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Dancer / Actor. He has performed solo at the closing ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, performed in Dumb Type “2020,” appeared as an actor in the Netflix drama “First Love” and Wim Wenders' “Perfect Days,” choreographed the music video for Hikaru Utada's “Naniro de nai Hana” and narrated NHK's “Document 72 Hours. He has also choreographed the music video for Utada Hikaru's “What Color Is It? She is also active as a member of “Tokyo QQQ,” a group that performs as if they were alive.
She makes lunch boxes for her husband every day.

MANAKANA
A new unit by Mana (Vo / Key) and Kana (Vo / Gt) of the New Excite Onna band “CHAI,” which disbanded in March 2024. Mana has started a character project named “Omochizu,” and Kana is also active as a yoga instructor.

Masashi Nukata
Composer / Director, born in Tokyo in 1992. Formed the contemporary pop band “Tokyo Shiokouji” while a student at Tokyo University of the Arts. They attracted attention with their sound that crosses breakbeats and minimal music, and their first album “FACTORY” released in 2017 was described as “a great live band” by New York composer Steve Reich. He also formed the theater company “Nutomic” in 2016. The company's works are based on the question, “What is performance?” and expand the framework of performing arts with scripts and staging using musical backgrounds. He won the “16th AAF Drama Award Grand Prize” for “Sorekara no Machi” (2016) and was nominated for the “66th Kishida Kunio Drama Award” for “Bonny Blues” (2021). He won the “Komaba Agora Directors Competition 2018 Best Director Award” for his direction of a classic play.

Sora Hokimoto
Born in Saitama, Japan in 1992. He made his feature film debut in 2016 with “Haruneko,” co-produced by Shinji Aoyama and Takenori Sendo, and directed, written, and composed music by Aoyama Shinji and Sendo. The film was selected in competition at the 46th International Film Festival Rotterdam, and has been invited to several film festivals in Italy and New York. In February 2023, his novel of the same title was published in “Shincho” and published in book form in September. He continues to work across three genres: film, music, and fiction.

Yutaro Furutachi
Born on April 5, 1991 in Tokyo, Japan. In 2008, he formed the band “The SALOVERS” and started his career as a vocalist and guitarist; in March 2015, he took an indefinite hiatus from the band and started his solo career; in March 2017, he formed a new band “2”; in June 2021, he took a hiatus and on February 22, 2022, the band The band was renamed “The 2” and resumed their activities on February 22, 2024. As an actor, he made his debut in the movie “Hibi Rock” in 2014. Since then, he has appeared in NHK's TV series “Hiyokko”, the film “Naratage”, and NHK's historical drama “Hikaru Kimi e”, among others. His film credits include “Ichigo no Uta” and “I'm Crazy”.

Yuka Nagase
2次元(Digital)と3次元(Physical)の両軸で活動するマルチアーティスト。3DCGやイラストレーションで構成されるバーチャルアーティストとしての姿と現実世界(実写)でのリアルアーティストとしての姿を持ち活動の媒体によって自身の露出する形態 / 表現手法を使い分ける。

Summer Eye
Tomoyuki Natsume's solo name, debuted in 2009 as vocalist and guitarist of Siamese Cats. Through his exploration of Japanese rock and independent activities, the band was supported by many young people, but disbanded in 2020.
In December 2021, he made his solo debut under the name Summer Eye with the release of his first single “Jinsei".
In 2022, he released a split 7" with DSPS Amy from Taiwan and his second single “Kyukon" In February 2023, he released his third single “Shippai" and a remix of the same song by XTAL, which became a hot topic On March 21, he released his first album "Daikichi". The preceding track “Hakugei" was used as the theme song for a TV drama.
He is currently contributing to the fun of the world with his free and unconstrained expression through his lifework of collage production, songwriting, writing, DJing, and more.
https://summereye.net/
https://twitter.com/s_e_ntm
https://www.instagram.com/s_e_ntm/

Quruli
Formed around September 1996 by Shigeru Kishida (Vo,&Gt), Seishi Sato (Ba), and Nobuyuki Mori (Dr) in the Ritsumeikan University music circle "Rock Commune". The band made its major label debut in October 1998 with the single "Tokyo. The band's activities are diverse, including creating numerous experimental works that defy the boundaries of band forms and genres, producing music for films, providing music to musicians, and since 2007, holding the "Kyoto Music Expo," a music event held in Kyoto's Umekoji Park. After several member changes, they welcomed original member Nobuyuki Mori and produced their 14th album "Sensation is a Signpost".

ROMY
UK singer, songwriter, and DJ who has released three critically acclaimed albums as a member of the band The xx; solo album "Mid Air" released September 8, 2023 on Young.
https://ffm.bio/romy

Eiko Ishibashi
A musician based in Japan. He produces electronic music, creates music for stage, film, and exhibitions, works as a singer-songwriter, improvises, produces other musicians, and participates in numerous productions and live performances as a performer.

Riko
Model and actress. Since starring in the drama "Black Cinderella," she has appeared in numerous high-profile films, including "Fight Song" (TBS), "I Want to Be Killed by a High School Girl" and "Nadani, Chikki-kun ga Ama-too." Her first film "Strange Lovers from a Different Planet," which will be released in 2024, was selected for the "Future of Asia" section of the Tokyo International Film Festival. His upcoming films include "Flail," one of the short omnibus films "GEMNIBUS vol.1," to be released on June 28 (Fri.), and "Koi wo Shiranai Bokutachi" to be released on August 23 (Fri.).

ALMONDot
日本のプライドを背負って世界を目指す、インダストリアル・メタル・バンド。ギター女子界隈で異彩を放っていたALMONDot リーダー蒼来(Vo / Gt)と、幼少期をロンドンで過ごし独自の哲学で自己プロデュースする17歳のアーティスト苑茜(フィロソファー / ダンサー / ラッパー)が意気投合。そんな2人の感覚や思想に、圧倒的な存在感を放つ謎多き覆面女性ベーシスト黒梦(Ba / Cho)と、ラウドロックバンド魔法少女になり隊のメンバーでもあり、ALMONDotの全ての楽曲を手掛ける白い男UI(Gt / Cho)が共鳴し、2023年4月始動!
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