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#Katsuhiro Honda
Profile Writer/Interviewer. Born in Kanagawa Prefecture in 1977, raised in Tokyo. Focusing on “Culture × Social,” he bridges fields from artists to researchers, conveying life stories and specialized themes in an accessible manner. Also participates in the hip-hop-focused multimodal project “BLUEPRINT™”. Handled the overall structure for “Owarai ga Bai Kyoukoro” (Comedy is My Best Friend: A Record of Friendships) by Yoichi Shimada (published by Nihon Journal Publishing) and the concluding roundtable discussion for “Fake Information Warfare” (published by Wedge Inc.).
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