CONTRIBUTORS
Contributors who create NiEW together.

フリーランスのライター/カウンセラー。新聞記者としてキャリアをスタートさせ、芸能マネージャー、心理学での修士号取得を経て現在に至る。アーティストを取り巻く心の問題や労働環境の改善を目指し、執筆とカウンセリングの両面から活動している。

Watashi Kobayashi
Singer-songwriter born January 18, 1999 in Akiruno, Tokyo.
She began her music career in earnest when she was a student at Tama Art University. She has attracted attention by distributing her original songs and cover songs on her YouTube channel, and currently has over 160,000 channel subscribers.
In April 2023, she became a member of HEROIC LINE, a label within King Record, and released her first major album, her third album “Zogata ni Kajitsu” in June of the same year.
In August 2024, they released their 4th album “Chushoku wo Rimu”, which includes anime tie-up songs.
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いわくまみちこ
福岡県北九州市出身。大阪芸術大学卒業後、福岡へUターン。地元の情報誌で旅企画を担当し、九州中を奔走する。2011年より編集とデザインの商店「マイアミ企画」として活動をスタート。企画・編集・ライティングを中心に、撮影、デザインなどパラレルに活動中。主な取材・執筆媒体は、タウン情報誌やウェブメディアなど。守備範囲は、旅、食、暮らし、まちづくり。

柏木瑠河

Kaname Sato
Born in 1995 in Taito-ku, Tokyo, he began his career as a photographer in 2021. He mainly produces works and art direction based on his hometown, Taito-ku, while also shooting corporate visuals, fashion snaps, and interview photos. She loves gal culture and subcultures, and also creates works based on them.

Takaaki Fujise
1987 福岡市出身
大学進学で上京、卒業後TV/WebCM等の撮影部
その後東北岩手盛岡に活動拠点を移して広告制作会社にて撮影業に従事
2020年春より福岡に戻ってきて独立
福岡→東京→岩手→福岡
常にどこかで新しいことに挑戦中
やさしい光の中で人を撮ることが好きです

Tsutomu Sonoda
Vocalist and guitarist for maya ongaku

Mari Nagatomi
Associate Professor, Faculty of Sociology, Kansai University. Specializes in American cultural history, popular music, and border crossing. He is the editor of “Tectonic Shift in Country Music: Diverse Stories” (Kawade Shobo Shinsha, 2024), co-author of “10 Perspectives on Pop Music” (Artes Publishing, 2020), and co-author of “Nyumon: Bunka-history of Popular Music: Rereading Postwar Japan” ( (Minerva Shobo, 2024).

Yume Nomura
Born in 1986, he launched She is with Takenaka in 2017 while at CINRA, where he served as editor-in-chief, before going independent together as me and you in 2021. He mainly edits and writes. Co-edited “Me and You: A Collection of Dialogues for a Little Light” and “Diary Correspondence of me and you,” and writes a web series of YUKI FUJISAWA's production diary. She loves her grandmother and knitting. She explores poetic moments in daily life.

Takuya Nagamine
Born in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture. Likes fishing and photography. Lately also likes mountains.
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Shiori Ikeno
Photographer. Born in Kanagawa Prefecture in 1991. In recent years, he has been challenging himself with various photographic expressions across genres, such as shooting for fashion magazines, brand looks and advertisements, and visual photography for musicians. He is also actively working both in Japan and abroad, regularly holding exhibitions and releasing collections of his work, from his base in Tokyo.

Ichiko Uemoto
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).
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