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音楽家、打楽器奏者。長崎県の山と川に囲まれ育つ。マリンバをはじめとする様々な打楽器、自身の声、言葉、さまざまな身の回りのものを用いて、楽曲制作やパフォーマンスなど自由な表現活動を展開している。自身のソロ以外に、cero、原田知世、満島ひかり、dip in the pool、滞空時間など様々なアーティストのライヴ・サポート、レコーディングに携わるほか、映画や舞台、ダンスやインスタレーション作品への楽曲提供・音楽制作も行っている。2022年、映画『よだかの片想い』主題歌「夜だか」配信リリース。2024年1月、4年ぶりのソロアルバム「Contact」リリース。

ATARASHII GAKKO!
A dance-vocal performance unit that stands out from the crowd with their “individuality” and “freedom”. With their aggressive, genre-defying avant-garde performances and self-proclaimed “representative of Japan's youth”, they perform with overwhelming dance skills and singing, as well as comical scenes between songs. Using their unique performance as a base, they perform live.

Mei Semones

JU!iE
Born in China, graduated from a music academy in Beijing, and entered Berklee College of Music in the US by himself. He has formed his own musical style based on Jazz, which he majored in at Berklee College of Music, and is characterized by his global creativity in English, Japanese, and Chinese. In parallel with his artistic activities, he has been active in a wide range of activities such as providing music and producing. She also attracts attention as a model, and has more than 140,000 followers on Instagram and 500,000 followers on weibo.

Ban Obara
Novelist, born in 1996 in Tokyo.

Yusho Takoguchi
Novelist, born in 1982 on Hachijojima Island, Tokyo and raised in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. Raised in Saitama, Japan, he made his debut in 2011 when he won the Shincho New Writer Award for "Gakki" (musical instruments); in 2015, he won the Noma Literary New Writer Award for "Love and Life"; and in 2016, he won the Akutagawa Ryunosuke Award for "The Undead". His other books include "The Jimi Hendrix Experience," "The Brilliance of Eggplant," "A Long Day," "Ramen Curry," and "About Sabishi" (co-authored with Kazuko Uemoto, original title "Reciprocal Letter: Hitori ni Narukoto Hana wo Okuruyo").

Yuichi Kishino
Born in Tokyo, 1963. He has taught at the Graduate School of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts, the Faculty of Media Expression, Kyoto Seika University, and Art School. He calls himself a "studier" to encompass a wide range of activities, including music units such as "The Bearded Widow" and "Watts Towers. In 2015, he won the Grand Prize in the Entertainment Division at the 19th Japan Media Arts Festival for "The Right Way to Count". He is the producer of "Sumiyume Odori Procession," a dance dedication to the repose of the souls of the dead in Sumida Park, which has recovered from the remarkable damage 100 years after the Great Kanto Earthquake.

Cornelius
Born in Tokyo in 1969, he made his debut as a member of Flipper's Guitar in 1989. In June 2023, he released his 7th original album "Dream In Dream". In 2024, the band will celebrate its 30th anniversary, and on June 26 will release "Ethereal Essence," a collection of works that reconstructs the ambient-tinged works that it has released in recent years. Ethereal Essence" was released on June 26. In addition to his own activities, he is also active in a wide range of other projects, including collaborations, remixes, and productions with numerous artists in Japan and abroad.

Hirofumi Kurino
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.

Tatsunari Oota
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.

Tomoaki Baba
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.

Glen Check
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.
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