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寛⼀郎

1996年、東京都出身。2017年に俳優デビューを果たす。主な出演作に、大河ドラマ「鎌倉殿の13人」「べらぼう~蔦重栄華乃夢噺~」、連続テレビ小説「ばけばけ」、映画「せかいのおきく」「プロミスト・ランド」「ナミビアの砂漠」「シサㇺ」「爆弾」「そこにきみはいて」がある。公開待機作として、「たしかにあった幻」(河瀨直美監督)「恒星の向こう側」(中川龍太郎監督)を控える。

真造圭伍

漫画家。石川県出身。週刊ビッグコミックスピリッツに投稿ののち、大学3年時にデビュー。『ぼくらのフンカ祭』(小学館)で第16回文化庁メディア芸術祭マンガ部門新人賞受賞。現在、週刊ビッグコミックスピリッツにて『ひらやすみ』連載中。その他の著作に、2016年に実写映画化された『森山中教習所』、『トーキョーエイリアンブラザーズ』(小学館)、『ノラと雑草』(講談社)など。

Super Climbing Club

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Formed in 2023, the five-member band “Super Climbing Club” is active primarily in Aichi Prefecture. True to their name, they simultaneously pursue mountaineering and band activities, performing at mountain lodges near 3000m elevations and live houses while vigorously training their legs and stamina. Band artwork and merchandise design are handled by Ishihama Yuu. Composer Oda Tomoyuki blends diverse genres with a free musicality that sparks listeners' imaginations, offering stories evoking nature and scenery. Combined with Hina's emotionally rich, transparent, and expansive “wind-like vocals,” they pursue a unique concept of ‘Mountains × Music’. They continue their traverse (long-distance traverse) aiming for the summit.

前野健太

シンガーソングライター、俳優。1979年2月6日生まれ、埼玉県入間市出身。2007年『ロマンスカー』によりデビュー。ライヴ活動を精力的に行い、「FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL」「SUMMER SONIC」など音楽フェスへの出演を重ねる。俳優活動においては、主演映画『ライブテープ』が第22回東京国際映画祭「日本映画・ある視点部門」作品賞を受賞。NHK大河ドラマ『いだてん〜東京オリムピック噺〜』他、TVドラマ、CM、映画、舞台に出演。エッセイ集『百年後』を刊行するなど、文筆活動にもファンが多く、他アーティストへの楽曲・歌詞提供も行う。

Ayatake Ezaki

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Musician, born in 1992 in Fukuoka, Japan, studied piano at age 4 and composition at age 7. He graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts with a Bachelor's degree in Musicology and received a Master's degree from the University of Tokyo. In addition to playing keyboards for WONK and millennium parade, he has recorded and produced works for King Gnu, Vaundy, Yonezu Genji, and many other artists. He has also composed music for the movie "Homunculus" (2021) and other theatrical productions, and continues to work freely across a variety of fields, including organizing a music label and participating in art education.

後藤正文

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1976年静岡県生まれ。ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATIONのボーカル&ギター。新しい時代とこれからの社会を考える新聞『THE FUTURE TIMES』の編集長を務める。インディーズレーベル『only in dreams』主宰。

Dua Lipa

Born on August 22, 1995 in London, U.K., he debuted in August 2015 with the single "New Love"; his single "New Rules" from his first album "Dua Lipa" was released in June 2017 and reached No. 1 in the U.K. charts. In August of the same year, they made their first visit to Japan at Summer Sonic 2017.On March 27, 2020 (April 3 in Japan), they released their second album "Future Nostalgia", which reached #1 on the UK Album Chart. At the 66th Grammy Awards, they were nominated for Outstanding Song and Best Visual Performance Song, and released their latest song "Training Season" on February 16, 2024.

Ziggy Marley

Real name David Marley. He was born in 1968 as the eldest son of Bob Marley and his wife Rita. He learned guitar, drums, and other instruments from his father Bob Marley at an early age, and by the time he was 10 years old, he was playing live and in sessions with Bob Marley & The Wailers. In 1988, he released the classic “Conscious Party” with producer Chris Frantz of Talking Heads and others. In 2003, he ended his career as Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers and released his first solo album. He is also active in the non-profit organization U.R.G.E. (Unlimited Resources Giving Enlightenment).

Yuta Orisaka

A singer-songwriter born in Tottori Prefecture in 1989, she released her second album "Heisei" in October 2018, which won the "CD Shop Grand Prize" and was highly acclaimed in various other places.In March 2021, she released her mini album "Asagao", which includes the theme song for Fuji Television's Monday 9:00 p.m. drama "Asagao, the Medical Examiner", and in October the same year she released her third album "Psychology". In June 2024, he released his fourth album, "Spell," his first album in two years and eight months. In addition to his musical activities, he also writes and contributes to books.

vöv

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A music group formed in 2020 for the Corona Disaster, consisting of four members: kaitö (Composer / Vo / Cho), kaïyo (Vo / Cho), äoi (Vo / Cho), and rëiji (Vo / Cho). The concept is “enjoy the sound”. The members, kaitö and rëiji, are brothers. They are always pursuing new sounds and rhythms without being bound by genres.

Salasa

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A singer-songwriter from Shonan. She is not only active in music, but also works as an artist, apparel brand buyer, photographer, hula dancer, and more. Influenced by “blues,” a genre of music born out of sadness and depression, she sublimates negative emotions and things into her works under the theme of “Live Bluesy.

Toshiki Okada

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Playwright / Novelist / President of chelfitsch. Noted for the unique relationship between words and body in his method, he won the 49th Kishida Kunio Drama Award in 2005 for “Five Days in March,” and since 2016 has been writing and directing works for the German public theater repertory on an ongoing basis. In recent years, he has been actively collaborating with artists in various fields, further expanding his activities by directing the opera “Yuzuru” (2021) and writing and directing the Kabuki play “Sakurahime Tojiken” (2023) at Kinoshita Kabuki. As a novelist, he won the 2nd Oe Kenzaburo Prize in 2007 for “The End of the Special Time Allowed to Us” (Shinchosha), and the 35th Mishima Yukio Award and the 64th Kumanichi Literary Award in 2022 for “Broccoli Revolution” (Shinchosha).

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