ARTISTS
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Ichika Nito
Born in Osaka Prefecture in 1994. While attending university, he began posting guitar videos online. His unique playing style, utilizing both hands, gained international attention and launched his career. His current total social media followers exceed 5 million, with 70% based overseas. In 2021, he released the ‘ICHI10’, the first signature model by a Japanese artist for Ibanez. In 2022, he contributed to an album by Grammy-nominated artist Machine Gun Kelly. In Japan, he performs as a member of ichikoro and Dios. He released his highly anticipated first solo full-length album, ‘The Moon's Elbow’, in January 2026.
MIZ
MONO NO AWAREの八丈島出身、玉置周啓(Vo.)と加藤成順(Gt.)によるアコースティックユニット。聞き手のある場所の思い出、匂い、音にリンクするような楽曲をコンセプトに制作している。2020年発表の1st Album『Ninh Binh Brother's Homestay』ではベトナムでフィールドレコーディングを敢行。2022年の『Sundance Ranch』ではキャンピングカーで北海道まで旅をしながら、各地で音と映像を記録した。2026年4月8日には、台湾・台東地区北東端の長浜(ちょうひん)にある民宿でレコーディングが行われた、約4年ぶりとなるニューアルバム『轉角民宿』をリリース。
Kenichi Matsuyama
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
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.
Daigo Matsui
Director and co-writer, born in 1985 in Fukuoka Prefecture. He is the leader of the theater company GODIGEN. He made his directorial debut with "Afro Tanaka" (2012). In 2020, he published his first novel, "See You Again Family. In addition to working on the drama series "By Players," he is a navigator on J-WAVE's "RICOH JUMP OVER.
KIUCHI(S2O JAPAN)
Born in Shibuya, Tokyo, he started his own business at the age of 22. He has been in charge of general direction since the Water Run Festival was launched. He is 39 years old and has devoted his life to working behind the scenes in the entertainment, music, and advertising industries. Recently, he has been involved in many projects, focusing on PR work.
namapharaoh
A comedy duo belonging to Yoshimoto Kogyo, consisting of Ishikawa (born June 18, 1994, Kyoto Prefecture) and Takeshi Azuma (born October 21, 1994, Kyoto Prefecture). They were high school classmates who entered NSC Osaka as 37th graders and formed the duo, which began regular appearances on “Midnight Honey” (Fuji Television) in April 2023, and graduated from the Osaka Yoshimoto Manzai Theater in March 2024, moving their base of activities to Tokyo. Currently based at the Jimbocho Yoshimoto Manzai Theater.
Yuga
Yugawa began her career as a singer-songwriter in 2011, releasing her first full-length album “Tabiji” in 2015; in 2022, she produced the album “On a Night Without Words” with her ally, the members of the Magical Band, and performed at tour live shows and festivals throughout Japan. As Yuuga with Magical Band, he sang the theme song and accompaniment for the NHK drama “Tsukihoku no Yoru wa” and released the soundtrack “Tsukihoku no Yoru wa” for distribution in March 2023. 4 September 2024, he released his 4th album “Love Deluxe”. Her wide-ranging activities include narrating and singing for TV commercials, sound logos, and musicals. She is also active as Jane Jade with Sakura Fujiwara and Yuga.
Hyouhon Tamaki
Writer. born in Saitama, Japan in 1976. Lover of predatory eating, noodle-making machines, Ise udon noodles, vegetable gardening, fishing, and cooking. Noodle writer. Author of “Business Trip Busy Hotel Ryoroku,” “I Made Menma with Overgrown Bamboo Shoots,” “Hobby Noodle Making,” “Catching and Eating,” “Catching and Eating,” “Let's Make! South Indian Set Meals,” ”What's Ise Udon? etc.
troupe
An insubstantial gathering consisting of human relationships centered on the playwright “Ryu Motohashi”. The characteristic of their creative process is to seamlessly move between realistic depictions of daily life and the illusion of the subconscious, with a bird's-eye view of what is theater, to create a “young fairy tale” with a uniquely vivid and sparkling atmosphere. His work “Moving Object” won the Grand Prize at the 2009 Hokkaido Drama Awards. Since then, his works “Changing Jobs” and “Nagi” have won the Excellence Award for two consecutive years. He has won the “Hokkaido Drama Award” for three consecutive years.
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