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#Tsutomu Sonoda

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Vocalist and guitarist for maya ongaku

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What Kikagaku Moyo Taught Us: Reflections After Our First US Tour

Tsutomu Sonoda 2025.5.12｜17:05
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The Final Show: Parting Ways After Three Weeks on the Road

Tsutomu Sonoda 2025.5.9｜17:00
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Running on Empty: The Final Stretch of the Tour

Tsutomu Sonoda 2025.5.8｜17:50
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The Grand Canyon’s Silence Before the Tour’s End

Tsutomu Sonoda 2025.5.7｜20:24
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All In for the Biggest Show of the Tour: Los Angeles

Tsutomu Sonoda 2025.5.2｜12:42
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Worn Down by Days of Travel, Haunted by the Jacumba Show

Tsutomu Sonoda 2025.4.28｜21:47
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No Sleep in Oakland, New Friends in San Francisco

Tsutomu Sonoda 2025.4.25｜17:01
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Meeting a Legend at Chiko: Farewell to Pulga, Onward to Oakland

Tsutomu Sonoda 2025.4.24｜17:41
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Pulga: Where Sonoda Witnessed a Town Lost in Time

Tsutomu Sonoda 2025.4.24｜11:14
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A Night with Hippies: Escaping to a Deserted Town on Our Day Off

Tsutomu Sonoda 2025.4.22｜22:44
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Every Day a Little Further — Vancouver’s Gentle Push

Tsutomu Sonoda 2025.4.21｜18:32
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Between the Crates and the Chaos: A Canadian Intermission

Tsutomu Sonoda 2025.4.18｜15:37

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Hajime Oishi 2025.9.11｜15:57
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Yuransen Interview: Stepping Confidently into Adulthood with Their Latest Release

Fumiaki Amano 2025.8.21｜16:33
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maya ongaku on the Road: A Glimpse into Their Evolving Philosophy Abroad

Hiroyoshi Tomite 2025.8.1｜12:27
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10 Years with Atarashii Gakko! and Defying the Norms

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#MOVIE 2025.11.7

“Princess Mononoke” Hits IMAX Across Japan with Dolby Cinema and English Subtitles

NiEW 2025.10.31｜18:51
#MUSIC 2025.11.7

POLARIS Marks 3rd Anniversary with Reopening Festival in Minami-Aoyama

NiEW 2025.11.6｜12:41
#MUSIC 2025.11.8

Travis Scott to Bring His $200 Million Tour to Japan with Belluna Dome Show in Saitama

NiEW 2025.3.28｜13:18
#MUSIC 2025.11.8

Beer and Music Come Together at the “Brewin’ Groove Festival” in Tachikawa

NiEW 2025.5.14｜17:50
#ART 2025.11.8

EASTEAST_TOKYO 2025 Art Fair Returns to Tokyo with an Asia-Focused Vision

NiEW 2025.9.19｜11:07
#MUSIC 2025.11.9

NiEW’s Monthly Event “exPoP!!!!!” Expands into First-Ever Festival in Shibuya

NiEW 2025.5.30｜19:07
#MUSIC 2025.11.9

exPoP!!!!! Reunion 2025 Announces First Wave of Lineup: WONK, Satoko Shibata, Dongurizu, and More

NiEW 2025.6.23｜21:48
#MUSIC 2025.11.9

“exPoP!!!!! Reunion 2025” Adds 12 New Acts Including Helsinki Lambda Club, Khaki, HOME and More

2025.7.24｜10:50
#MUSIC 2025.11.9

“exPoP!!!!! Reunion 2025” Reveals 3rd Lineup with 12 Artists, Including Dos Monos and More

NiEW 2025.8.21｜13:06
#MUSIC 2025.11.9

exPoP!!!!! Reunion 2025 Adds Yasuyuki Horikomi, OGRE YOU ASSHOLE, Summer Eye, No Buses, and Maika Loubté

NiEW 2025.9.19｜11:22
Seiko Matsuda Tribute Teases Ringo Sheena x IVE Duo in New Trailer Mads Mikkelsen Marks 60th Birthday at Tokyo Comic Con 2025 with Four Guests Revealed Marty McFly’s Style Hits the Streets: “BTTF” x Converse Collab Launches
Hadouken Hits the Menu: Street Fighter Meets McDonald’s Tarsem Singh’s “The Fall” 4K Digital Remaster to Premiere Nationwide on November 21 RADWIMPS 20th Anniversary Tribute Reveals Third Act as ZUTOMAYO Covers “Yushinron”
SNIDEL HOME Launches Official Harry Potter Loungewear Collection The fin. Returns After Four Years with New Album Somewhere Between KAF Makes Major Label Debut, Announces First Solo Shows in Shanghai and Japan
“Princess Mononoke” Hits IMAX Across Japan with Dolby Cinema and English Subtitles New Collaboration: Disk Union x NISHIMOTO IS THE MOUTH Tamagotchi Collab Café Round 2 Brings Mimitchi and Milkutchi to Ikebukuro & Umeda