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Yasuyuki Horigome

#MUSIC

97年兄弟バンド「キリンジ」のVo/Gtとしてデビュー。2005年キリンジの在籍時にソロプロジェクト「馬の骨」を始動。2013年4月12日同バンドを脱退し、以後ソロアーティストとして活動を開始。ソロ名義の最新作は2025年8月にリリースした配信シングル「夏の罪人」。2025年、馬の骨デビュー20周年を迎え、16年振りの新曲を含むベストアルバム「BEST OF UMA NO HONE 2005-2025」をリリース。希代のメロディメーカーとして業界内外からの信頼も厚くポップなロックンロールから深みのあるバラードまで、その甘い歌声は聴くものを魅了し続けている。

笹久保伸

#MUSIC

秩父出身のギタリスト。2004年から2007年にかけてペルーに在住し、アンデスの農村で音楽採集調査しながら演奏活動をおこなう。ギタリストとして、イタリア、ギリシャ、ブルガリア、キューバ、アルゼンチン、チリ、ボリビア、ペルーでソロ公演。2021年以降、リオデジャネイロ生まれのギタリスト、ファビアーノ・ド・ナシメントと大磯のスタジオ「SALO」でレコーディングしたコラボレーション作『Harmônicos』(2024年)をはじめ、世界各地と作品を発表。2025年11月2日には、44作目となる『Echo Botánico』をリリースする

Mei Nishiyama

#ART

Director at Mikey Inc. / General Producer for the Chiba International Art Festival 2025. Born in Gunma Prefecture in 1989. Graduated from the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Chiba University. Joined Kitayama Creative Research Institute Inc., which plans and produces urban development projects. In 2014, planned and launched “HELLO GARDEN” and “Nishi-Chiba Workshop”. In 2015, joined Mykie, the operating entity behind “HELLO GARDEN” and “Nishi-Chiba Workshop”. In 2019, planned, launched, and operated “Children's Creative Room”. Utilizing a wide range of skills including planning, content development, creative direction, and talent development, he works to create spaces that become stages for people's daily lives and supports creative activities not only in Nishi-Chiba but throughout Japan.

Dr.マキダシ

#MUSIC

ラッパー / 精神科専門医&指定医 / 怪談師 / 作家。
1990年青森県青森市生まれ。東京都在住。曽祖父の時代から続く青森の医師家系で育つも、自由を求めてヒップホップの道に。結果、夢も地元も捨てきれず、精神科医ラッパーとして東京と青森を行き来するようになる。ライフワークの奇談集取が高じて、『稲川淳二の怪談グランプリ2025』で優勝。竹書房から『トラウマ怪談録 精神科医が語る本当に怖い話』を出版。また、ラップの歌詞制作を通して自己と向き合う「Hiphop Therapy」を日本で初導入したワークショップの実施や同研究に取り組む。RAB青森放送ラジオD2『人の調子聞いてばっかりの土曜』パーソナリティ。

sakanaction

#MUSIC

They began activities in 2005 and made their major debut in 2007. In 2015, they composed the music for the film Bakuman., becoming the first rock band to win the Best Music Award at the 39th Japan Academy Film Prize.
Their 2025 release “Kaiju” (theme song for the anime “Chi. - About the Movement of the Earth -”) generated significant buzz, and their subsequent new single ‘Irainai’ has also dominated the top spots on various music streaming charts following “Kaiju.” While receiving critical acclaim for their music, their progressive approach to defining and expressing “the very essence of being a musician” is rapidly gaining support as a new generation of innovators.

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JU!iE

#MUSIC

Born in China, graduated from a music academy in Beijing, and entered Berklee College of Music in the US by himself. He has formed his own musical style based on Jazz, which he majored in at Berklee College of Music, and is characterized by his global creativity in English, Japanese, and Chinese. In parallel with his artistic activities, he has been active in a wide range of activities such as providing music and producing. She also attracts attention as a model, and has more than 140,000 followers on Instagram and 500,000 followers on weibo.

Ban Obara

#BOOK

Novelist, born in 1996 in Tokyo.

Yusho Takoguchi

Novelist, born in 1982 on Hachijojima Island, Tokyo and raised in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. Raised in Saitama, Japan, he made his debut in 2011 when he won the Shincho New Writer Award for "Gakki" (musical instruments); in 2015, he won the Noma Literary New Writer Award for "Love and Life"; and in 2016, he won the Akutagawa Ryunosuke Award for "The Undead". His other books include "The Jimi Hendrix Experience," "The Brilliance of Eggplant," "A Long Day," "Ramen Curry," and "About Sabishi" (co-authored with Kazuko Uemoto, original title "Reciprocal Letter: Hitori ni Narukoto Hana wo Okuruyo").

Yuichi Kishino

#MUSIC #ART

Born in Tokyo, 1963. He has taught at the Graduate School of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts, the Faculty of Media Expression, Kyoto Seika University, and Art School. He calls himself a "studier" to encompass a wide range of activities, including music units such as "The Bearded Widow" and "Watts Towers. In 2015, he won the Grand Prize in the Entertainment Division at the 19th Japan Media Arts Festival for "The Right Way to Count". He is the producer of "Sumiyume Odori Procession," a dance dedication to the repose of the souls of the dead in Sumida Park, which has recovered from the remarkable damage 100 years after the Great Kanto Earthquake.

Cornelius

Born in Tokyo in 1969, he made his debut as a member of Flipper's Guitar in 1989. In June 2023, he released his 7th original album "Dream In Dream". In 2024, the band will celebrate its 30th anniversary, and on June 26 will release "Ethereal Essence," a collection of works that reconstructs the ambient-tinged works that it has released in recent years. Ethereal Essence" was released on June 26. In addition to his own activities, he is also active in a wide range of other projects, including collaborations, remixes, and productions with numerous artists in Japan and abroad.

Hirofumi Kurino

#FASHION

Born in New York in 1953. After graduating from college, he worked in the fashion retail industry as a sales representative and brand director before founding United Arrows with Osamu Shigematsu and others in 1989. He was a member of the Fashion Faculty of the Royal Antwerp Academy of Fine Arts in Belgium from 1996 to 2002, 2009, and 2013, and was awarded an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in 2004. He has been a member of the external jury for the LVMH Prize since 2014, and received the Mainichi Fashion Grand Prix - Amiko Kujiraoka Special Award in 2023.

Tatsunari Oota

Born in Miyagi Prefecture in 1989. After winning the Grand Prix at the Kyoto International Student Film Festival for his first short film “Overseas Orientation,” he entered the graduate school of Tokyo University of the Arts. His graduation film “Bundesliga” (2017) was selected for “FILMADRID” in Spain, among others. His latest film “There is a Stone” is scheduled to be released on September 6, 2024.

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