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Contributors who create NiEW together.

Tsuya chan

#MUSIC

Contributed to music, literary, and fashion magazines. She is the co-founder of "Cosmetics Begins to Speak", an activity to think about alternative ways of beauty in 2022.

imdkm

#MUSIC

Writer. He has been familiar with dance music since he was a teenager and writes extensively about popular music, making use of his own experience as a beat-maker. He is the author of “Rhythm in J-Pop History” (blueprint, 2019).

Yoshiki Okamoto

#MUSIC

Born in Wakayama in 1982. I love dogs. I have never owned a dog.

Hajime Oishi

#MUSIC

Writer and music selector with a theme of region and climate. Presides over B.O.N., an editorial production on travel and festivals. His major publications include "Nanyo no Songline" (Kiltibooks), "Bon Odori no Sengo Shishi" (The Postwar History of Bon Odori) (Chikuma Shobo), "Oku Tokyo-jin ni Aini ni Iku" (Going to Meet Oku Tokyo People) (Shobunsha), "Nippon no Matsurism" (Artes Press), and "Nippon Daiondo Jidai" (The Nippon Great Ondo Era) (Kawade Shobo Shinsha).

Mizuki Kanno

#MUSIC

Editor & Writer. I have a rabbit. His name is Momotaro.
Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/mimimizkchan/

Hana Koike

#MUSIC

Born in 2001 in Saitama Prefecture. Graduated from Tokyo Polytechnic University, Faculty of Arts, Department of Imaging Arts.
Started working as a filmmaker while still in school. Currently based in Berlin as a photographer and filmmaker.
Instagram : @___koike___

Kaori Akita

#MUSIC

Active in the field of photography and video. Loves cats.
Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/erinkaori

Isaji Yui

#MUSIC

2002 Nagoya → Tokyo
I was a staff member at LIVERARY. Likes soil:)
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Ichiko Uemoto

#MUSIC

Kazuko Uemoto, photographer, born in Hiroshima in 1984, won the Canon New Cosmos of Photography Excellence Award in 2003, and in 2013 launched "Natural Studio," a photo studio using natural light in Shimokitazawa. He is the author of "Work ECD Watashi no Ikkaku Chaoki", "Kananai", "Kazoku no Last Hi", "Surrender Records", "Vermeer", "Typhoon Issho", "Love Takes Time", and a collection of photographs, "Happily Ever After". His latest book, "About Sabisashi" (co-authored with novelist Yusei Takiguchi).

Seita Marui

#MUSIC

Graduated from the Department of Graphic Design, Tama Art University in 2022.
He began working as a photographer while still in college, and held his first solo exhibition “KOUGOSEI” (2022 in Tokyo) just six months after starting photography. The following year, he published a photo book “CAFUNE” (published by Mirai Publishing in 2023) and held a solo exhibition “CAFUNE” (Tokyo, 2024). In addition to producing artwork, he has been actively involved in client work, including being selected to supervise the photography for the Saturday night drama “Halation Love” (2023, TV Asahi).
HP
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荘子it

#MUSIC

1993年生まれ。音楽グループDos Monosのトラックメイカー/ラッパー。最新作は、ホラー漫画家の伊藤潤二がジャケットを手掛けた『Dos Moons』。今夏8/29公開の映画『海辺へ行く道』の劇伴を担当。実作と並行し、批評家・吉田雅史との共著書『最後の音楽:|| ヒップホップ対話篇』(DU BOOKS)』や、哲学者・福尾匠とのPodcast「シットとシッポ」などで創作論も展開している。2019年に1st Album『Dos City』でデビューしたヒップホップ・クルーDos Monosを率い、ラップ及び全楽曲のトラックメイクを担当。2020年に『Dos Siki』、2021年に『Dos Siki 2nd season』『Larderello』などの作品をリリース。英ロンドンのバンドblack midi、米アリゾナのInjury Reserveや、台湾のIT大臣オードリー・タン、小説家の筒井康隆らとの越境的な共作曲も多数手掛ける。2022年、2023年に二度のヨーロッパツアーを行った。2024年、Dos Monos第二期はロックバンドとして活動することを宣言し、大友良英らも参加したアルバム『Dos Atomos』をリリースした。2025年5月にホラー漫画家の伊藤潤二がジャケットを手掛けた最新作『Dos Moons』EPをリリースした。

Kazumi Namba

#MUSIC

ライター。著書に『ヒロインたちのうた~アイドル・ソング作家23組のインタビュー集~』(音楽出版社)。

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