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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

#OTHER

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

#ART

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

#STAGE

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).

the hatch

#MUSIC

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.

Tomoka Shibasaki

#BOOK

RHYMESTER / Rapper / Radio Personality

#MUSIC

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.

角舘健悟

1991年生まれ、東京出身。2013年にバンド、Yogee New Wavesを結成、ボーカル/ギターを担当。2014年4月にデビューe.p.『CLIMAX NIGHT e.p.』でデビュー。今年3月にカバー企画へ参加し、『瞳はダイアモンド』をリリースする。

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.

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