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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.

Yui Shitona
Graduated at the top of her class from Osaka College of Music with a major in Music Creation. She began studying ballet at an early age and has experienced various genres of music, including violin and street dance. Before her debut, she was selected as a featuring artist by DJ HASEBE, and became the talk of the town with NHK radio tie-ups, etc. Her "MUSEUM EP" released in 2023 was picked up by producer Hyada-in, and her latest work, "Groovin' Weekend," reached No. 15 on FM His latest work, "Groovin' Weekend," is doing well on FM NORTH WAVE, ranking as high as No. 15.

Ryota Ideguchi
Director of Nagasaki City Kita Community Center and Chitosepia Hall / Director of Nagasaki City Civic Activity Center / Part-time lecturer at Katsusui Women's College (performing arts theory) Born in 1979 in Nagasaki City. After studying museology at Tokyo Gakugei University, he worked as a researcher at the Nagasaki Museum of History and Culture before becoming the director of Nagasaki City Titocepia Hall in 2015. His cutting-edge planning and management style that does not rely on subsidies have attracted attention as a new form of small- and medium-sized public hall in a rural area, and he has been planning and managing the Kita Community Center since 2020 and the Civic Activity Center since 2023. He also gives lectures nationwide on facility management based on his knowledge in the field.

SUGIURUMN
Eiji Sugiura, whose real name is Eiji Sugiura, started his career in 1992 as a singer in the indie band Electric Glass Balloon, and after Electric Glass Balloon disbanded in 1998, he has been active as a DJ and solo artist under the name SUGIURUMN. He has released 9 albums, produced numerous singles and remixes, and played DJ booths around the world including Pacha in Ibiza and Sankys in Manchester, etc. In 2019, he will start his band again as THE ALEXX, bridging dance and rock styles. They have jumped onto the big stage with a style that bridges dance and rock.
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Comedy duo consisting of Taisei (born November 25, 1993 in Saitama Prefecture) and Tomisat (born April 13, 1993 in Tokyo). Formed in July 2020, the duo made it to the final round of the “42nd ABC Comedy Grand Prix” in 2009, and has been a semi-finalist in the “King of Comic Contest” since 2010. They have reached the quarterfinals of the “King of Contest” for three consecutive years since 2010. In 2011, they advanced to the third round of the “M-1 Grand Prix. He is the 23rd year champion of Ota Productions Live's “Gekisho” and has been appearing on “Late Night Honey” (Fuji Television) since May 2023. Daisei is a live reporter for Nippon Broadcasting System's “Teruyuki Tsuchida, Sunday's Navel” (broadcast every Sunday).

Kohei Igarashi
Born in Shizuoka, 1983. Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, in the area of film directing. His film “Breathless” (2014) was an official selection in the Emerging Directors Competition at the 67th Locarno International Film Festival. The Night I Swam Too Far (2017), a French-Japanese co-production co-directed with Damien Manivel (“The Young Poet,” “The Children of Isadora”), was selected at many film festivals including the 74th Venice International Film Festival and the 65th San Sebastian International Film Festival. His latest film “SUPER HAPPY FOREVER” is scheduled to be released on September 27, 2024.

OGRE YOU ASSHOLE
OGRE YOU ASSHOLE is one of the leading live bands of the modern era, attracting many followers with their mellow psychedelia. After a guitar sound that synchronized with 00s US indie, they solidified their reputation with the conceptual trilogy "homely," "100 nen go" and "Paper Craft," which incorporated elements of psychedelic rock and krautrock. At the "FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL," they appeared on the WHITE STAGE (2014) and RED MARQUEE (2022) stages. In September 2024, they released their new album "Shizen to Computer"

TESTSET
Yoshinori Sunahara and LEO Imai, who performed at “FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL '21” as a special formation of METAFIVE, welcomed Kenichi Shirane (Dr.) of GREAT3 and Seiichi Nagai (Gr.) of Relativity and newly named the group “TESTSET”. In July 2023, they released their first album “1STST” and delivered “EP2 TSTST” on October 9, 2024.

Yuko Nakashima
Service Manager / Nurse at BaseCamp, a Type B support for continuous employment support BaseCamp: A Type B support for continuous employment support business located near Senkawa Station in Toshima-ku, Tokyo. Members with mental illnesses gather together to talk about their lives and create and communicate.

Yuma Koda
Musician born in 1991. He has worked as a music director for film music and fashion shows, as well as providing music for many performing arts and installations, and won the Best Music Award at the 23rd Tallinn Black Night International Film Festival in 2019 for his feature film “Contra” directed by Anshul Chauhan. Recent releases include “Scroll” directed by Yasuhiko Shimizu, for which he composed the music, “Forgiveness” directed by Anshul, and “Minna ni Kachiwa” directed by Yuta Shimotsu.

Leonid Zvolinsky
Composer and new media artist. Graduated first in his class in composition from the Moscow Conservatory of Music, and completed a course in sound production at the Litvin University of Television and Radio, Department of Audio and Visual Arts. He is currently enrolled in the Graduate School of Music (Music and Sound Creation) at Tokyo University of the Arts, where he is working on contemporary music and new media art incorporating various algorithms and systems such as Max and Arduino, as well as conducting research on human auditory characteristics, sound illusion effects, and their application to art.

Takahiro Fujita
Born in 1985 in Date City, Hokkaido, Japan. Born in Date City, Hokkaido, Japan, he launched Marm and Gypsy in 2007 and has been in charge of writing and directing all of the company's productions since then. He has written and directed all of the company's productions since then, and won the 56th Kishida Kunio Drama Award for his trilogy “Kaeri no Tsuna, Materu Shokutaku, Soko, Kitto, Shiofuru Sekai,” released between June and August 2011. In 2013, he adapted Machiko Today's manga “cocoon,” inspired by girls mobilized for the Battle of Okinawa at the end of the Pacific War, for the stage (to be performed again in 2015 and 2022). For this work, he won the Outstanding Director Award at the 23rd Yomiuri Theater Awards in 2016. Recent works include “equal”, “Dream a Dream”, and “Chair/IL POSTO”, a co-production with Italy. Outside of theater productions, he also works on exhibitions and writes books, and last year published his first full-length novel “T/S” (Chikuma Shobo).
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