J-WAVE INNOVATION WORLD FESTA 2023, a creative festival of technology and music, will be held at TOKYO NODE HALL and Roppongi Hills Arena in Minato-ku, Tokyo, from October 13 (Friday) to 15 (Sunday).
J-WAVE INNOVATION WORLD FESTA 2023″ (also known as “InnoFest”) is a large-scale technology and music festival co-hosted by J-WAVE and the University of Tsukuba, and this year, the 8th edition, will be held under the theme of “The Future is Now” to consider a world where technology and humans are in harmony. The festival will last for three days. As the first round of performers, 36 groups of innovators including Yoichi Ochiai and Jumu Kawada have been announced.
The venue for October 13 (Friday), TOKYO NODE HALL, is an event hall in the Toranomon Hills Station Tower, which will open in October, offering a panoramic view of the city center from its 46th floor above ground. InnoFest will be the inaugural live music performance at the facility.
Entries for the fastest advance lottery reservations are now being accepted on the official website for members of J-WAVE’s membership service “J-me. Check the official website for details.
＜The first batch of innovators who will appear in the festival (in alphabetical order)
◎October 14 (Saturday)
KAIRI (HUMAN BEATBOXER / ARTIST / PRODUCER)
Takahito Kagami (CEO of CoinPost)
Jumu Kawada（Developer / AR Three Brothers)
God Scorpion（Media Artist)
Yosuke Saito (Director and Executive Officer / Executive Producer, Square Enix Co.)
Manbi (Calligrapher)
Saku Static Field (Dian) (Artist / Musician / Writer)
Shinichi Taira (Chief Editor, Denfaminico Gamer)
Taguchi Shinshin (Art Coordinator / Planner)
Masanori Takumi (Composer / Arranger / Grammy Award-winning multi-instrumentalist)
Kensho Tanbara (Author, Curator)
Yasutaka Tsukamoto (Director, Sports Entertainment Bureau, General Organization Division, ABEMA, CyberAgent, Inc.)
BossB, Astrophysicist (Associate Professor, Shinshu University / Doctor of Science)
Isseki Sotokoro (Conceptor)
Naz Chris (DJ / MC / Social Media, Event and Program Innovator)
Ayumi Nishigawa (coxco, Inc. / Representative of NPO DEAR ME)
Hanahana production（VR artist)
fuj11.eth（CEO, Shibira Corporation)
Yasushi Funakoshi (CEO, HIKKY Co., Ltd.)
Yuji Horii (Game designer for Dragon Quest series)
Kenya Miki (Technical Director, Toei Tukun Research Institute)
Shu Yamaguchi (Author / Public Speaker)
and more!
◎October 15 (Sunday)
Momoko Ando (Film Director)
Shinichiro Ueda (Film Director)
Yuki Endo (Assistant Professor, University of Tsukuba)
Manabu Otsuka (President, MAPPA Inc.)
Emi Ogata (Voice actress / Singer)
Yoichi Ochiai (Media Artist / Associate Professor, University of Tsukuba)
Jumu Kawada (Developer / AR Three Brothers)
Kyoko Koizumi
Kenji Kobashi (President / Creative Director, The Human Miracle)
Hiroki Takahashi (Producer of business video media “ReHacQ”)
Ryuichiro Takeshita (Chief Global Editor, PIVOT)
Haruo Chikada
Mira Hasegawa (Model)
Hiroyuki
Tetsuya Bessho (Actor / President, International Short Film Festival)
and more!
