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Research and editing (text and audio). born 1991, Ursa Major.

Writes music reviews, book reviews, theater reviews, and film reviews. He has contributed to Music Magazine, Mikiki, Shukan Yomitohito, Intoxicate, Eureka, Record Collectors, and other publications. His hobbies are drinking, visiting museums, and radio. He likes Yasuko Omori. A newly written monograph will be published by DU BOOKS in the fall.

Born in Sapporo, Hokkaido in 1992. Enrolled in Berklee College of Music in 2011. After graduating, he is based in New York. After returning to Japan in 2020, he has focused on leader projects and released three leader albums, including "ELECTRIC RIDER" (2024). In the animated film "BLUE GIANT" to be released in 2023, he played the saxophone of the main character, Dai Miyamoto.

Born in 1977 in Hyogo Prefecture. Associate Professor, Faculty of Sociology, Kansai International University. D. (Sociology). Specializes in sociology of music and media studies. Travels to music festivals around the world to study their relationship with society. He is the author of “Rock Festivals Sociology: On Festivals in Individualized Society” (2016, Minerva Shobo), co-author of “How Have We Faced Western Music” (2019, Hanaden-sha), “How Have We Faced Western Music? (2019, Kaden-sha), and “Critical Word: Expanding and Renewing Popular Music ” (2023, Filmart-sha).

Born 1988 in Asahikawa, Hokkaido. Graduated from Nihon University College of Art, Department of Photography.
He mainly produces music videos and other music images, and also works as a photographer.
Since the early days of NOT WONK, he has been accompanying the band to live performances and recitals, taking photographs/videos.

Instagram：https://www.instagram.com/satoyuki0823

Born in Tokyo. After working as an editor for the culture magazines "SWITCH" and "EYESCREAM", he became independent. Currently, he works as a writer, artist manager, and music label manager.

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Born in Saitama, Japan in 1983. Music director and critic, involved in promotion and production in the record industry since 2006, and A&R for many artists. He is the author of "Music Goes On: The Latest Music Life Thoughts" (Music Magazine, 2021) and editor of "What is City Pop" (Kawade Shobo Shinsha, 2022).

Twitter: https://twitter.com/shibasakiyuji

Born in Nara Prefecture. Lives in Kyoto City and works as a writer for the web medium ANNTENNA.

Writer and editor. He writes film reviews and columns for Asahi Shimbun, Shukan Bunshun, CREA.web, etc. He also conducts film-related interviews and edits books and pamphlets. He also interviews film-related people and edits books and pamphlets, and interviews film directors and actors as an MC for the YouTube program “Katsuben Cinema Club. His first collection of film columns, “Intoxicating Movies: Vacation Morning Begins with a Cider” (Shunyodo Shoten) is now on sale.

Born in Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture. Graduated from Kwansei Gakuin University, Faculty of Economics. Has interviewed more than 2,000 filmmakers and actors. Author of “Broken Girl: Beautiful Girls Who Drown” (Film Art, Inc.), which examines girls and violence in movies. He co-authored or edited “Legendary Film Art Directors x Yohei Taneda” (SPACE SHOWER BOOKS), “The Future of Shinji Somai” (Tokyo News Press), and “Shinji Somai: The Lowest Days” (Rice Press). He has also contributed to “Auteurism Rowe Yeh” and “Auteurism Shinji Somai 2023 Typhoon Club Scenario Complete Scroll” (A PEOPLE).

Born in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture. Graduated from Tokyo Zokei University, he has been a film critic since 2015, contributing numerous articles to web media, magazines, and other media. He is working to convey in an easy-to-understand way the "deep" content contained in visual culture, including film reviews and critiques, animations, drama series, and other visual works, as well as games and manga.