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Contributors who create NiEW together.

Tomoya Matsumoto

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1992年、東京都足立区生まれ、渋谷区在住。慶應義塾大学文学研究科修了後、不動産系広告代理店、広報系制作会社を経て2021年に独立。企業のオウンドメディアを中心に、ビジネス・テクノロジー・カルチャー分野の取材や、専門的なテーマの構成・執筆を行う。東アジアのファンカルチャーや言語文化にも関心を持ち、『アイドルについて葛藤しながら考えてみた』(青弓社、2022年)、『アイドル・スタディーズ』(明石書店、2022年)に寄稿している。

高久大輝

#MUSIC

1993年生まれ、栃木県出身、東京都在住。ライター。音楽メディア『TURN』編集部。ヒップホップをはじめ、国内外の音楽に関するテキストを中心に執筆。好きな二字熟語は定食。刺身の三点盛りを黙って四点盛りにしてくれる居酒屋に憧れています。

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Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/daiki_hmfs/

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

Born in 2002 | From Nagoya. Based in Tokyo from 2025 | Instagram
During university, gained experience as staff for the web magazine “LIVERARY”, which featured the Tokai cultural scene. I'm interested in initiatives that broaden access to arts and culture, such as regional art festivals and independent music events. My favourite live houses in Nagoya are HUCK FINN and CLUB ROCK'N'ROLL.

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).
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