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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.

Shingo Fujimori

#OTHER

Born in 1983. He formed Oriental Radio with Atsuhiko Nakata and entered NSC (Yoshimoto Sogo Geino Gakuin) in 2004. In the same year, he became the talk of the town when he made it to the semi-finals of the “M-1 Grand Prix” with his “Buyouden” rhythm story, and became a breakout performer from the start of his career. In 2016, he participated in the “NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen” with the song “Perfect Human” by the music unit RADIO FISH, in which he is the vocalist. In 2020, he launched his own YouTube channel, which is gaining popularity.

Hotettels

#STAGE

Mizuki Maehara, Kazutaka Mimura, and Daichi Kaneko
Formed before dawn in 2021, flagged off in April 2024. An acting unit consisting of actors Daichi Kaneko, Mizuki Maehara, and Kazutaka Mimura.

金子雅和

1978年東京都出身。青山学院大学国際政治経済学部卒。2016年、初長編監督作『アルビノの木』が第6回北京国際映画祭の新人監督部門で正式上映、全国公開。2021年、長編2作目となる『リング・ワンダリング』を完成。長編3作目となる『光る川』で第62回ヒホン国際映画祭ユース審査員最優秀長編映画賞などを受賞。

飯塚健

#MOVIE

中島梓織

いいへんじ主宰。劇作家 / 演出家 / 俳優 / ワークショップファシリテーター。1997年生まれ。高校在学中より演劇活動を始める。早稲田大学文化構想学部(文芸・ジャーナリズム論系)卒。個人的な感覚や感情を問いの出発点とし言語化にこだわり続ける劇作と、くよくよ考えすぎてしまう人々の可笑しさと愛らしさを引き出す演出が特徴。創作過程における対話に重きを置いて活動している。代表作に、『夏眠/過眠』(第7回せんだい短編戯曲賞最終候補)、『薬をもらいにいく薬』(第67回岸田國士戯曲賞最終候補)などがある。

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