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Contributors who create NiEW together.

Atsutake Kaneko

#MUSIC

Born in 1979. Born in Kumagaya City, Saitama. After playing in an indie band and working for a music publishing company, he is now a freelance writer. He is involved in interviewing and writing mainly about music. His main writing media include "MUSICA," "Music Magazine," "bounce," "MARQUEE," "CINRA," and "Natalie". He is also the editor of "Post Rock Disc Guide" (Shinko Music).

Nariaki Obukuro

#MUSIC

Artist born in Saitama, Japan, living in London, England. Founder of TOKA Co.

Shintaro Yoshimastu

#STAGE

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Yukako Yajima

#MUSIC

Editor and music writer. After working for a major entertainment agency managing artists and developing newcomers, deputy editor-in-chief of the culture web media "CINRA.NET," and managing TikTok (Bytedance Inc.), she became independent. She has been involved in writing, interviewing, content production, and branding to communicate the essence and personality of artists and creators to a wide audience, utilizing his experience as a manager and his editorial perspective in the web, print, video, and audio media. Recent media includes NiEW, Rolling Stone Japan, ROCKIN'ON JAPAN, Natalie, RealSound, and Forbes. She is a regular contributor to "APPLE VINEGAR -Music+TALK-," a podcast program hosted by Masafumi Goto (ASIAN KING-FU GENERATION) (distributed every Wednesday). She has over 380,000 followers on her couple x cooking SNS account, "Family omotenai🐒monkichi." On March 30, she published a book, "Cheap ingredients but so delicious it brings tears to your eyes" (KADOKAWA), which was ranked No. 1 on Amazon (in the "Cooking Basics" category).

Yuga

Yugawa began her career as a singer-songwriter in 2011, releasing her first full-length album “Tabiji” in 2015; in 2022, she produced the album “On a Night Without Words” with her ally, the members of the Magical Band, and performed at tour live shows and festivals throughout Japan. As Yuuga with Magical Band, he sang the theme song and accompaniment for the NHK drama “Tsukihoku no Yoru wa” and released the soundtrack “Tsukihoku no Yoru wa” for distribution in March 2023. 4 September 2024, he released his 4th album “Love Deluxe”. Her wide-ranging activities include narrating and singing for TV commercials, sound logos, and musicals. She is also active as Jane Jade with Sakura Fujiwara and Yuga.

Ban Obara

#BOOK

Writer, born in Tokyo in 1996, published his first collection of essays, "Don't Eat Karaage Bento Here," in March 2022.
https://obaraban.studio.site/
https://twitter.com/obrban
https://www.instagram.com/obrban/

Ryota Bando

Born on May 24, 1997 in Hokkaido, Japan, he made his acting debut in 2017, winning the “32nd Japan Film Critics Award” for Best New Actor for the film “Futari no Sekai” in 2022. His recent major film credits include the movies “Haru ni Sasaru” (2023), “Bakanuri no Musume” (2023), “Ichigatsu no Koe ni Joy o Kakume” (2024), “Wakamusha” (2024), and the dramas “Yakushi no Yakushi” (TBS), “What did you eat yesterday? season2” (TX), “RoOT / Route, 366 Days” (CX). His waiting films include “Sisa” (Sept. 13), “Fureru” (Oct. 4), and “Sisa” (Sept. 13). (released on October 4), “Kimi no Forgotten” (starring, released on January 17, 2013), and the drama “Lion's Lair” (TBS, Oct.).

madouemura

#MUSIC

Photography and filmmaking.
Born in Muroran City, Hokkaido. After planning TV commercials and directing web dramas as a composition artist, he started photography in 2018.

Koike Grunge

Graduated from the Oil Painting Department of Aichi Prefectural University of the Arts in 2005. After devoting himself to music, he was responsible for the illustrations of "Unko Drill" (Bunkyosha) and the background art of "Nyanchu! Planetarium Chuu!". Around 2021, he resumed oil painting for the first time since graduating from university.

Mansaku Kashiwai

#MUSIC #OTHER

Editor-in-Chief, NiEW / President, NiEW Inc. / Director, CINRA, Inc.
Born in Tokyo in 1981. While working as an artist as a member/producer of the band "Mechanero", he was involved in the production of various artists' works as an engineer. In 2006, he founded CINRA, Inc. as a director, and manages the business as a manager and editor-in-chief of the online store, music label, and culture space "MADO" (Shibuya Hikarie), centering on the culture media "CINRA.NET". As an event producer, he is responsible for the free admission music event "exPoP!!!!! and culture festival "NEWTOWN", and music festival "CROSSING CARNIVAL". In July 2022, he established "NiEW Inc.", a culture company that works with artists, teams, and organizations that present alternatives in all fields, and newly established the artist business, media business, and event business. Established artist business, media business, and event business.
https://twitter.com/mansaku
https://www.instagram.com/k_mansaku/

Yuka Ochiai

#MUSIC

Born in Gunma, Japan in 1994 and currently lives in Tokyo. Dropped out of Nihon University College of Art, Department of Photography.
In 2018, became independent after working as an assistant; in 2024, became independent as a retoucher after working for a retouching production for 5 years. Lives with three shelter cats.

Manabu Numata

Born in Hokkaido, Japan. Photographer. Leader of the guerrilla rice cake pounding unit “Mochi wa Mochiya”.
He is currently working underground, documenting underground culture through books, advertisements, websites, movies, and other media.
He is the author of “Tsukiji Fish Market Blues” (Tokyo Kirara-sha), a collection of photographs of people at the Tsukiji market taken from a fixed point.
He loves pounding rice cakes so much that he started “Mochi ha Mochiya,” a business trip rice cake pounding shop. I will do it at any place with a mortar and pestle, so please ask me for help!
https://www.instagram.com/numatamago/ 

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