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DJ/writer. While working as an editor/writer, he departed from the rails of general society during the pandemic. Since then, he has become more involved in the Japanese indie electronic music scene. In 2021, he began DJing under the name NordOst, and continues to play 100 genre-less gigs a year at numerous venues around the Tokyo metropolitan area. Organizer of the “Fourth Way” party series.

Photographer
Portrait photography for various media, artist photos for musicians, live performances, and jackets. and jackets for musicians.
https://www.instagram.com/kanatarumi/
https://www.kanatarumi.com

Born in 1987, she is a writer. She majored in Osamu Dazai seminar at university, and since 2011 has worked for fashion magazines such as “Zipper,” “nina's,” and “Linnell,” where she mainly writes culture pages covering new movies and stage performances. In 2014, after the birth of her first child, she began full-fledged reporting and writing about theater. She covers rehearsals, interviews, and writes theater reviews. She has contributed to “Theatre Saikyou-ron-ing,” “Ro-tike Drama Manifesto! SPICE,” ‘Theatre Criticism Magazine Paperback,’ etc. From 2023, he will be a member of the jury for the CoRich Performing Arts Festival! He has been a member of the jury for CoRich Performing Arts Festival! He has also held irregular exhibitions using poetry, such as “色彩-ichijitsu” (2012), “こゝろは、家なき子” (2015), and “Kimi ga Haru wo Kiiroi mo mo Bakeru” (2020). Other published works include the private novel “Chawan Ichiru no Uso (A Bowlful of Lies)” (included in “USO vol. 2”) and the essay “Mother and Sparrow” (winner of the Bungeishicho Essay Award for Excellence).

Born in 1985 in Kanagawa Prefecture. Freelance editor. After working for Bungeishunju Co. D. (Integrated Social Culture). In addition to editing and composing for magazines, web media, and books, including as editor of Kaitaro Tsuno's "Proposal for Editing," he also works as an interviewer, interviewing Pon Joon-ho, Haruomi Hosono, Tarr Béla, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and others.

Born in Tokyo, Scorpio type A. Started freelance activities in 1996. Although my main focus is on music, I am interested in covering a wide range of topics, from people in the city to culture in general, regardless of genre. I am usually at home, live concerts, art exhibitions, or bookstores. I am also active in X and Instagram. I'm mainly into music, but I'm also into art, cooking, sneakers, flea markets, literature, J-League, Premier League, motorsports, bicycles, Miffy, Moomin, cats, starry skies, Buddhist statues, ukuleles, etc. If there is a job offer, I'll probably not refuse.

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

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

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).

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.

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_/

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.