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KANNO Yoko
Deep vision “499 Seconds My Combination” theme song “499 Seconds”
Music, Sound Effects, Sound Director
ANIMA! Music, Sound Effects, Sound Director
Composer/Performer / Music Producer.she actively works domestically and internationally, providing music and producing work for a variety of artists, including film, drama, commercial, animation, and game music.
In the field of animation and film music, she has received high acclaim for “COWBOY BEBOP,” which won the 13th Japan Gold Disc Award, “Genesis of Aquarion (2008 JASRAC Award Silver Prize),” “Macross F,” “Ghost in the Shell S.A.C,” etc.,
and she has won the Tokyo Anime Award Music Award five times.
In the field of commercial music, she has received numerous awards, including the Miki Torirou Advertising Music Award, the highest of all commercial music awards.
She composed NHK's Great East Japan Earthquake reconstruction assistance song “Hana ha Saku” and appeared in the 63rd Kohaku Uta Gassen in 2012, where she also served as a judge; composed music for the TV series ‘Gochisousan’ in 2013 and the historical drama “Onnajoshu Naotora” in 2017; and composed a dedication song for the 2019 “National Celebration for the Enthronement of the Emperor”.
In 2019, she composed, arranged, and conducted the dedication song “Ray of Water” at the celebration ceremony of the “National Ceremony to Celebrate the Enthronement of His Majesty the Emperor”. Her most recent works include the Netflix series “COWBOY BEBOP” (2021 / Netflix), “Maiko-sanchi no Makanaisan” (2023 / directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda), and arrangement of “Kurakura” (2024 / song: Ado).

KANNO Yoko

SMALT inc.
NISHIGORI Isao
Deep Vision, ANIMA!
Creative Director
He was born in 1975. He started VJ on his own when he was in high school.
95ʼs MTV station-ID contest grand prix winning led him to join MTV Japan.
After working for P.I.C.S., he started to work as a freelance and established SMALT Inc. in 2009.
He has been working on commercials, music videos, projection mapping, planetariums, and other productions centered on computer graphics. In recent years, he has been involved in the production of immersive spaces using video, video production for theme park attractions, illumination productions, and other visual space productions of various sizes that transcend the square frame. His masterpieces are ACIDMAN short film, TOKYO STATION VISION, and the closing ceremony of TOKYO 2020 Paralympics. He has received numerous awards internationally.

NISHIGORI Isao

Bascule Inc.
Baba Kampei
Deep Vision, The Window of the Universe, ANIMA!
General Exhibition Director
He was Born in Oita, in 1976. After graduating from Keio University, Faculty of Political Science, he joined Bascule as a programmer in 2002.
In 2010, he became a creative director. He has planned and produced interactive contents in various fields such as advertising, events, education, and art.
In recent years, he has been involved in “TOKYO NODE LAB,” which creates new urban experiences, and “KIBO Space Broadcasting Station,” a studio that connects space and ground in real time.

BABA Kampei

Artist
Ph.D. in Agriculture
Mikiko Kamada
Metamorphose
Artist
Graduate School of Horticulture, Chiba University.She began her career as a plant director, making the most of her academic background in life sciences. Currently, she is working to reconstruct the “relationship between plants and humans,” while researching the importance of soil and plants in urban areas, with the aim of creating a nature-positive urban environment. She is also continuously engaged in expressive activities as part of her verification. Her installation work of “office utopia”gained significant attention.
Solo Exhibition
2021 Plant the Circle of Nature ~ × SOCIALIZING FLOWER MARKET” TRUNK HOTEL, Tokyo
2020 “(in)visible forest” ART FOR THOUGHT, Tokyo
Group Exhibition
2022 " “Visionary Lab ”The world is full of microorganisms“ Miraikan, Tokyo
2022 ”ART×NFT Meta Fair #01“ Sono Ida #New Yurakucho, Tokyo
2022 ”Mother nature - Interaction between women, nature and culture through art" N&A Art Site, Tokyo , Tokyo
2021 “END Exhibition Death x Technology x Future =?” ANB Tokyo, Tokyo
2019 “GRADATION Daikanyama” Tenoha Daikanyama, Tokyo

KAMADA Mikiko

Bascule Inc.
Takeda Seiya
Deep Vision, The Window on the Universe
Technical Lead
He joined Bascule Inc. in 2014 as a programmer. He is engaged in the planning and production of space-themed digital experiential content.
He developed the MeteorBroadcaster, a meteor observation system that detects meteors occurring over Japan in real time, and a live video and audio system that allows participation from around the world inside the Japanese Experiment Module Kibo on the International Space Station. He also developed “KIBO Space Broadcasting Station”, which is the world’s first interactive live broadcast program and enable to see inside of “KIBO”, which is Japanese Experiment Module in ISS, for people all over the world.

TAKEDA Seiya

SoVeC Corporation President and CEO
Kamikawa Mamoru
Deep Vision, ANIMA!
Providing Immersive Experiences (3D Sound and Floor Haptics)
As a representative of SoVeC Corporation, a subsidiary of SONY Corporation, he engaged in business development using the latest technologies. In particular, he seeks to create new customer experiences by offering new solutions in the XR area.

KAMIKAWA Mamoru

Onodera Shogo Architects, Inc.
Onodera Shogo
He has worked in SANAA since 2010, and established OnoderaShogo Architects (OSO) in 2018. He has been working in a wide range of fields from public projects, community development, residential, commercial, and furniture both domestically and internationally. He has received many awards including dezeen Awards and Design for Asia Awards.

ONODERA Shogo

Hakuichi Co., Ltd.
Kushioka Kosuke
Inochidama Monument Kinpaku Artist
He joined Hakuichi in 2004. Manager of the Architectural Decoration Production Section. He has consistently worked in the production section and has been involved in many projects as a construction manager for ordered products and architectural decorations using Kanazawa foil. His major projects include the interior of the LEXUS LS, gold leaf processing for objects at the Hyatt Centric Kanazawa, and the interior of the Bergdorf Goodman gallery in New York. He has also strengthen in on-site construction, and has worked on numerous interior decorations for luxury brands and hotels.

KUSHIOKA Kosuke

Bascule inc. / MakeSmileProject
Miwonderful
LIVE EARTH JOURNEY virtual exhibit Project Manager
She developed “MakeUpTour”, a travel tour with make-up on the streets around the world. In the timing of COVID-19 Era, she started creating new experiences using AR/VR, utilizing her communication skills cultivated through real activities. Currently, she is in charge of planning, designing, and facilitating various XR projects. Her motto is “MakeSmile”
Book: Make the world smile with makeup! (Shufu-no-Tomo-Sha)

Miwonderful

Artists

Deep Vision “499 Seconds”

NAKAJIMA Megumi
Date of birth: June 5, 1989 　Blood type: Type A 　Birthplace: Ibaraki
Hobbies: Collecting records, watching pro wrestling
In 2007, she was chosen as the best winner of the “Victor Vocal &Voice Audition” and made her voice acting and singing debut as Ranka Lee in the TV anime “Macross F”.
She has played many heroine roles as a voice actress, and in 2014, she appeared in "Happiness Charge Pretty Cure! (Megumi Aino/Cure Lovely) in 2014, her first starring role in a TV anime. As a singer, she has released many songs, including “Interstellar Flight” under the name “Ranka Lee = Ai Nakajima,” which became a big hit, recording a single that reached No. 5 on the Oricon and an album that reached No. 2 on the Oricon. In 2009, she began releasing songs under her own name, and in June 2023, she celebrated the 15th anniversary of her debut, releasing her new single “equal” as a digital single in July.

NAKAJIMA Megumi

HAOTO
A singer-songwriter attending a university in Kinki.
Born in 2005, 19 years old.
She performs about once a month at a live house in Osaka City.
She currently has about 10 original songs.
She also belongs to an acoustic cover unit “Plasonica Osaka”.
April 2023 Sang NTT East corporate theme song “Megure”
February 2021 Collaboration video with Ikuta Rira “Y / C &K(cover)” has been viewed 1.45 million times.

HAOTO

Narrator

“499 Seconds My Combination”（Japanese / English）

SAKAMOTO Maaya
She was a child actor in a theater troupe, in childhood
In 1996, she made her CD debut with the OP theme song “Yakusoku wa Naiai” for the anime "Tenku no Escaflowne.
As a voice actor, she attracted much attention for her portrayal of the main character, Kanzaki Hitomi.
She won the 38th Kazuo Kikuta Drama Award for her role as Jirusha in “Daddy Long Legs - From Uncle Ashinaga”, the first musical to be performed in Japan.
His latest collection of essays, “Manpuku-ron -Tomorrow ni Kaburetsu-” (KADOKAWA), also attracted attention. Entering her 30th anniversary year as a singer, she plans to carry out various projects in the future.

SAKAMOTO Maaya

ANIMA! （Japanese）

TOHYAMA Nao
She debuted as a voice actor in 2010.
She has appeared in numerous animation and game productions, playing main characters.
Her main representative works are, “The World Known Only to God”, as Nakagawa Kanon , ‘Nisekoi’ as Kirisaki Chitoge, “Yuru Can△” as Shima Rin, “Macross Delta” as Reina Plowrer, “Blade of Demon” as Suma, “Granblue Fantasy" as Luria, etc.
She also began her career as a singer in 2017 and held her first one-man live concert at the Nippon Budokan. This year, her 8th anniversary, she is actively involved in music.

TOHYAMA Nao

ANIMA! （English）

TAKAGISHI Kaede
She was born in 2014.　She is trilingual in Japanese, French, and English.
She studied in Bali until the age of 3 and at an Indian international school in Japan until now.
Her dream is to become a scientist to stop climate change.
She is the Chief Earth Saver (CES), English translator of the picture book “Latair and the Earth Saver - What Endangered Species Can Teach Us”, which is currently being planned to be made into an animated film.

TAKAGISHI Kaede

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