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Contributors who create NiEW together.

Tomoaki Baba

#MUSIC

Born in Sapporo, Hokkaido in 1992. Enrolled in Berklee College of Music in 2011. After graduating, he is based in New York. After returning to Japan in 2020, he has focused on leader projects and released three leader albums, including "ELECTRIC RIDER" (2024). In the animated film "BLUE GIANT" to be released in 2023, he played the saxophone of the main character, Dai Miyamoto.

junichi nagai

#MUSIC

Born in 1977 in Hyogo Prefecture. Associate Professor, Faculty of Sociology, Kansai International University. D. (Sociology). Specializes in sociology of music and media studies. Travels to music festivals around the world to study their relationship with society. He is the author of “Rock Festivals Sociology: On Festivals in Individualized Society” (2016, Minerva Shobo), co-author of “How Have We Faced Western Music” (2019, Hanaden-sha), “How Have We Faced Western Music? (2019, Kaden-sha), and “Critical Word: Expanding and Renewing Popular Music ” (2023, Filmart-sha).

Yuki Sato

#MUSIC

Born 1988 in Asahikawa, Hokkaido. Graduated from Nihon University College of Art, Department of Photography.
He mainly produces music videos and other music images, and also works as a photographer.
Since the early days of NOT WONK, he has been accompanying the band to live performances and recitals, taking photographs/videos.

Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/satoyuki0823

Shoichi Miyake

#MUSIC

Born in Tokyo. After working as an editor for the culture magazines "SWITCH" and "EYESCREAM", he became independent. Currently, he works as a writer, artist manager, and music label manager.

Yuji Shibasaki

#MUSIC #MOVIE

Born in Saitama, Japan in 1983. Music director and critic, involved in promotion and production in the record industry since 2006, and A&R for many artists. He is the author of "Music Goes On: The Latest Music Life Thoughts" (Music Magazine, 2021) and editor of "What is City Pop" (Kawade Shobo Shinsha, 2022).

Twitter: https://twitter.com/shibasakiyuji

Kazuyo Inui

#MUSIC #ART

Born in Nara Prefecture. Lives in Kyoto City and works as a writer for the web medium ANNTENNA.

Itsumi Okayasu

#MUSIC

Born 1988 in Ibaraki Prefecture, currently resides in Kyoto City. After graduating from university, he worked at a live music club in Kyoto City and launched the web media ANTENNA in 2012. He was responsible for interviewing, photographing, and writing, and produced many articles. Later, as a web director, he created and maintained websites for various companies, and in 2019, he became independent as a photographer. He does interviews for magazines and web media, as well as photographing people for weddings and music photography.

Yuri Matsui

#MUSIC

Writing. I like cats, houseplants, food (charcuterie, spiced food, peaches, hard pudding, big-box Chinese, assorted) and summer. I am interested in things that cannot be reconciled. Sometimes I work as Team Unfinished.
Twitter:https://twitter.com/yr00mt
Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/yr00mt/

Rintaro Kanemoto

#MUSIC

Born in Hiroshima Prefecture in 1998, he graduated from Tokyo College of Photography in 2020 and started his career based in Tokyo. He shoots for magazines, websites, advertisements, and other genres.
Instagram: @torintaro
https://rintarokanemoto.com

Shoichiro Kotetsu

#MUSIC

Trackmaker/DJ, video production, writing, and more. I have also provided tracks and music for many commercials, and have performed for tofubeats “Vibration” and provided music for the game “MINDHACK”.
https://kotetsu-shoichiro.com/

Ryohei Matsunaga

#MUSIC

Born in Kumamoto Prefecture in 1968. Started writing with the music magazine "Rhythm & Pencil," which he started with his friends. His books include "Boku no Heisei Pants Socks Shoes Songbook," "20th Century Greatest Hits," "Koizumi Single" (a book accompanying Kyoko Koizumi's best album "Koizumi Chronicle"), "Music Manga Guidebook" as an editor, and books he edited include Goro Nakagawa and Hiroshi Nagai's "Friends Like Music," Ichiro Asazuma's "Hit is Everything," Masao Onose's "Guitarist Daikokuurai," and "Rock Gaho/Kakubarizumu Special Issue. He has also translated Terry Southern's "Red Dirt Marijuana" and Brian Wilson's "The Autobiography of Brian Wilson.

Maki Shibata

#MUSIC

Born in 1997, Aquarius. From Nishiogikubo on the Chuo Line to Seijogakuenmae on the Odakyu Line.Writing for Musicman, ANTENNA, and other publications. X|Instagram 

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