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Kaname Sato

#MUSIC

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

#MUSIC

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

#MUSIC

Vocalist and guitarist for maya ongaku

Mari Nagatomi

#MUSIC

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).

Hiyori Korenaga

#STAGE

Born in Aichi Prefecture in 2000. Graduated from Ritsumeikan University, Faculty of Industrial Sociology.

Yume Nomura

#ART

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

#ART

Born in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture. Likes fishing and photography. Lately also likes mountains.
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Shiori Ikeno

#MUSIC

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

#MUSIC

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).

Tsuya chan

#MUSIC

Contributed to music, literary, and fashion magazines. She is the co-founder of "Cosmetics Begins to Speak", an activity to think about alternative ways of beauty in 2022.

Satetsu Takeda

Born in 1982. Born in Tokyo. After graduating from university, worked for a publishing company before going freelance in 2014. He won the 25th Bunkamura Dumago Literary Award for his book "Monkiri Shakai: Unraveling a Modern World Stiffened by Words" (Monkiri Shakai: Unraveling a Modern World Stiffened by Words). He is also the author of "Nihon no Kizumo," "Kikiyasusa no Shiru," "Machizumo wo Shavings," "Betsu Kariwari Daimonai," "Kikkatachi no Kotoba Tachi (Words I Picked Up Today)," "It's Not My Father," "Nankai Ikaanashi," etc. He is a personality on TBS Radio's "Takeda Sunatetsu no Pre-kin Night," and a regular on Bunka Hoso's "Ohtake! Makoto Golden Radio! Tuesday regular.

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