1996 to 2002, 2009, and 2013, and was awarded an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in 2004. He has been a member of the external jury for the LVMH Prize since 2014, and received the Mainichi Fashion Grand Prix - Amiko Kujiraoka Special Award in 2023.

Born in Miyagi Prefecture in 1989. After winning the Grand Prix at the Kyoto International Student Film Festival for his first short film “Overseas Orientation,” he entered the graduate school of Tokyo University of the Arts. His graduation film “Bundesliga” (2017) was selected for “FILMADRID” in Spain, among others. His latest film “There is a Stone” is scheduled to be released on September 6, 2024.

Born in Sapporo, Hokkaido in 1992. Enrolled in Berklee College of Music in 2011. After graduating, he is based in New York. After returning to Japan in 2020, he has focused on leader projects and released three leader albums, including "ELECTRIC RIDER" (2024). In the animated film "BLUE GIANT" to be released in 2023, he played the saxophone of the main character, Dai Miyamoto.

Formed by Junwan (Vo / Gt) and Hyokki (Ba / Key), the band debuted in 2011 with the EP “Disco Elevator” and won the Best Dance Electronic Music Award at the Korean Popular Music Awards for two consecutive years with the 2012 release “Haute Couture” and the 2013 release “YOUTH! Dance Electronic Music Award for two consecutive years. In 2023, Jaybo (Gt / Key) officially joined the band, and they are currently performing as “Band Live Set” with the addition of drums. In 2023, Jaybo (Gt / Key) officially joined the group, and now performs live in two forms: “Band Live Set” with drums, and “Electronic Live System”, an electronic set.

Writer / Director / Actor, formed in 2003. In 2012, he won the 30th Kuniko Mukoda Award for his NHK BS drama “Sono to Shussei Sorekara no Koto” (Born to Be Born and After That), In 2013, he won the 57th Kishida Kunio Drama Award for his play “A Woman. In recent years, while actively producing projects, he has developed his own style of playwriting, in which he has continued to write plays based on personal problems that have happened to Iwai himself, such as withdrawal and his father's domestic violence, and has been holding the project “Wareware no moro moro” (Write a terrible story that happened to a participant and turn it into a play) on an ongoing basis throughout the country, transcending generations. He has been holding “Wareware no moro moro,” a project in which “participants write their own terrible stories and turn them into plays. Based on her own experience of spending four years of her teenage years as a social withdrawal, she is also actively involved in lectures and media activities related to social issues such as social withdrawal and domestic violence, as well as working with support groups.

Born in Toyama Prefecture in 1982, she is a manga artist. “Metamorphose no Enkawa” (volumes 1-5, KADOKAWA), which depicts the interaction between an old woman and a young girl through BL, won various awards and was made into a movie, and became a major topic of conversation. His other books include “don't like this” (Lido Publishing Co., Ltd.) and “Remidorishiso: Kaori Tsurutani's Short Stories 2007-2015” (KADOKAWA). He is currently writing the serial “Arrogance and Goodness” (original story by Fukatsuki Tsujimura) for “web TRIPPER.

Writer and artist, born in 1978. Author of “Dear Kitties” (Little More), “Breakfast with Madame Curie” (Shueisha, nominated for the 151st Akutagawa Ryunosuke Award), “Girls Make Balloon Bombs” (Bungeishunju, winner of the 78th Mainichi Publishing Culture Award), etc.

Filmmaker born in Mumbai in 1986. Studied film directing at the Film and Television Institute of India.THE LAST MANGO BEFORE THE MONSOON, an experimental documentary short made in 2015, won the “Special Jury Prize” at the “International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam” in 2018. His first feature documentary “THE NIGHT I KNOW NOTHING” was screened in the Directors' Fortnight at the 2021 “Cannes International Film Festival” and won the “Golden Eye Award” for Best Documentary. 2023 “Yamagata International Film Festival” International Competition, "Robert and In 2023, he won the Robert and Frances Flaherty Award (Grand Prize) in the International Competition section of the Yamagata International Film Festival. In 2023, he won the Robert and Frances Flaherty Grand Prize in the International Competition at the Yamagata International Film Festival, and his first feature film, “All We See is Light,” won the Grand Prix at the 77th Cannes International Film Festival, making him one of the most sought after directors in the world.

Formed in 2004. The three members are Shohei Takagi, Yu Arauchi, and Tsubasa Hashimoto, who have released four albums. Each of the three composes, arranges, and produces their own music, and they also conduct live performances and music production with supporting members. The band is a Tokyo band that combines musical pleasure and storytelling skill, and their future releases and live performances are always in the spotlight.

Iranian-American filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer. His debut feature film, "The Vampire: The Girl with the Cruel Fangs" (2014), was screened at the "Sundance Film Festival" and made a splash; his second film, "Madtown" (2016), premiered at the "Venice International Film Festival" and won the "Special Jury Prize"; on November 17, 2023, his latest film, " Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon" will be released in Japan on November 17, 2023.