CONTRIBUTORS
Contributors who create NiEW together.

He is a writer, music selector, producer of label rings, founder of net radio dublab.jp, and part-time lecturer at Waseda University. His books include “Jazz Thing: What is Jazz?"
https://linktr.ee/masaakihara

Rika Tomomatsu
Born in Gifu Prefecture and currently resides in Tokyo. He is a photographer, filmmaker, and a member of the publishing unit "(TT) press".

Kana Miyazawa
After working as a brand director and in the press, she started her writing career in earnest around 2012, relocating from Tokyo to Berlin in 2014, where she is currently writing articles on European local culture for many media. She also works as a PR person for domestic and international fashion brands, music labels, and overseas festivals.
Instagram:@kanamiyazawa

Yusuke Yamatani
Born 1985 in Niigata Prefecture, Tokyo-based photographer. After graduating from Rissho University with a degree in philosophy from the Faculty of Letters, he worked at Gaien Studio and later moved to Nagasaki, where he learned photography through interactions with Shomei Higashimatsu and other unknown photographers he met. Major exhibitions include “KYOTOGRAPHIE” (2015), solo exhibition “KAIKOO” (Yuka Tsuruno Gallery, 2021), “VOCA 2021” (The Ueno Royal Museum, 2021), “The 14th Yebisu Film Festival” (Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, 2022), solo exhibition “ONSEN” (Taka Ishii Gallery Photography / Film, 2024), an exhibition at the Condé Nast headquarters building in New York, and a European tour with the performance piece “Doors”. Major collections include “Tsugi no yoru e” (self-published, 2013), “ground” (lemon books, 2014), “RAMA LAMA DING DONG” (private edition, 2015), “Into the Light” (T&M Projects, 2017), “Doors ' (Gallery Yamaya, 2020), and 'ONSEN MMXXIV' (flotsam books, 2024).

Koji Harie
Born 1985 in Hakodate, Hokkaido. Writer, emcee, band member, and alternative music historian. Presides over the record label "Haliental. He writes "Ongaku to Owari" (Music and Warai) on Ongaku Natalie. Podcasts "Movie Chat" and "Ornate Music Historical Perspectives.

Misaki Asai
Born in 1996. Sun sign is Gemini. She contributes film reviews to NOBODY, a cultural criticism media. She is interested in feminism and queer films. She is also active in music, and is currently working on her second EP.
Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/asaiiiiiiiiii_/

Mitsutaka Nagira
Born in 1979. Music critic, supervising the mook series "Jazz The New Chapter" (Shinko-Music), which compiles jazz since the 21st century. Co-author of "Listening to 100 Years of Jazz" (Shinko- Music, 2017), a collection of trilogies with Masahiro Goto and Koji Murai, and "10 Viewpoints on Pop Music" (Artes Publishing, 2020), edited by Toshiyuki Owada.

Tsuyoshi Kizu
Writer. He writes about movies, music, and gay culture for various media. He is the author of "New Dad: Atarashii jidai no atarashii ossan" (New Dad: Atarashii jidai no atarashii ossan) (Chikuma Shobo).

yukijinbo
Born in 1986. After working as an editor and reporter for a real estate industry management magazine and launching and managing the editorial department of the web media "Finders," he is currently undertaking freelance work. His genres of work include culture, politics and economics, business and finance, and IT.
X: https://x.com/fishintheair

Cosmo Yamaguchi
Born in 1986.
Graduated from Tokyo Polytechnic University, Faculty of Arts, Department of Photography in 2010. After working as a company employee and an assistant, he started his freelance career. He has been shooting not only in Japan but also in Taiwan, Korea, and other countries. Fashion and portrait photography, In recent years, he has also been shooting video, such as music videos.
HP : http://photofrag.tumblr.com/
Instagram : @cosmoyamaguchi
https://www.instagram.com/photofrag/

Kenta Shibayama
Photographer, born in 1994. Currently active in a variety of media, mainly portrait photography, including the web, advertising, and magazines.
HP : https://shibayamakenta.com/
Instagram :@aurisms

Yoko Hasada
Born in 1987. Writer and editor. In addition to writing interviews and columns mainly on gender and feminism, she also conducts interviews on movies, idols, books, and other culture-related topics. Her main publications include "BRUTUS," "anan," "QuickJapan," "CINRA," and "me and you." She writes a manga column for QJweb and a movie column on Sisterhood for PINTSCOPE. She is also involved in writing and editing movie pamphlets, and her major works include "21st Century Girl" and "Eien ga Tsukijikko Suru Ikuru" (Eternity is Passing By).
HP: http://yokohasada.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/yoko_hasada
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