CONTRIBUTORS
Contributors who create NiEW together.

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

Tomoyo Okayama
Born in 1984 in Sakura City, Chiba Prefecture. After working as a school building manager for a university entrance exam prep school, writing and editing a column for the Asahi Shimbun evening newspaper, working as a reporter for Stage Natalie, and working as a web director for a business company, he became independent in 2020. He has been involved in about 100 interviews, interviews, and column writing per year for the Asahi Shimbun book site "Kosho Kohi", Mainichi Shimbun Publishing "Weekly Economist", Kansai TV on-demand media "Miyoka", Ticket Pia related media, Walking Tatsujin web version "Santatsu", etc. He has also written for the Asahi Shimbun newspaper "Kosho Kohi" and "Shukan Economist".
Portfolio:https://www.foriio.com/tomoyo-okayama

Ayaka Horiuchi
Born in 1989. Born in Niigata Prefecture. His nickname is Moo-moo. He mainly shoots portraits of musicians and actors for CD jackets, magazines, and websites. Loves traveling and museums.

KAORI NISHIDA
Photographers
All genres from portraits to travel. Loves plants.
website: www.shinybamboo.com
instagram: @shinybamboo

Mikako Kozai
Photographer, born in 1994.
Started film photography under the influence of his grandfather when he was in junior high school. Currently, he is active in a variety of media including magazines, web, and and artist photography.

Kuroda Takanori
After graduating from college, he made his major debut in a rock band in the late 1990s. He then became a freelance writer/editor/photographer. He became a freelance writer/editor/photographer. He is the world's only My Bloody Valentine He was the world's only My Bloody Valentine-approved photographer, and was Japan's exclusive interviewer for Paul McCartney in 2018 and Ringo Starr in 2019. In 2018, he interviewed Paul McCartney, and in 2019, Ringo Starr for Japan's exclusive interview. He is the author of "Shoegazer Disc Guide" (co-supervisor) and "My Bloody Valentine" (co-supervisor). My Bloody Valentine is Everything" and "When Melody Inspires".

Shawn Woody Motoyoshi
Shawn has a background in analogue film photography and works as a photographer, editor and writer based in Tokyo. After becoming independent in 2021, he oversaw VICE Japan as lead editor, and worked on editorial content for national and international magazines, including i-D. He is an expert on lifestyle & culture especially the fashion, arts, and music scenes as well as the LGBTQ+ community. He wants to engage readers in the social issues of Japan. A new print culture magazine, Cult* Magazine, was launched in 2024.
Website: https://shawnwoody.com/
Instagram: @xcvllshawn

Yasuo Murao
Music and film reviews. He has written for a wide range of media including Music Magazine, Record Collector's, Rollong Stone Japan, CINRA, Natalie, REALSOUND, bounce, INTOXICATE, CLUEL, FUDGE, GQ, and TOKION. He has also contributed to numerous liner notes and pamphlets.
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