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Contributors who create NiEW together.

Takuya Nagamine

#ART

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

音楽家 / 映像作家。1979年生まれ、京都府出身、兵庫県在住。長く親しんでいるピアノを奏でた音楽、世界を旅しながら撮影した“動く絵画“のような映像、両方を手掛ける。NHK連続テレビ小説『おかえりモネ』、映画『おおかみこどもの雨と雪』『バケモノの子』『未来のミライ』『違国日記』などの音楽を手がける。近作は、山村にある自宅の窓を開け自然を招き入れたピアノ曲集『マージナリア』、エッセイ集『こといづ』。

kaoru goto

#MUSIC

Instagram @kaorugto https://www.instagram.com/kaorugto/

Tsutomu Sonoda

#MUSIC

Vocalist and guitarist for maya ongaku

Hisashi Murakami

#MUSIC

音楽雑誌の編集者を経てフリーの音楽・映画ライターに。洋楽を中心に取材、レビュー、翻訳、プレスリリースなどの制作、SNS運営など。ニューヨークから日本に戻って東京・大阪などで主にリモート中。これまでにビヨンセ、ボウイ、エミネム、ストーンズ、ブリトニー、アリアナなど、おそらく1000人以上にインタビュー。

島岡奈央

#MUSIC

1998年生まれ、静岡市在住。2018年、アメリカ在住時にラップのリリック対訳でライター業を始め、それ以降各音楽メディアに寄稿。ヒップホップとR&B、ポップカルチャーを中心に執筆。映画館と音の鳴る場所が好きです。

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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).

Hiroyoshi Tomite

#MUSIC

Born in 1988, he has been working as a freelancer in planning, editorial direction and writing since 2015, and has lived in Berlin, Germany since February 2020. She has worked on Japanese copywriting for Nike Airmax Dn8 and WIRED JAPAN's Berlin series “A CALL OF COMMUNITY.” She has interviewed and written about artists from around the world for various media, including GRIND.

Masakazu Kaneko

1978年東京都出身。青山学院大学国際政治経済学部卒。2016年、初長編監督作『アルビノの木』が第6回北京国際映画祭の新人監督部門で正式上映、全国公開。2021年、長編2作目となる『リング・ワンダリング』を完成。長編3作目となる『光る川』で第62回ヒホン国際映画祭ユース審査員最優秀長編映画賞などを受賞。

Mom

#MUSIC

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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.

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