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Contributors who create NiEW together.

Takafumi Ando

#MUSIC

Editor, border culture researcher, dramaturg, and representative of TISSUE Inc.
He is active mainly in the fields of publishing, art, and public projects, with the aim of “thinking about expression and society from the perspective of movement and boundaries. He writes an irregular column “Border Crabs” on Torch web.
IG / X @adtkfm

Minami Goto

#MUSIC

Editor and writer. Born in Tokyo.

Daichi Yajima

#MUSIC

MUSICA Editorial Department

Misato Uchihata

#MUSIC

Planning and coordinating performances by Korean artists in Japan and Korea. Also writes, curates, and appears in media related to Korean music.
Organizer of the DJ event “Meh Meh Night,” which travels between Seoul and Tokyo, and “umm edition,” which connects Japanese and Korean electronic music. His favorite spot in Korea is Kimbap Heaven. His favorite drink is 삼다수.

Konatsu Yamaguchi

#MUSIC #ART

1995 / photographer / graphic designer
IG / X @kailua_konatsu

Hiroyuki Yamaguchi

#MUSIC

Representative of good and son. born in 1981 in Sendai, Japan. After graduating from Rikkyo University, he worked at the traveling bookstore “BOOK246” from 2004, and was a member of the book selection group BACH from 2006 to 2016. In 2023, he launched the publishing label “wordsworth” and planned and published Yuta Orisaka's (song) lyrics collection “Have you ever talked to me?

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).

Yukio-Pegio Gunji

#MUSIC

Born in 1959. Graduated from the Faculty of Science at Tohoku University. Completed the doctoral course at the Graduate School of Science at the same university. Doctor of Science. After working as a professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the Faculty of Science at Kobe University, he is currently a professor in the Department of Expression Engineering at the School of Fundamental Science and Engineering at Waseda University. His many books include "Ikiteirukoto no Kagaku" (Kodansha Gendai Shinsho), "Ikimono to Namamono no Tetsugaku", "Seimei Ichigo", "Seimei, Bidodani Sezu", "Katsute Sono Game no Sekai ni Sundeitatoiu Kioku wa Dokokara Kurunoka" (all published by Seidosha), "Mure wa Ishiki wo Motsu" (PHP Science World Shinsho), "Tennen Chino" (Kodansha Sensho Metier), "Yattekuru" (Igaku Shoin), and "TANKURI" (co-authored with Nakamura Kyoko, Suiseisha).

Mitsuru Nishimura

#MUSIC

Born in Kumamoto Prefecture in 1989. I am working hard to improve myself every day in order to take good pictures. First of all, I take protein in the morning and evening, two bottles of vegetable juice a day, vitamins C and B, and Chinese herbal medicine to prevent rough skin. I also stretch after taking a bath, always wear a posture correction belt around my waist at home, and always carry a scalp massager. I am also in the process of straightening my teeth, and I am also working on correcting my tongue along with it. Thanks to all these efforts, I am busy every day!
https://www.instagram.com/nishimura_mitsuru_photo/
https://mitsurubooks.base.shop/

Kotetsu Nakazato

#MUSIC

Born in Tokyo in 1996. She is an editor, photographer, and writer, and works in a wide variety of fields regardless of her title. While involved in content production for all kinds of media, she is open about her non-binary identity and supervises content related to sexual minorities.

Noise Machida

#MUSIC

Graduated from the Faculty of Humanities at Yamaguchi University, and began her writing career in 2012. He has planned, interviewed, and written mainly about music, movies, and storytelling, and has worked for OKMusic, M-On Entertainment, CINRA.NET, and Billboard JAPAN before going freelance. In parallel, he organizes the crossover culture event “FREAK SMILE” and other entertainment projects. His favorite band is Yurayura Teikoku. His favorite actor is Sanyutei Mantachibana, his favorite adult is Tamagawa Taifuku, and his most envied performer is Sakamoto Yorimitsu.

Atsutake Kaneko

#MUSIC

Born in 1979. Born in Kumagaya City, Saitama. After playing in an indie band and working for a music publishing company, he is now a freelance writer. He is involved in interviewing and writing mainly about music. His main writing media include "MUSICA," "Music Magazine," "bounce," "MARQUEE," "CINRA," and "Natalie". He is also the editor of "Post Rock Disc Guide" (Shinko Music).

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