CONTRIBUTORS
Contributors who create NiEW together.

Active in the field of photography and video. Loves cats.
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Yoko Yamanaka
Born in 1997 in Nagano, Japan, he shot / directed his first film “Amiko” (2017) at the age of 19, which won the Audience Award at the “PFF Awards 2017”. The film was invited to the Forum section of the 68th Berlin International Film Festival in 2018 as the youngest ever, and was also screened at the Hong Kong International Film Festival, Canada's Fantasia Film Festival, and other festivals in various countries, creating a buzz. Her film “The Namibian Desert” (2024) won the FIPRESCI Prize at the 77th Cannes International Film Festival, making her the youngest female director ever to receive the award.

Kenichi Yasuda
A writer and rock essayist from Kobe City. 63 years old. His books include "Pinto ga Bokeru Oto" (Kokusho Kankokai), "Nantoka to Nantoka ga Ita Nantokazu" (Press Pop), "Kobe, Kaite Donarunoka?" (Pia, Chikuma Bunko), "Live Manpitsu" (Seikosha), and co-authored with Takahiro Tsujii, "Rock'n'Roll Stove League" (Ongaku Shuppansha) and "
Sho wo Sutedei Machi he Ready, go" (Seikosha).

Jin Fujisawa

Ryouko Furusawa
ドラマや映画コラム、インタビュー、イベントレポートなどを執筆するライター。ドラマ・映画・アニメ・漫画とともに育つ。『RealSound映画部』『TRILL』『FILMAGA』などに、ドラマ映画アニメに関する記事を寄稿。
X:@k_ar0202

kodai kobayashi
Born in Niigata Prefecture. Photographer and filmmaker.

Isaji Yui
2002 Nagoya → Tokyo
I was a staff member at LIVERARY. Likes soil:)
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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).

Seita Marui
Graduated from the Department of Graphic Design, Tama Art University in 2022.
He began working as a photographer while still in college, and held his first solo exhibition “KOUGOSEI” (2022 in Tokyo) just six months after starting photography. The following year, he published a photo book “CAFUNE” (published by Mirai Publishing in 2023) and held a solo exhibition “CAFUNE” (Tokyo, 2024). In addition to producing artwork, he has been actively involved in client work, including being selected to supervise the photography for the Saturday night drama “Halation Love” (2023, TV Asahi).
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Taro Miyaoka
映画監督/映画レビュアー。1988年生まれ。
主な監督作品に「成れの果て」「恐怖人形」「初恋ハラスメント」「エリカ」など。
Xでは映画のレビューアカウントを運営中。@kyofu_movie

荘子it
1993年生まれ。音楽グループDos Monosのトラックメイカー/ラッパー。最新作は、ホラー漫画家の伊藤潤二がジャケットを手掛けた『Dos Moons』。今夏8/29公開の映画『海辺へ行く道』の劇伴を担当。実作と並行し、批評家・吉田雅史との共著書『最後の音楽:|| ヒップホップ対話篇』(DU BOOKS)』や、哲学者・福尾匠とのPodcast「シットとシッポ」などで創作論も展開している。2019年に1st Album『Dos City』でデビューしたヒップホップ・クルーDos Monosを率い、ラップ及び全楽曲のトラックメイクを担当。2020年に『Dos Siki』、2021年に『Dos Siki 2nd season』『Larderello』などの作品をリリース。英ロンドンのバンドblack midi、米アリゾナのInjury Reserveや、台湾のIT大臣オードリー・タン、小説家の筒井康隆らとの越境的な共作曲も多数手掛ける。2022年、2023年に二度のヨーロッパツアーを行った。2024年、Dos Monos第二期はロックバンドとして活動することを宣言し、大友良英らも参加したアルバム『Dos Atomos』をリリースした。2025年5月にホラー漫画家の伊藤潤二がジャケットを手掛けた最新作『Dos Moons』EPをリリースした。
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