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Tomoka Shibasaki

#BOOK

The fin.

#MUSIC

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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ROTH BART BARON

#MUSIC

ROTH BART BARON is a Japanese indie rock band led by singer-songwriter Masaya Mifune, and since 2023, the band has had two creative bases: Berlin, Germany and Tokyo, Japan.
The band has performed at festivals abroad, including Big Mountain (Thailand) and PLAYTIME FESTIVAL (Mongolia), and has appeared at many music festivals in Japan, including FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL for the second time in 2023.
In recent years, in addition to album tours, they have organized "BEAR NIGHT," a solo event in which they perform with a special band once a year, and the fourth event in the series was held at Hibiya Open-Air Concert Hall. The event was a great success.
In 2020, the lead song "Kyokusai|IGL(S)" from their 5th AL "Kyokusai-iro no Shukusai" was selected as the best song of the year by music producer Yoshinori Tsutaya in the TV Asahi program "Kanjam∞ Perfect Burning Show". 2021 will see the release of "BLUE" by A_o, a duo with Aina the End, which was inspired by a Pocari Sweat commercial. In 2022, he composed the music and theme song for the film "My Small Land," which won the Amnesty International Film Award at the Berlin International Film Festival.
In 2023, they will perform their latest work "HOWL" at Showa Women's University's Hitomi Memorial Auditorium in Tokyo for the final leg of their tour, and will release their 8th original album "8" this fall, their 6th consecutive album. This fall, they will release their 8th original album "8", their 8th album in 6 consecutive years, and hold a 13-show national tour, including the "Glass Pyramid" at Sapporo Moerenuma Park in Hokkaido.

Website : https://www.rothbartbaron.com
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/rothbartbaron/
Twitter:https://twitter.com/ROTHBARTBARON
FaceBook:https://www.facebook.com/rothbartbaron

Film director and screenwriter

Born August 25, 1973 in Hamburg, Germany to Turkish immigrants. He won the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin International Film Festival for "Stronger than Love" in 2004, the Best Screenplay Award at the Cannes Film Festival for "And We Return to Love" in 2007, and the Special Jury Prize at the Venice International Film Festival for "Soul Kitchen" in 2009, all in his 30s. In his thirties, he won major awards at the three major film festivals in the world: Berlin, Cannes, and Venice. RHEINGOLD" was his largest grossing film to date, grossing nearly $10 million at the box office.

Norah Jones

Singer and pianist, born March 30, 1979 in New York City and raised in Texas. Her debut album, "Come Away With Me," released in 2002, was a worldwide hit, winning five Grammy Awards, including Best Album at the 45th Annual Grammy Awards. Since then, the band has released nine studio albums, won nine Grammy Awards, and sold over 52 million albums. In 2022, she launched a podcast show, "Norah Jones Is Playing Along," featuring talks and collaborative performances with some of her favorite musicians.

yamamotosuguru

#STAGE

Writer, director and actor. Representative of Hanzoku Yusyo. Born in Yamanashi Prefecture. With his artistic background in film, literature, music, and art, which he has absorbed since childhood, he has created a theatrical world that vividly reflects today's information society, where ethics are changing at an accelerating pace. The company has a broad repertoire that includes "Theatre on the Other Side," which uses online as a creative platform, "Theatre Series for Adults and Children," which can be enjoyed with children, and workshop programs for youth and welfare facilities. He has also expanded his activities overseas, giving performances, international co-productions, and providing plays in Asian countries and North America. As a grantee artist for "ACC 2018," she will study in New York from September 2019 to February 2020. She won the "Bangkok Theatre Festival 2014" Best Playwright Award and Best Production Award for "Juvenile X." He won the 66th "Kishida Kunio Drama Award" for "Banana Flowers Can Be Eaten". He is a Saison Fellow of the Saison Foundation.

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Taiga Hashimoto

#MUSIC

Singer-songwriter born in 2002. She writes lyrics, composes music, arranges music, and produces music videos based on the concept of “neo-nostalgia,” which is both nostalgic and new. From 2020 to 2022, she will participate in “Enjoy Music!”, a new artist development project planned by Shingo Yasumoto, who has produced SEKAI NO OWARI, Official Mustache Man-dism, and Yuzu. Released the original song “Kono Yoru ga Akariwara” on the compilation album “Enjoy Music New Wave Generations Vol. l”. In 2022, he formed the Bridger Book Band and played in the band until August 2024. Won the audition for “Devil's Child 2022” at Live House Taiyo and Tsuki. Performed at COMING KOBE 2022. Winner of “K.U. ROCK FEVER 2022” at Kansai University. Currently, he is energetically producing songs and music videos as a solo artist. We hope you enjoy his heartwarming music.

Yoko Yamanaka

Born in 1997 in Nagano, Japan. Withdrew from Nihon University College of Art. His self-taught first film “Amiko” was selected for the “PFF Award 2017”. The following year, at the age of 20, he was invited to the “68th Berlin International Film Festival” as the youngest director ever, breaking the festival's record for the youngest feature film director. When the film was screened at Polepole Higashi-Nakano, it set a late show attendance record. Her first full-length feature film, “The Namibian Desert,” was entered in the 77th Cannes International Film Festival Directors' Fortnight and won the FIPRESCI Prize, making her the youngest female director in the history of the festival.

Yukio-Pegio Gunji

#BOOK

Born in 1959. Graduated from the Faculty of Science at Tohoku University. Completed the doctoral course at the Graduate School of Science at the same university. Doctor of Science. After working as a professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the Faculty of Science at Kobe University, he is currently a professor in the Department of Expression Engineering at the School of Fundamental Science and Engineering at Waseda University. His many books include "Ikiteirukoto no Kagaku" (Kodansha Gendai Shinsho), "Ikimono to Namamono no Tetsugaku", "Seimei Ichigo", "Seimei, Bidodani Sezu", "Katsute Sono Game no Sekai ni Sundeitatoiu Kioku wa Dokokara Kurunoka" (all published by Seidosha), "Mure wa Ishiki wo Motsu" (PHP Science World Shinsho), "Tennen Chino" (Kodansha Sensho Metier), "Yattekuru" (Igaku Shoin), and "TANKURI" (co-authored with Nakamura Kyoko, Suiseisha).

karakoram-yamayama

#MUSIC

石田想太朗(Vo / Gt)、ぐら(Dr)、小川諒太(Key)、木村優太(Ba)から成り、2021年夏より東京を拠点に活動するキネマポップバンド。オルタナティブなビートの上で石田想太朗のポエトリーがドラマチックに展開される。学生ビッグバンドやジャズ研など様々な音楽遍歴を持つメンバーが織りなすビートは楽曲ごとにファンクやテクノ、クラシックなど様々な顔をみせ、ポップかつ独創性あふれるサビも印象的。 また非常に熱量の高いライブも必見。音楽家然とした緊張感にあふれる生演奏は、複雑な変拍子を軸としたループミュージックをダンサンブルにステージで展開していく。メンバー各人の音楽のルーツは様々だがそれぞれから提案されるバラエティ豊かなアレンジがバンドの幅を広げる。

Kaika

A new generation of virtual singer-songwriter, Hanafu made her debut on January 14, 2024 at Yoyogi National Stadium 1st Gymnasium with her 4th ONE-MAN LIVE “Kaiuta”. As a new branch of “Hanafu,” which can approach and express a wide variety of musical genres, she unleashes her own impulsive feelings that well up from within in her songs. With her own unique sensibility, she puts her daily thoughts, feelings, and memories into sound and words. A powerful and beautiful energy blossoms that no one can destroy.

SATOH

#MUSIC

A rock duo of two. In March 2023, they released their first album “BORN IN ASIA” and successfully held a release tour at WWW in Shibuya and CIRCUS in Osaka. In September 2023, they held their largest-ever “FLAG” event at O-EAST in Shibuya, featuring Age Factory, HEAVEN, No Buses, Peterparker69, and other Japanese artists with whom they have close ties, as well as Harry Teardrop from New York. The event set a momentum in the Tokyo local scene.

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