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#Yume Nomura
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.
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