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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).

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 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"

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

A band from Hokkaido, Japan, currently based in Tokyo. Despite their post-punk origins, the self-taught band has developed a musical style that freely straddles the boundaries between genres, from Latin music to footwork. Last year, a new member, Soichiro Anzai (perc,syn) joined the band, and the band has been leaning toward a percussive sound. Their third album, which can be called the culmination of their efforts, is scheduled to be released soon.

Born in Tokyo in 1969. Formed the hip-hop group RHYMESTER in 1989. Since then, he has continued to be active as a top artist. In 2007, he started hosting the radio show “Rhyme Ster Uta Maru's Weekend Shuffle” on TBS Radio, and in 2009, he won the Galaxy Award for Radio DJ Personality. He is currently the main host of “After 6 Junction 2.” He has a deep understanding of film, and his sincere and meticulous film reviews on his radio program have garnered acclaim, with some even being published in book form. He co-edited “Morita Yoshimitsu's Complete Films” with film producer Mizawa Kazuko. In 2025, he received the “Yodogawa Nagaharu Award,” given to those who have contributed to the development of film culture.

In April 2012, the four-piece band started full-fledged activities in Takarazuka City, Hyogo Prefecture, with Yuto Uchino and Kaoru Nakazawa as the core members, They feel loneliness, loneliness, joy, and sadness in foreign pop music such as Metronomy, Tame Impala, Washed Out, and Friendly Fires, which they can relate to as Japanese people. They are active both in Japan and overseas, using the Internet and other media to communicate their music to the world with a sense of synchronicity.

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