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山本大地

#MUSIC

韓国在住の音楽ライター。2013年から海外音楽を中心に執筆を始め、「Hard To Explain」「TURN」などの編集部に所属。現在はソウルを拠点に、K-POPに留まらずインディやオルタナティブなど多彩な韓国音楽を紹介し、その背景にあるシーンや文化を日本のリスナーに伝えている。
X(Twitter): @Kid_Dic|
Instagram: @1_ichi_daichi 
YouTubeチャンネル: 山本大地の韓国音楽レポート

Kaname Sato

#MUSIC

Born in 1995 in Taito-ku, Tokyo, he began his career as a photographer in 2021. He mainly produces works and art direction based on his hometown, Taito-ku, while also shooting corporate visuals, fashion snaps, and interview photos. She loves gal culture and subcultures, and also creates works based on them.

Takaaki Fujise

#MUSIC

1987 福岡市出身
大学進学で上京、卒業後TV/WebCM等の撮影部
その後東北岩手盛岡に活動拠点を移して広告制作会社にて撮影業に従事
2020年春より福岡に戻ってきて独立

福岡→東京→岩手→福岡

常にどこかで新しいことに挑戦中
やさしい光の中で人を撮ることが好きです

kaoru goto

#MUSIC

Instagram @kaorugto https://www.instagram.com/kaorugto/

Tsutomu Sonoda

#MUSIC

Vocalist and guitarist for maya ongaku

Hisashi Murakami

#MUSIC

音楽雑誌の編集者を経てフリーの音楽・映画ライターに。洋楽を中心に取材、レビュー、翻訳、プレスリリースなどの制作、SNS運営など。ニューヨークから日本に戻って東京・大阪などで主にリモート中。これまでにビヨンセ、ボウイ、エミネム、ストーンズ、ブリトニー、アリアナなど、おそらく1000人以上にインタビュー。

島岡奈央

#MUSIC

1998年生まれ、静岡市在住。2018年、アメリカ在住時にラップのリリック対訳でライター業を始め、それ以降各音楽メディアに寄稿。ヒップホップとR&B、ポップカルチャーを中心に執筆。映画館と音の鳴る場所が好きです。

X: https://x.com/imamole_
note: https://note.com/naomusicreviews

Mari Nagatomi

#MUSIC

Associate Professor, Faculty of Sociology, Kansai University. Specializes in American cultural history, popular music, and border crossing. He is the editor of “Tectonic Shift in Country Music: Diverse Stories” (Kawade Shobo Shinsha, 2024), co-author of “10 Perspectives on Pop Music” (Artes Publishing, 2020), and co-author of “Nyumon: Bunka-history of Popular Music: Rereading Postwar Japan” ( (Minerva Shobo, 2024).

Hiroyoshi Tomite

#MUSIC

Born in 1988, he has been working as a freelancer in planning, editorial direction and writing since 2015, and has lived in Berlin, Germany since February 2020. She has worked on Japanese copywriting for Nike Airmax Dn8 and WIRED JAPAN's Berlin series “A CALL OF COMMUNITY.” She has interviewed and written about artists from around the world for various media, including GRIND.

Mom

#MUSIC

Shiori Ikeno

#MUSIC

Photographer. Born in Kanagawa Prefecture in 1991. In recent years, he has been challenging himself with various photographic expressions across genres, such as shooting for fashion magazines, brand looks and advertisements, and visual photography for musicians. He is also actively working both in Japan and abroad, regularly holding exhibitions and releasing collections of his work, from his base in Tokyo.

Rikimaru Yamatsuka

#MUSIC

SF (Soulful) writer/tension critic/professional playboy.
His independent magazine “T.M.I.” released in '22 and '23 was a small historical hit.
He is a narrator in an R&B band called Young Love, and is also active in a neo picture-story unit, Pegasus Dan.

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