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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。

Akira Kosemura
Born on June 6, 1985 in Tokyo, Japan, he established his own label, Schole Records, after releasing his solo album “It's On Everything” on an Australian label in 2007. Since then, he has been active in the fields of film, TV drama, video games, stage, and commercial music, while consistently releasing solo albums. He has composed music for films such as “From Ragelli with Love,” “A Boy and His Dog,” “Morning Comes,” the foreign drama “Love Is__,” and the Nintendo Switch game “Jack Jeanne” produced by Sui Ishida.
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Ouji Suzuka
2000年1月11日生まれ、岡山県出身。高校2年生の2016年に、エキストラとして参加していた映画の現場でスカウトされたことをきっかけに、2018年にはファッション誌『MEN’S NON-NO』のオーディションでグランプリを獲得し、専属モデルに抜擢。2019年に映画『蜜蜂と遠雷』でスクリーンデビューを飾ると、その後もドラマ『ドラゴン桜』(TBS/21年)や『silent』(CX/22年)など映画 / ドラマ問わず話題作に多数出演を果たす。

Awesome City Club
2013年東京・渋谷にて結成。メンバーの幅広いルーツをMIXした音楽性、男女ツインボーカルが生み出すハーモニーが特徴の3人組バンド。2021年には映画『花束みたいな恋をした』に出演し、インスパイアソング“勿忘”をリリースすると再生回数は11億回を突破。2025年4月にはデビュー10周年の節目を迎え、10作品連続リリースを発表。9月からは台湾を含む10箇所を回る全国ツアー「Awesome Talks Live House Tour 2025-26」の開催が決定。時代と共に進化を続け、活動の場を広げている。

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/
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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
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