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AYUNi D

Former member of BiSH, which disbanded in June 2023. He is currently the bass vocalist of PEDRO. She has been actively creating music and has released a full album, "As I Go, As My Stomach Takes Me," for which she wrote all the lyrics. Many of her fans have come to identify with the lyrical worldview she spins that is close to people's lives and the songs that gently support the backs of those who listen to them. Her one-of-a-kind character and unique worldview and sensibility have gained a large following.

Aisho Nakajima

Born in 1997. Singer-songwriter. After graduating from high school, he moved to Australia. After returning to Japan, she started her music career based in Tokyo, debuted in 2020, and released a new single "Made him cry" in April 2024.

S2O JAPAN

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Higan

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Rapper. born in 2004. Born in Saitama Prefecture. Currently a student at Keio University. He began rapping in the summer of his senior year of high school and participated in the “18th High School Rap Championship,” a national MC battle tournament, and the “2nd, 3rd, and 4th Gekito! Rap Koshien”. He has distributed 5 singles and 1 EP.

Tomoki Qwajima

Commercial photographer and photographer, born in Okayama, Japan in 1978, graduated from Musashino Art University in 2002, studied under Kentaro Kamata, became independent in 2004, and established QWAGATA Inc. in 2010.

Nairu Yamamoto

She started her career as a model. In 2019, she will begin her acting career. In 2019, he will begin his acting career.

高木正勝

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音楽家 / 映像作家。1979年生まれ、京都府出身、兵庫県在住。長く親しんでいるピアノを奏でた音楽、世界を旅しながら撮影した“動く絵画“のような映像、両方を手掛ける。NHK連続テレビ小説『おかえりモネ』、映画『おおかみこどもの雨と雪』『バケモノの子』『未来のミライ』『違国日記』などの音楽を手がける。近作は、山村にある自宅の窓を開け自然を招き入れたピアノ曲集『マージナリア』、エッセイ集『こといづ』。

Sam Gendel

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Up-and-coming Los Angeles-based multi-instrumentalist / producer / singer-songwriter

Shukei Tamaoki

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Kenichi Matsuyama

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1985年3月5日生まれ。青森県出身。2001年「New style audition」でグランプリを獲得し、モデルとして活動開始。2002年俳優デビュー。2006年『デスノート』でブレイク。その後、映画『ノルウェイの森』『聖の青春』『BLUE/ブルー』『川っぺりムコリッタ』『ロストケア』などで主演を務める。日本アカデミー賞、ブルーリボン賞はじめ受賞歴も多数。

bui

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Solo unit by Misa Yoneyama; started playing gut guitar and writing lyrics around 2018; released 1st album "Sanko Miki" in 2019 and 2nd album "Akarui Kakari" in 2022. He is also active in the unit "Yurei" with Shiro and Eda and Ai Matsui.

Tamas Wells

An Australian singer-songwriter living in Melbourne, her second album "A Plea en Vendredi" (2006) was released in Japan and attracted a lot of attention by word of mouth, and her heart-warming voice was acclaimed as "angel's voice". Her latest album is "To Drink up the Sea" to be released in December 2023, and she spent 6 years in Myanmar from 2006 to the beginning of 2012, working for a local NGO as a health worker - field worker for HIV/AIDS education, and is currently studying at the University of Melbourne. In 2021, he published his first book on Myanmar politics and democracy, Narrating Democracy in Myanmar.

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