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近藤頌利（こんどう しょうり）
俳優。16年にハイパープロジェクション演劇『ハイキュー!!』で注目を集め、昨年、『ウルトラマンオメガ』で主演を演じるなど活躍中。

Born in Osaka Prefecture in 1988. He studied filmmaking at Visual Arts College Osaka. His debut feature film, *My Place to Return* (2018), which portrays a Burmese family living in Japan, won the Best Film Award in the Future of Asia section and the Japan Foundation Asia Center Special Award at the 30th Tokyo International Film Festival. In 2021, he released his second feature film, *Girls by the Sea* (a Japan-Vietnam co-production), which portrays Vietnamese technical interns. He continues to produce co-production films primarily set in Asia, including Myanmar.

1975年生まれ。千葉県出身。出演作には、『進撃の巨人』（リヴァイ役）、『夏目友人帳』（夏目貴志役）、『ONE PIECE』（トラファルガー・ロー役）、『おそ松さん』（松野チョロ松役）、『化物語』をはじめとする〈物語〉シリーズ（阿良々木暦役）、『うる星やつら』（諸星あたる役）などがある。

大阪大学大学院人文学研究科音楽学研究室教授。1974年石川県生まれ。専門はポピュラー音楽研究、近現代音曲史、アフロ・ブラジル音楽研究、非西洋地域における音楽の近代化・西洋化に関する批判的研究。著書に『踊る昭和歌謡　リズムからみる大衆音楽史』『昭和ブギウギ　笠置シヅ子と服部亮一のリズム音曲』（ともにNHK出版新書）など。『創られた「日本の心」神話 「演歌」をめぐる戦後大衆音楽史』（光文社新書）で第33回サントリー学芸賞、国際ポピュラー音楽学会賞を受賞。新潮社Webマガジン「考える人」で「北島三郎論 艶歌を生きた男」を連載中。近代日本の「音楽」ではない「音曲」の歴史を再起動させるべく、危険思想を愉快に語る音楽学者。

1963年東京都生まれ。ゲームクリエイター。1987年に初監督作品『メタルギア』でデビュー。同作はシリーズ化され、ステルスゲームというジャンルを確立した。2019年に『DEATH STRANDING』を発表。同作は続編『DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH』の発売に加え、A24との実写映画化、アニメ『DEATH STRANDING MOSQUITO』、27年配信予定の『DEATH STRANDING ISOLATIONS』など多角展開が進行中。

A Tokyo-based theater group that has been active since 2007. The group looks at the boundaries between reality and storytelling, and questions their location by moving back and forth between them. The creation of stories about life and death, sensation and language, collective society, family, etc., starts with the subject of interest each time, and aims further afield to access universal "questions. With its unique direction that combines elements such as text, photographs, color, light, and shadow projected on the stage with actors, and a strong script that shakes the audience's sense of ethics, the company has performed and co-produced many productions in Asian countries and North America. Winner of the Bangkok Theatre Festival 2014 Best Screenplay Award and Best Production Award for "Juvenile X". He won the 66th Kishida Kunio Drama Award for "Banana Flowers Can Be Eaten".
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Manga artist and illustrator. He made his debut in 2011 with "Irodachi (Color Differences)," in which he depicts everyday life with his unique sensibility. He is the author of "Sukimameshi," "Zoku Sukimameshi," "Gohan no Jikkouwari 1 & 2," "Mono Suru Hito 1, 2 & 3," "Mitsuba Dori Shotengai de," and the essay comic "Ooitte ga Yoroshiku De" in which he asks popular authors about their ideal "last supper. In 2022, he won the 26th Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize for Short Stories for his two works "Itoshi wo" and "Shirakiren wa Kirei Sasanai".

MC and musician born in Tokyo in 1975. Spent his youth in Tanzania and the U.K. as well as Japan, and started his career in Japan as an MC in 1996, releasing the album "Green and Yellow" in 1999, which became a long hit, followed by the album "Distortion" in 2008. While actively performing live in Japan, he has gained a wide following for his lyrics and ever-changing style with a global and independent perspective.

Described as “New York's most unpredictable guitarist,” he is a guitarist and composer known for his work on a number of projects. In June 2024, he will visit Japan as a member of Tommyka Reed's quartet.

Manga artist and illustrator, born in 1996 in Taipei, Taiwan. His manga “Midori no Uta - Shuyu Gunpu -”, which depicts young people in Taiwan who are fascinated by Japanese culture, such as Happi Endo and Haruki Murakami, became a big hit. He is currently serializing “Gap” in “Monthly Comic Beam.

1995年11月10日生まれ、大阪府出身のワキユウタと1995年6月24日生まれ、大阪府出身のたいがからなる、吉本興業所属のお笑いコンビ。高校の同級生だった2人がコンビを結成。フリーで活動し、2023年4月から吉本興業に所属。現在は、神保町よしもと漫才劇場を拠点に活動中。

Born on May 24, 1997 in Hokkaido, Japan, he made his acting debut in 2017, winning the “32nd Japan Film Critics Award” for Best New Actor for the film “Futari no Sekai” in 2022. His recent major film credits include the movies “Haru ni Sasaru” (2023), “Bakanuri no Musume” (2023), “Ichigatsu no Koe ni Joy o Kakume” (2024), “Wakamusha” (2024), and the dramas “Yakushi no Yakushi” (TBS), “What did you eat yesterday? season2” (TX), “RoOT / Route, 366 Days” (CX). His waiting films include “Sisa” (Sept. 13), “Fureru” (Oct. 4), and “Sisa” (Sept. 13). (released on October 4), “Kimi no Forgotten” (starring, released on January 17, 2013), and the drama “Lion's Lair” (TBS, Oct.).