#Yuma Yoshimura

[white-cat-of-doom]

The Japanese production celebrated its 40th anniversary today, 11 November 2023, in Nagoya!

The first photo was taken last month (judging by the cast), and the following are all from today's anniversary performance.

In addition, the CATS Musical Instagram page posted photos from the Tokyo cast back in 1983 to celebrate.

40th Anniversary Show Cast:

Seiji Hashimoto as Asparagus, Erika Orita as Bombalurina, Shun Kuwahara as Carbucketty, Maaya Tahara as Cassandra, Ryujiro Isshiki as Coricopat, Chihiro Harada as Demeter, Yujin Haga as Gilbert, Chiaki Kimura as Grizabella, Miki Okudaira as Jellylorum, Naho Sakai as Jemima, Miki Kasahara as Jennyanydots, Hikaru Kitani as Macavity, So Yokoi as Mistoffelees, Haruaki Tamai as Mungojerrie, Junpei Wakebe as Munkustrap, Yuki Takahashi as Old Deuteronomy, Jin Sakuma as Rum Tum Tugger, Ayano Hasegawa as Rumpleteazer, Tomoki Kawakami as Rumpus Cat, Haruna Sasaki as Sillabub, Hiromu Kuroda as Skimbleshanks, Rika Takeshita as Tantomile, Yuma Ishida as Tumblebrutus and Nanako Yoshimura as Victoria.

Promotional photo cast from October 2023:

Kohei Nakahashi as Asparagus, Haruka Yamazaki as Bombalurina, Shuichi Kawazu as Carbucketty, Eiko Kataoka as Cassandra, Ryujiro Isshiki as Coricopat, Tsukushi Maruno as Demeter, Akira Goto as Gilbert, Masae Ebata as Grizabella, Ayaka Yoshida as Jellylorum, Naho Sakai as Jemima, Sayuri Ataka as Jennyanydots, Hikaru Kitani as Chorus Macavity, Akito Iwamura as Mistoffelees, Kazuki Morita as Mungojerrie, Junpei Wakebe as Munkustrap, Kazuki Kanemoto as Old Deuteronomy, Togo Kaminaga as Rum Tum Tugger, Ayu Shimizu as Rumpleteazer, Tomoki Kawakami as Rumpus Cat, Yuzumi Shibamoto as Sillabub, Yui Kobayashi as Skimbleshanks, Rika Takeshita as Tantomile, Yuma Ishida as Tumblebrutus and Nemu Kondo as Victoria.

[goalhofer]

2024 olympics Japan roster

Archery

Nakanishi Junya (Okayama)

Saito Fumiya (Gifu Ichi)

Furukawa Takaharu (Aomari Ichi)

Noda Satsuki (Kitakyushu)

Athletics

Higashida Akihiro (Nara)

Ota Tomoki (Hamamatsu)

Kasai Jun (Aichi)

Ogawa Daiki (Shizuoka)

Koyama Naoki (Saitama Ichi)

Hamanishi Ryo (Osaka)

Koga Yuta (Fukuoka)

Yamamoto Shouma (Osaka)

Nishi Yudai (Tokyo)

Yoshizu Takuho (Tokyo)

Takahashi Kazuki (Iwate)

Abdul Sani-Brown (Sakado)

Sakai Ryūichirō (Toyonaka)

Uzawa Towa (Miyagi)

Iizuka Shōta (Omaezaki)

Ueyama Koki (Matsusaka)

Satō Fūga (Tokyo)

Satō Kentarō (Tokorazawa)

Nakajika Yuki (Tokyo)

Izumiya Shunsuke (Yokohama)

Rachid Muratake (Matsuda)

Takayama Shun'ya (Hiroshima)

Tsutsue Kaito (Kumamoto)

Toyoda Ken (Tokyo)

Miura Ryūji (Hamada)

Aoki Ryōma (Kuki)

Akasaki Akira (Ōzu)

Ōsako Suguru (Machida)

Ikeda Kōki (Hamamatsu)

Kiryū Yoshihide (Hikone)

Yanagita Hiroki (Tokyo)

Kawabata Kaitō (Matsusaka)

Kawano Masatora (Hyūga)

Akamatsu Ryōichi (Gifu Ichi)

Shinno Tomohiro (Hiroshima)

Hashioka Yūki (Saitama)

Roderick Dean (Kobe)

Goshima Rino (Kanazawa)

Kokai Haruka (Myoko)

Morimoto Mariko (Osaka)

Tanaka Nozomi (Ono)

Goto Yume (Kakogawa)

Yamamoto Yuma (Nagoya)

Kabasawa Wakana (Maebashi)

Takashima Yuka (Hōfu)

Fukube Mako (Hiroshima)

Tanaka Yumi (Osaka)

Ichiyama Mao (Izumi)

Suzuki Yuka (Daisen)

Fujii Nanako (Nakagawa)

Okada Kumiko (Ageo)

Yanai Ayane (Fukuoka)

Hata Sumire (Yao)

Kitaguchi Haruka (Asahikawa)

Saitō Marina (Mito)

Ueda Momone (Itoshima)

Badminton

Kōdai Naraoka (Aomori Ichi)

Nishimoto Kenta (Ise)

Hoki Takurō (Yamaguchi Ichi)

Kobayashi Yūgo (Sendai)

Watanabe Yūta (Suginami)

Yamaguchi Akane (Katsuyama)

Ōhori Aya (Aizuwakamatsu)

Matsuyama Nami (Kitakyushu)

Shida Chiharu (Hachirōgata)

Matsumoto Mayu (Sapporo)

Nagahara Wakana (Akita Ichi)

Higashino Arisa (Iwamizawa)

Basketball

Yoshii Hirotaka (Osaka)

Togashi Yūki (Shibita)

Tajon Jacobs (Los Angeles, California)

Kawamura Yuki (Yanai)

Hiejima Makoto (Fukuoka)

Kai Toews (Kobe)

Hachimura Rui (Sendai)

Watanabe Yūta (Miki)

Yūdai Baba (Toyama Ichi)

Josh Hawkinson (Shoreline, Washington)

Keisei Tominaga (Tokyo)

Hugh Hogland-Watanabe (Honolulu, Hawaii)

Stephanie Mawuli (Nagoya)

Evelyn Mawuli (Nagoya)

Takada Maki (Toyohashi)

Yoshida Asami (Tokyo)

Machida Rui (Asahikawa)

Motohashi Nako (Asaka)

Yamamoto Mai (Hiroshima)

Hayashi Saki (Itoshima)

Miyazaki Saori (Saitama)

Miyazaki Yuki (Yokohama)

Todo Nanaka (Sapporo)

Akaho Himawari (Kanazawa)

Boxing

Harada Shudai (Tokyo)

Sewon Mensah-Okazawa (Kanoya)

Breakdancing

Ono Hiroto (Tokyo)

Nakarai Shigeyuki (Sapporo)

Yuasa Ami (Kawaguchi)

Fukushima Ayumi (Kyoto)

Canoeing

Tanaka Yuuki (Tokyo)

Haneda Takuya (Toyota)

Okazaki Haruka (Tokyo)

Yazawa Aki (Iida)

Climbing

Narasaki Tomoa (Utsunomiya)

Anraku Sorato (Yachiyo)

Mori Ai (Mito)

Nonaka Mihō (Tokyo)

Cycling

Arashiro Yukiya (Ishigaki)

Ōta Kaiya (Okayama)

Obara Yuta (Hashikami)

Nakano Shinji (Hanamaki)

Nagasako Yoshitaku (Kasaoka)

Imamura Shunsuke (Ukiha)

Hashimoto Eiya (Gifu Ichi)

Kuboki Kazushige (Furudono)

Nakamura Rimu (Kyoto)

Kawaguchi Urara (Hyogo)

Yonamine Eri (Osaka)

Sato Mina (Chigasaki)

Ōhta Riyu (Ageo)

Kakita Maho (Kitakyushu)

Ikeda Mizuki (Ōnojō)

Uchino Tsuyaka (Fukuoka)

Kajihara Yūmi (Saitama Ichi)

Hatakeyama Sae (Yokohama)

Diving

Shō Sakai (Sagamihara)

Tamai Rikuto (Takarazuka)

Mikami Sayaka (Yonaga)

Enomoto Haruka (Utsunomiya)

Arai Matsuri (Itami)

Equestrian

Kawai Mike (Valkenswaard, The Netherlands)

Ōiwa Yoshiaki (Münsingen, Germany)

Tomoto Kazuma (Motosu)

Kitajima Ryūzō (Kobe)

Tanaka Toshiyuki (Fukuoka)

Shibayama Haase-Takashi (Kobe)

Satō Eiken (Ogawa)

Sugitani Taizō (Izumi)

Fencing

Kanō Kōki (Ama)

Minobe Kazuyasu (Echizen)

Yamada Masaru (Toba)

Iimura Kazuki (Kyoto)

Matsuyama Kyōsuke (Tokyo)

Shikine Takahiro (Ōita Ichi)

Nagano Yūdai (Ibaraki)

Yoshida Kento (Morioka)

Yoshimura Miho (Tokyo)

Azuma Sera (Wakayama Ichi)

Miyawaki Karin (Tokyo)

Ueno Yūka (Hita)

Emura Misaki (Ōita Ichi)

Fukushima Shihomi (Munakata)

Takashima Risa (Ōmuta)

Ozaki Seri (Sapporo)

Field hockey

Nakamura Eika (Tochigi)

Asai Yū (Hiroshima)

Suzuki Miyu (Gifu Ichi)

Nagai Yuri (Kakamigahara)

Nagai Hazuki (Kakamigahara)

Oikawa Shihori (Tokyo)

Kozuka Miki (Nikko)

Kobayakawa Shiho (Matsue)

Mori Kanon (Hiroshima)

Toriyama Mai (Tokyo)

Tanaka Saki (Morika)

Urata Kana (Osaka)

Shimada Amiru (Ōtsu)

Omoto Sakurako (Iwakuni)

Hasegawa Miyu (Matsue)

Ogawa Rika (Gifu Ichi)

Golf

Matsuyama Hideki (Sendai)

Nakajima Keita (Saitama Ichi)

Yamashita Miyū (Neyagawa)

Sasō Yūka (San Ildefonso, The Philippines)

Gymnastics

Hashimoto Daiki (Chiba Ichi)

Kazuma Kaya (Funabashi)

Oka Shinnosuke (Kamakura Ichi)

Sugino Takaaki (Kamakura Ichi)

Tanigawa Wataru (Funabashi)

Nishioka Ryusei (Higashiosaka)

Kishi Rina (Toda)

Nakamura Haruka (Osaka)

Okamura Mana (Yokkaichi)

Ushioku Kohane (Nagoya)

Mori Hikaru (Tokyo)

Handball

Nakamura Takumi (Fukuoka Ichi)

Yasuhira Kosuke (Takaoka)

Sakurai Tomoya (Mito)

Okomoto Daisuke (Yamaguchi)

Fujisaka Naoki (Fukui)

Takano Sota (Tokyo)

Sugioka Naoki (Kariya)

Yoshida Shūichi (Wakayama Ichi)

Adam Baig (Fukuoka Ichi)

Tokuda Shinnosuke (Iwakuni)

Watanabe Jin (Ōita)

Motoki Shida (Mito)

Tamakawa Hiroyasu (Tokyo)

Yoshino Tatsuki (Misato)

Judo

Nagayama Ryuju (Bibai)

Abe Hifumi (Kobe)

Hashimoto Soichi (Tokyo)

Nagase Takanori (Mito)

Murao Sanshirō (Tokyo)

Aaron Wolf (Tokyo)

Saito Tatsuru (Osaka)

Tsunoda Natsumi (Yachiyo)

Abe Uta (Kobe)

Funakobu Haruka (Fujiyoshida)

Tashiro Takaichi (Tokyo)

Niizoe Saki (Kashihara)

Takayama Rika (Tokyo)

Sone Akira (Kurume)

Pentathlon

Satō Taishū (Aomori Ichi)

Uchida Misaki (Kumagaya)

Rowing

Furutu Naoki (Tottori)

Miyaura Masayuki (Mito)

Arakawa Ryūta (Yokohama)

Hirouchi Emi (Kyoto)

Ōishi Ayama (Nagoya)

Rugby

Ishida Taiga (Kumamoto)

Ishida Kippei (Amagasaki)

Tsuoka Shotaro (Fukuoka Ichi)

Matsumoto Junya (Kagoshima)

Josua Kerevi (Viseisei, Fiji)

Fukushi Moeki (Hyogo)

Taninaka Kippei (Hyogo)

Noguchi Yoshihiro (Tokyo)

Ueda Kazuma (Hyogo)

Maruo Takamasa (Tokyo)

Okudaira Yu (Hyogo)

Koga Yoshiyuki (Tokyo)

Yoshizawa Taichi (Tokyo)

Utsumi Hanako (Yokohama)

Ōtani Mei (Kyoto)

Kajiki Marin (Fukuoka Ichi)

Saegusa Chiaki (Sapporo)

Tanaka Emii (Uozu Ichi)

Tsutsumi Honoka (Ureshino)

Nakamura Chiharu (Yokohama)

Nishi Arisa (Tokyo)

Hara Wakaba (Niigata Ichi)

Hirano Yume (Tokyo)

Matsuda Rinka (Fuchu)

Mizutani Sakura (Mie)

Sailing

Tomizawa Makoto (Kashiwazaki)

Okada Keiju (Kitakyushu)

Iitsuka Shibuki (Yokohama)

Tanaka Misaki (Higashiura)

Nagamatsu Sera (Ōita Ichi)

Oura Nishida-Capiglia (Mie)

Yoshioka Miho (Fujisawa)

Shooting

Okada Naoya (Tsuyama)

Yoshioka Dai (Kyoto)

Nobata Misaki (Ōita Ichi)

Skateboarding

Nagahara Yuro (Hakuba)

Onodero Gin'u (Yokohama)

Shirai Sora (Sagamihara)

Horigome Yūto (Tokyo)

Hiraki Kokona (Tomakomai)

Yosozumi Sakura (Iwade)

Kusaki Hinano (Tsukuba)

Yoshizawa Koko (Sagamihara)

Akama Rizu (Sendai)

Nakayama Fūna (Toyama Ichi)

Soccer

Leo Kokuba (Chiba Ichi)

Suzuki Kaito (Shizuoka Ichi)

Nishio Ryūya (Osaka)

Sekine Hiroki (Shizuoka Ichi)

Kimura Seiji (Chiba Ichi)

Kawasaki Sota (Kōfu)

Yamamoto Rihito (Yokohama)

Joel Chima-Fujita (Tokyo)

Fujio Shota (Osaka)

Saitō Kōki (Tokyo)

Hosoya Mao (Ushiku)

Nozawa Taishi (Naha)

Araki Ryotaro (Kumamoto Ichi)

Mito Shunsuke (Yamaguchi Ichi)

Takai Kota (Yokohama)

Ōhata Ayumu (Fukuoka Ichi)

Hirakawa Yu (Kashima)

Keiji Sato (Tokyo)

Uenaka Asahi (Fukuoka Ichi)

Yamada Fuki (Minakuchi)

Uchino Takashi (Chiba Ichi)

Yamashita Ayaka (Tokyo)

Hirao Chika (Matsudo)

Shimizu Risa (Kobe)

Minami Moeka (Yoshikawa)

Kumagai Saki (Sapporo)

Takahashi Hana (Kawaguchi)

Tōko Koga (Osaka)

Kitagawa Hikaru (Kanazawa)

Hasegawa Yui (Sendai)

Miyazawa Hinata (Minamiashigara)

Seike Kiko (Tokyo)

Nagano Fūka (Tokyo)

Momoko Tanikawa (Nagoya)

Fujino Aoba (Machida)

Hayashi Honoka (Uji)

Ueki Riko (Kawasaki)

Tanaka Mina (Kawasaki)

Hamano Maika (Takaishi)

Shū Ohba (Fujisawa)

Moriya Miyabi (Nara Ichi)

Ishikawa Rion (Akita Ichi)

Chiba Remina (Tsukuba)

Surfing

Inaba Reo (Ichinomiya)

Connor O'Leary (Cronulla, Australia)

Kanoa Igrashi (Huntington Beach, California)

Matsuda Shino (Yokohama)

Swimming

Matsuyama Riku (Saitama Ichi)

Takehara Hidekazu (Munekata)

Taniguchi Taku (Hyogo)

Terakado Genki (Mito)

Murasa Tatsuya (Nagoya)

Mano Hidenari (Yokohama)

Matsumoto Riku (Tokyo)

Minamide Taishin (Kainan)

Matsumoto Katsuhiro (Iwaki)

Watanabe Ippei (Tsukumi)

Hanaguruma Yu (Sakaide)

Mizunuma Naoki (Moka)

Honda Tomoru (Yokohama)

Seto Daiya (Moroyama)

Matsushita Tomoyuki (Utsonomiya)

Kanagimoto Kōnosuke (Imari)

Higa Moe (Hiroshima)

Kobayashi Uta (Nagano)

Shimada Ayano (Mie)

Wada Ami (Nagano)

Yasunaga Mashiro (Tochigi)

Sato Tomoka (Tsukuba)

Kijima Moeka (Hakusan)

Yoshida Megumu (Nagoya)

Ebina Airi (Sapporo)

Matsumoto Shiho (Shizuoka Ichi)

Hirai Mizuki (Kariya)

Ikee Rikako (Tokyo)

Suzuki Satomi (Onga)

Aoki Reona (Tokyo)

Tanigawa Ageha (Osaka)

Narita Mio (Tokyo)

Kobori Waka (Nara Ichi)

Mitsui Airi (Yokohama)

Makino Hiroko (Tokyo)

Ōhashi Yui (Hikone)

Igarashi Chihiro (Yokohama)

Shirai Rio (Takarazuka)

Ikemoto Nagisa (Nara Ichi)

Masuda Aoi (Kurashiki)

Table tennis

Shinozuka Hiroto (Nagoya)

Harimoto Tomokazu (Sendai)

Togami Shunsuke (Tsu)

Hayata Hina (Kitakyushu)

Hirano Miu (Numazu)

Harimoto Miwa (Sendai)

Tennis

Nishikori Kei (Bradenton, Florida)

Taro Daniel (Bradenton, Florida)

Naomi Osaka (Los Angeles, California)

Uchijima Moyuka (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

Aoyama Shūko (Osaka)

Ena Shibahara (Rancho Palos Verdes, California)

Triathlon

Kenji Nener (Perth, Australia)

Odakura Makoto (Tokyo)

Takahashi Yūko (Mitaka)

Volleyball

Nishida Yūji (Inabe)

Ōnodera Taishi (Natori Ichi)

Fukatsu Akihiro (Hiroshima)

Miyaura Kento (Kumamoto Ichi)

Ōtsuka Tatsunori (Osaka)

Yamauchi Akihiro (Aichi Ichi)

Sekita Masahiro (Tokyo)

Takahashi Kentarō (Yamagata)

Takahashi Ran (Kyoto)

Yūki Ishikawa (Okazaki)

Kai Masato (Tokyo)

Yamamoto Tomohiro (Ebetsu)

Uchida Akiko (Tokyo)

Ishii Miki (Fujisawa)

Kojima Manami (Sendai)

Fukudome Satomi (Tokyo)

Araki Ayaka (Tokyo)

Wada Yukiko (Tokyo)

Tominaga Koyomi (Komae)

Hayashi Kotona (Osaka)

Sarina Koga (Saga Ichi)

Mayu Ishikawa (Okazaki)

Nanami Seki (Funabashi)

Inoue Arisa (Maizuru)

Nichika Yamada (Nagoya)

Miyabe Airi (Kobe)

Water polo

Watanabe Taiyo (Kyoto)

Ogihara Daichi (Kagoshima)

Kai Inoue (Los Angeles, California)

Date Kiyomu (Osaka)

Nitta Ikkei (Kanazawa)

Nishimura Towa (Kyoto)

Tanamura Katsuyuki (Ishigaki)

Adachi Seiya (Kakamigahara)

Suzuki Toi (Yamagata)

Takata Mitsuru (Hiroshima)

Inaba Yūsuke (Toyama)

Ōkawa Keigo (Tsuchiura)

Araki Kenta (Fukuoka Ichi)

Weightlifting

Miyamoto Masanori (Naha)

Murakami Eishiro (Toyama Ichi)

Suzuki Rira (Shiroi)

Wrestling

Sogabe Kyotaro (Matsuyama)

Higuchi Rei (Ibaraki Ichi)

Kiyooka Kotaro (Kōchi Ichi)

Takatani Daichi (Kyōtango)

Ishiguru Hayato (Tokyo)

Fumita Ken'ichirō (Kōfu)

Kusaka Nao (Takamatsu)

Susaki Yui (Matsudo)

Fujinami Akari (Yokkaichi)

Sakurai Tsugumi (Kōchi Ichi)

Motoki Sakura (Saitama Ichi)

Ozaki Nonoka (Tokyo)

Kagami Yuka (Yamagata Ichi)

[inspireif]

お知らせばかりですいません。2箇所での展示は情報が錯乱してしまいがちですが、2つの個展情報と捉えて頂ければと思います。 今日はちょうど1ヶ月後から始まるBasement GINZA #basementginza の方のお知らせです。こちらはアーカイブと2015〜2017までの未発表作品を発表します。以下詳細です。 ・ Yuma Yoshimura solo exhibition 「逆走-gyakusou」 at Basement GINZA ・ 03/17 (土)―04/01 (日) / 2018 ・ 12:00―19:00 ・ ※会期中、月曜日定休 会期中はほぼ在廊予定です。もう一つの会場とはまた違った楽しみ方が出来ると思います。 よろしくお願いします。 ・ One month later, it’s “gyakusou” in first day. And mean of gyakusou,it’s “reverse run”, this show is very important for my self, because I find theme of mainly,so I can show my new works,also archive too, and You can feel my story until now. #yumayoshimura #gyakusou #basementginza #monochrome #monochromepainting #archives #soloshow

[hadukilina]

Ion (CV. Azakami Yohei)

Paschalia (CV. Umehara Yuichiro)

Radie (CV. Nobuhiko Okamoto)

Vilio (CV. Yuma Uchida)

Zafora (CV. Enoki Junya)

Alest (CV. Yoshimura Kazuhiro)

Avi (CV. Tsubasa Sasa)

Jinnia (CV. Takashi Kondo)

Liyan (CV. Hiroshi Watanabe)

[cannonette]

Otomate Party 2019 Titles!!

[ 1 ] Spade no Kuni no Alice

1st Title created under the Sub-brand of Otomate [ QuinRose reborn ] New Title from the [ Heart no Kuni no Alice ] series 

Illustrator: Fujimaru Mamenosuke

Scenario Writer: Satsuki Kou

Theme Song: Hisano, Theme Song / BGM: Mari

Platform: Nintendo Switch Title

[ 2 ] Cupid Parasite

Cute, Happy and Nonsensical Goddess x Marriage Hunting Love Comedy!

Director: Tatematsu Fumiyoshi ( Jakou no Lyla )

Scenario Writer: Yoshimura Ririka ( Jakou no Lyla ) 

Platform: Nintendo Switch

Release Date: TBA 2020

[ 3 ] DAIROKU : AYAKASHIMORI

Connecting Hearts in a Parallel Universe Adventure Game

Director: Yukizawa Riku

Illustrator: Suoh

Cast: Toyonaga Toshiyuki / Suzuki Tatsuhisa / Sakurai Takahiro / Kobayashi Yusuke / Osaka Ryota

Theme Song: Toyonaga Toshiyuki

Platform: Nintendo Switch

Release Date: TBA 2020

[ 4  ] Tokei Shikake no Apocolypse

This is a Story that starts from the “Bad End”.

Director: Saito Asami

Scenario Writer: Amemiya Uta

Theme Song: Ogata Megumi

Platform: Nintendo Switch

[ 5 ] Pio Fiore no Bansho -Episodio 1926-

Sequel Title to Pio Fiore no Bansho

Director: Takamura Asahi

Illustrator: RiRi

Cast: Ishikawa Kaito / Morikubo Syotaro / Okamoto Nobuhiko / Kimura Ryohei / Toyonaga Toshiyuki / Tachibana Shinnosuke

Platform: Nintendo Switch

[ 6 ] Meiji Katsugeki Haikara Ryusei gumi -Seibai Shimaseu, Yonaoshi Kagyo-

Meiji Reform Romance Adventure Game

Planner, Supervisor, Scenario Writer: Takagi Ayumi ( Ichicolumn )

Illustrator: Suzushiro Karin

Theme Song: Shikura Chiyomaru / Sang by: +α /Alfakyun

Platform: Nintendo Switch

Release Date: TBA 2020

[ 7 & 8 ] AMNESIA & AMNESIA LATER×CROWD for Nintendo Switch

AMNESIA V Edition & AMNESIA LATER×CROWD V Edition  Nintendo Switch Port Memory loss x Suspense x Mystery

Illustrator: Hanamura Mai

Cast: Kakihara Tetsuya / Taniyama Kishow / Ishida Akira / Hino Satoshi / Miyata Koki

Platform: Nintendo Switch

Release Date: September 12th, 2019

 [ 9 ]  Collar×Malice for Nintendo Switch

Collar×Malice &  Collar×Malice -Unlimited-  Nintendo Switch Port 2 in 1 Game

Produced by: Shimra Reiko

Illustrator: Hanamura Mai

Cast: Morita Masakazu / Kaji Yuki / Saito Soma / Namikawa Daisuke / Kimura Ryohei / and others.

Platform: Nintendo Switch

Release Date: TBA 2020

[ 10 ] Olympia Soiree

This is another Mythical Tale that you could’ve come to.

Director: Watanabe Wataru

Illustrator: Satoi

Scenario Writer: Katagiri Yuma

Cast: Matsuoka Yoshitsugu / Sugita Tomokazu / Shimazaki Nobunaga / Uemura Yuto / Uchida Yuma / Horie Shun

Platform: Nintendo Switch

[ 11 ] Gensou Kissa Enchanté

Prallel Universe, Non-Human Café 

Director: Ninomae Joe

Illustrator: Yuuya

Scenario Writer:  Nakayama Satomi + Kojima Nao

Cast: Akabane Kenji / Umehara Yuichiro / Ishikawa Kaito / Ono Yuki / Suwabe Juinchi

Platform: Nintendo Switch

Release Date: October 10th, 2019

[ 12 ] Birushana Senki ~Genpei Hikamusou~ 

A New Genpei War will now, raise its curtains.

Director: Itou Ai

Main Character Drafts: Haneda Kouji

Theme Song: Amatsuki

Cast: Furukawa Makoto / Fukuyama Jun / Kawanishi Kengo / Umehara Yuichiro / Saito Soma

Platform: Nintendo Switch

Release Date: TBA 2020

[closetofanxiety]

Wrestlequest: Tokyo

Hey everyone! I’m back from Japan. What a trip! I will post a bunch of stuff about it in a bit (still unpacking, jet lagged, etc), but as a baseline, here are the shows I attended while I was there, courtesy of Cagematch. I thought 10 shows was a lot, but I met a bunch of fans from overseas who were going to 20+. If it wasn’t clear before, it should be now: I am a fake wrestling fan. I might as well wear be wearing a Dolph Ziggler t-shirt and have a Twitter screen name like “WokenCloset316.” 

Anyway, here’s the list:

December 28, 2019

DDT

“D-Ou Grand Prix 2020: The Final!”

Korakuen Hall

Taped for Abema TV 

Attendance: 2,019 

Chihiro Hashimoto and Yuki Ino defeat Keigo Nakamura and Keisuke Ishii

One Count Rule Gauntlet Match: Antonio Honda, Danshoku Dino, Hiroshi Yamato, Kazuki Hirata, Mad Paulie, Masahiro Takanashi, Mizuki Watase, Toru Owashi, Yoshihiko, vs. Makoto Oishi (Makoto Oishi wins)

Saki Akai defeats Sakura Hirota

Three-Way Tag Match: Nautilus (Naomi Yoshimura and Yuki Ueno) defeat ALL OUT (Akito and Shunma Katsumata) and DAMNATION (Nobuhiro Shimatani and Soma Takao)

Shinya Aoki defeats Super Sasadango Machine

Tag Match: Kazusada Higuchi and Yukio Sakaguchi defeat Bull James and Yukio Naya

Four Way Match: Konosuke Takeshita defeats Chris Brookes, Daisuke Sasaki, and HARASHIMA

D-Ou Grand Prix Final Match: Masato Tanaka defeats Tetsuya Endo 

December 30, 2019

Gatoh Move

“GTMV #26″

Ichigaya Chocolate Square

Attendance: 77

Hagane Shinnou defeats Lulu Pencil

Chris Brookes defeats Mitsuru Konno

Six Man Tag Match: Antonio Honda, Baliyan Akki, and Mei Suruga defeat Masahiro Takanashi, Rin Rin, and TAMURA

December 30, 2019

Big Japan Wrestling: The World Is Not Enough Round 2

Korakuen Hall

Taped for Samurai TV

Attendance: 1,150

Six Man Tag Match: Kazuki Hashimoto, Shinobu, and Yuya Aoki defeat Koju Takeda, Kota Sekifuda, and Tatsuhiko Yoshino

Tag Team Match: Kazumi Kikuta and Ryuichi Kawakami defeat Kankuro Hoshino and Masaya Takahashi

Daisuke Sekimoto defeats Kosuke Sato

Six Man Tag Match: Daichi Hashimoto, Hideyoshi Kamitani, and Takuya Nomura defeat Freddie Krueger, Leatherface, and Raijin Yaguchi

Six Man Tag Match: Masashi Takeda, Takumi Tsukamoto, and Toshiyuki Sakuda defeat Koji Kanemoto, Shinjiro Otani, and Tatsuhito Takaiwa

Six Man Tag Match: Akira Hyodo, Yuji Hino, and Yuji Okabayashi defeat Hideki Suzuki, Takuho Kato, and Yasufumi Nakanoue

Six Man Tag Match: Strong Hearts (El Lindaman, Shigehiro Irie, and T-Hawk) defeat Abdullah Kobayashi, Yuko Miyamoto, and Masato Tanaka 

January 1, 2020

YMZ Pro Wrestling

“The 7th Sunrise”

Basement Mon Star

Attendance: 120

Tag Team Match: Manami Katsu and Mari Manji defeat Eito and Kaji Tomato

Tag Team Match: ASUKA and Hagane Shinnou vs. Daiki Shimomura and Tsubasa Kuragaki (Time Limit Draw)

No English Allowed Match: Cherry defeats Kakeru Sekiguchi 

Six Man Tag Match: Kuishinbo Kamen, Syuri, and Yuko Miyamoto defeat Daiki Shimomura, Hikaru Sato, and Kaori Yoneyama (w/Matsuzawa-san)

January 2, 2020

All Japan Pro Wrestling

“New Year Wars 2020, Day 1″

Korakuen Hall

Streamed live on AJPW.tv

Attendance: 1,445

Six Man Tag Match: Akira Francesco, Danny Jones, and Rising HAYATO defeat Atsuki Aoyagi, Dan Tamura, and Yusuke Okada

Six Man Tag Match: Fuminori Abe, Jake Lee, and Naoya Namura defeat Black Menso-re, Jun Akiyama, and Takao Omori

Six Man Tag Match: Masanobu Fuchi, TAJIRI, and The Great Sasuke defeat Abdullah Kobayashi, Frank Atsushi, and the Great Kojika 

New Year Battle Royal: Danny Jones defeats Akira Francesco, Atsuki Aoyagi, Black Menso-re, Chikara, Dan Tamura, Fuminori Abe, Jake Lee, Naoya Nomura, Osamu Nishimura, Rising HAYATO, Takao Omori, and Yusuke Okada

Eight Man Tag Match: Izanagi, Lucas Steel, Shigehiro Irie, and UTAMARO defeat Hokuto Omori, Kento Miyahara, Yoshitatsu, and Yuma Aoyagi

AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Tournament Semifinal Match: Hikaru Sato defeats Kagetora

AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Tournament Semifinal Match: Susumu Yokosuka defeats Koji Iwamoto

AJPW World Tag Team Title Match: Violent Giants (Shuji Ishikawa and Suwama) defeat Ryouji Sai and Zeus by KO - Title Change! 

January 2, 2020

World Wonder Ring Stardom

“New Year’s Stars, Night 1″

Shin-kiba 1st Ring

Attendance: 408

Tag Team Match: Queen’s Quest (Hina and Leo Onozaki) defeat Rina and Ruaka

Three Way Match: Leyla Hirsch (debut) defeats Itsuki Hoshino and Saya Iida

Six Man Tag Match: Queen’s Quest (Bea Priestly, Momo Watanabe, and Utami Hayashishita) defeat Oedo Tai (Natsuko Tora and Natsu Sumire) and Zoey Skye

Tag Team Match: Andras Miyagi and Giulia defeat Oedo Tai (Jamie Hayter and Martina)

Tag Team Match: Kagetsu and AZM defeat STARS (Starlight Kid and Mayu Iwatani)

Eight Man Tag Match: Tokyo Cyber Squad (Death Yama-san, Konami, Jungle Kyona, and Hana Kimura) defeat Saya Kamiani and STARS (Arisa Hoshiki, Saki Kashima, and Tam Nakano)

January 3, 2020

Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS

“Happy New Freedom 2020″

Shin-kiba 1st Ring

Attendance: 215

King of FREEDOM World Title #1 Contender One-Day Tournament Match: Kenji Fukimoto defeats Masashi Takeda

King of FREEDOM World Title #1 Contender One-Day Tournament Match: Takashi Sasaki defeats Rina Yamashita

King of FREEDOM World Title #1 Contender One-Day Tournament Match: Yuko Miyamoto defeats Kamui

King of FREEDOM World Title #1 Contender One-Day Tournament Match: Chikara defeats Takumi Tsukamoto

Two On One Handicap Elimination Match: Naoki Kamata and Tomoya Hirata defeat GENTARO

King of FREEDOM World Title #1 Contender One-Day Tournament Semifinal Match: Takashi Sasaki defeats Kenji Fukimoto

King of FREEDOM World Title #1 Contender One-Day Tournament Semifinal Match: Yuko Miyamoto defeats Chikara

Tag Team Match: Mammoth Sasaki and Violento Jack defeat Toru Sugiura and Yuya Susumu

King of FREEDOM World Title #1 Contender One-Day Tournament Final Match: Yuko Miyamoto defeats Takashi Sasaki 

January 3, 2020

World Wonder Ring Stardom

“New Year’s Stars, Night 2″

Shin-kiba 1st Ring

Attendance: 453

Three Way Match: Starlight Kid defeats Natsu Sumire and Ruaka

Three Way Tag Match: Itsuki Hoshino and Saya Kamitani defeat Leyla Hirsch and Rina and Queen’s Quest (Hina and Leo Onozaki)

Tag Team Match: Andras Miyagi and Giulia defeat Natsuko Tora and Zoey Skye

Six Man Tag Match: Tokyo Cyber Squad (Death Yama-san, Konami, and Jungle Kyona) defeat Bea Priestley and Oedo Tai (Jamie Hayter and Martina)

Six Man Tag Match: Queen’s Quest (AZM, Momo Watanabe, and Utami Hayashishita) defeat STARS (Arisa Hoshiki, Saya Iida, and Tam Nakano)

Oedo Tai Reunion (Hana Kimura and Kagetsu) defeat STARS (Mayu Iwatani and Saki Kashima) - Saki Kashima betrays Mayu and joins Oedo Tai

January 5, 2020

Tokyo Joshi Pro

“New Year Dish”

Itabashi Green Hall

Streamed live on DDT Universe

Attendance: 223

Tag Team Match: BAKURETSU Sisters (Nodoka Tenma and Yuki Aino) defeat Mizuki and Sena Shori

Akemi Daredasore defeats Pom Harajuku 

Three Way Match: Shoko Nakajima defeats Mahiro Kiryu and Yuki Kamifuku

Six Man Tag Match: Miyu Yamashita, Raku, and Suzume defeat Haruna Neko, Hikari Noa, and Natsumi Maki

Six Man Tag Match: Miu Watanabe, Rika Tatsumi, and Yuka Sakazaki defeat Mina Shirakawa, Mirai Miumi, and Yuna Manase

International Princess Title Match: Thunder Rosa defeats Maki Itoh - Title Change!  

January 5, 2020

New Japan Pro Wrestling: 

“Wrestle Kingdom 14, Night 2″

Tokyo Dome

Streamed live on NJPW World

Attendance: 30,063

Dark Match: NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Title Gauntlet Match: Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, EVIL, and Singo Takagi) defeat Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Chase Owens, and Yujiro Takahashi), CHAOS (Robbie Eagles, Tomohiro Ishii, and YOSHI-HASHI), Suzuki-gun (El Desperado, Taichi, and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) and Ryusuke Taguchi, Togi Makabe, and Toru Yano - Title Change!

Tag Team Match: Hiromu Takahashi and Ryu Lee defeat Jushin Thunder Liger and Naoki Sano (w/Yoshiaki Fujiwara) - Liger’s final match

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Title Match - Roppongi 3K (Sho and Yoh) w/Rocky Romero defeat Bullet Club (El Phantasmo and Taiji Ishimori) - Title Change!

RevPro Undisputed British Heavyweight Title Match - Zack Sabre Jr. defeats SANADA

IWGP US Heavyweight Title Match: Jon Moxley defeats Juice Robinson (w/David Finlay)

NEVER Openweight Title Match: Hirooki Goto defeats KENTA - Title Change!

Jay White (w/Gedo) defeats Kota Ibushi

Chris Jericho defeats Hiroshi Tanahashi

IWGP Heavyweight/IWGP Intercontinental Title Match: Tetsuya Naito defeats Kazuchika Okada - Title Change! (also Title Retention!)

[satoshi-mochida]

Idea Factory Otomate brand announced six new titles and three ports for Switch, as well as offered updates on thrre existing titles, during its Otomate Party 2019 event.

Get the full overview below.

Alice in the Country of Hearts: Wonderful White World / Wonderful Black World (Switch)

The first title from Otomate sub-brand QuinRose reborn, this is illustrated by Mamenosuke Fujimaru, written by Kou Satsuki, and features a theme song sung by Hisano and composed by Mari.

https://twitter.com/OtomateWeb/status/1135162133266649088

Amnesia for Nintendo Switch (Switch)

A port of the December 2013-released PS Vita title Amnesia V Edition. A memory loss x suspense x mystery game with character design and illustrations by Mai Hanamura, and featuring voice actors Tetsuya Kakihara, Kishou Taniyama, Akira Ishida, Satoshi Hino, and Kouki Miyata. Launches September 12 in Japan.

https://twitter.com/OtomateWeb/status/1135163009116954624

Amnesia Later x Crowd for Nintendo Switch (Switch)

A port of the October 2014-released PS Vita title Amnesia Later x Crowd V Edition. Two fan discs in one. Featuring voice actors Tetsuya Kakihara, Kishou Taniyama, Akira Ishida, Satoshi Hino, Kouki Miyata, and Hiromi Igarashi. Launches October 3 in Japan.

https://twitter.com/OtomateWeb/status/1135163135332012033

Birushana Sensa: Genpei Hika Musou (Switch)

Otomate x RED. The curtain rises on a new Genpei War, directed by Ai Itou, with main character designs by Kouji Haneda, theme song by Amatsuki, and featuring voice actors Makoto Furukawa, Jun Fukuyama, Kengo Kawanishi, Yuuichirou Umehara, and Soma Saito.

https://twitter.com/OtomateWeb/status/1135163711516135430

Collar x Malice for Nintendo Switch (Switch)

A port featuring the original story and fan disc in one. Produced by Reiko Shima with character desgns and llustrations by Mai Hanamura, and featuring voice actors Masakazu Morita, Yuuki Kaji, Soma Saito, Daisuke Namikawa, Ryouhei Kimura, and more. Launches in 2020 in Japan.

https://twitter.com/OtomateWeb/status/1135163268803092480

Cupid Parasite (Switch)

Directed by Bunetsu Tachimatsu (Jakou no Lyla: Allure of Musk) and written by Ririka Yoshimura, this is a “cute, happy, and nonsensical goddess x marriage love comedy. Launches in 2020 in Japan.

https://twitter.com/OtomateWeb/status/1135162268595834880

Dairoku: Ayakashimori (Switch)

Illustrated by Suou, with a theme song by Toshiyuki Toyonaga, and featuring voice actors Toshiyuki Toyonaga, Tatsuhisa Suzuki, Takahiro Sakurai, Yuusuke Kobayashi, Ryouta Oosaka, this is a “heart-connectng adventure in another world.” Launches in 2020 in Japan.

https://twitter.com/OtomateWeb/status/1135162419204935681

Gensou Kissa Enchante (Switch)

Directed by Ijoo, illustrated by Yuuya, written by Satomi Nakayama and Nao Kojima, and featuring voice actors Kenji Akabane, Yuuichirou Umehara, Kaito Ishikawa, Yuuki Ono, and Junichi Suwabe. Launches October 10 in Japan.

https://twitter.com/OtomateWeb/status/1135163557878804481

Meiji Katsugeki High Kara Ryuuseikumi: Seihai Shimaseu, Yonaoshi Kagyou (Switch)

A Meiji era world reformation love adventure game planned, supervised, and written by Ichicolumn Ayumi Takazu, illustrated by Rin Suzushiro, and with a theme song written by Chiyomaru Shikura and sung by +α/Alfakyun. Launches in 2020 in Japan.

https://twitter.com/OtomateWeb/status/1135162871782920192

Piofiore no Banshou: Episodio 1926 (Switch)

A sequel to Piofiore no Banshou, diected by Asahi Takamura, with character designs by Rri, and featuring voice actors Kaito Ishikawa, Showtaro Morikubo, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Ryouhei Kimura, Toshiyuki Toyonaga, and Shinnosuke Tachibana.

https://twitter.com/OtomateWeb/status/1135162722763431936

Olympia Soiree (Switch)

A mythological story directed by Wataru Watanabe, illustrated by Satoi, written by Yuma Katagiri, and featuring voice actors Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Tomokazu Sugita, Nobunaga Shimazaki, Yuuto Uemura, Yuuma Uchida, and Shun Horie.

https://twitter.com/OtomateWeb/status/1135163414097960960

Tokei Jikake no Apocalpyse (Switch)

Written by Uta Amemiya, directed by Asami Saito, with a theme song sung by Megumi Ogatam this is “a story that starts from the bad ending.”

https://twitter.com/OtomateWeb/status/1135162577988677634

[megazarak]

I'm new to your blog so😄😄😄😂😂😂. I was thrown off by your username and I didn't think you self-shipped😂😂😂. But anyway, who are your F/O's? 😊😊😊

Haha, I don't blame you.

Oof. Sit back and relax because we gonna be here a while

♥Brothers Conflict♥Asahina Masaomi, Asahina Fuuto, M!Hinata Ema♥Danganronpa♥Fujisaki Chihiro, M!Celestia Ludenberg, M!Fukawa Touko/Genocider Syo, Souda Kazuichi, Tanaka Gundham, M!Tsumiki Mikan, M!Mioda Ibuki, Sakakura Juuzo, Chikatilo Ted, Saihara Shuichi, Ouma Kokichi, Shinguji Korekiyo, Gokuhara Gonta♥Diabolik Lovers♥Sakamaki Shu, Sakamaki Reiji, Sakamaki Kanato Sakamaki Subaru, Mukami Kou, Mukami Yuma, Mukami Azusa, M!Komori Yui♥Fire Emblem♥Chrom, M!Robin, M!Grima, M!Corrin, Ryoma, Xander, Alfonse, Bruno, Hríd, Fernand, Duma♥Happy Tree Friends♥Flippy/Fliqpy, Lifty, Shifty, Splendid, Splendont♥One Punch Man♥Amai Mask, Lord Boros, Suppon♥Persona 5♥Kurusu Akira, Sakamoto Ryuji, Kitagawa Yusuke, Akechi Goro, Okumura Haru, Mishima Yuuki♥Tokyo Ghoul♥Mutsuku Tooru, Kanae/Karren von Rosewald, Tsukiyama Shuu, Yoshimura Eto, Arima Kishou, Sasaki Haise, Kamishiro Rize, Yomo Renji, Washuu Kichimura/Furuta Souta♥Voltron♥Keith Kogane, Lance McLain, Lotor, Matt Holt

[evilpeacock]

INORI (Prayer) from nobumichi asai on Vimeo.

INORI (prayer) Super High Speed Face Mapping (1000fps) Making vimeo.com/210565827

This project is achieved as collaborative work between AYABAMBI, Ishikawa Watanabe Lab,TOKYO, responding the call for collaboration by Nobumichi Asai (WOW).

Staff

Nobumichi Asai [Creative Director | Technical Director - WOW] Shingo Abe [CG Director - WOW] Atsushi Yoshimura [Programmer - WOW] Ayaka Motoyoshi [Assistant Producer - WOW]

Eiji Tanigawa [Director | Editor - TOKYO] Senzo Ueno [Director of Photography - TOKYO] Toshiyuki Takei / Shinya Masuda [Producer - TOKYO] Minami Chiwaki / Yuma Yoshimura / Kohei Takayama [Production Manager - TOKYO] Suzuko Ohgaki [Making Director - TOKYO]

Aya Sato [Choreographer] AyaBambi [Cast] Oi-chan[Management]

Shootings

Tomorio Takahashi [Gaffer] Hisashi Morikawa / Mie Inaba / Akihiko Imai [Light Assistant] Takashi Ideguchi [Camera 1st Assistant] Shibuya Hiromi / Fujii Ryosuke [Camera 2nd Assistant] Setsu Fukushima / Ryosuke Taniguchi [Music - Ongakushitsu Inc.] Yosuke Nagao [Music Composer]

Yasuo Fukuda [Colorist] Ryota Abe [Online Editor] Mizuki Kawano [Mixer - TAIYO KIKAKU co.,ltd]

Special Thanks

Yoshihiro Watanabe [Ishikawa Watanabe Laboratory,University of Tokyo] Masatoshi Ishikawa [Ishikawa Watanabe Laboratory,University of Tokyo] Tomoaki Teshima [Exvision]

TOKYO ELECTRON DEVICE LIMITED Takeshi Yuasa / Kiwamu Sumino / Hiroshi Watase /Toru Yamashita Atsuko Kushima / Tomoaki Kiguchi

nobumichiasai.com

- - - - - -

First, the soundtrack was composed according along the theme "Life". Nobumichi Asai and Shingo Abe was inspired by the music and then made face mapping work. Aya Sato designed choreography. TOKYO completed the project by making the video work.

The music brought Asai the image of “the radioactive.” The destructive force of the radioactive could cause “death,” “suffering,” and “sorrow.” And “prayers” could overcome them. These subjects infuse AYABAMBI’s powerful performance. Their performance crushes and conquer black tears, skulls and the Heart Sutra. We built up the concept during the production and Abe designed animation for face mapping.

There was a big challenge in technical aspects. We realized the new mapping system that allows us to follow intense performances by using the latest 1,000 fps projector, DynaFlash(*1) and a super speed sensor. It is very new and it had not been done before. Projected images become part of their skin and they transform their faces.

At the beginning of our development, there was an issue, AYABAMBI would loose freedom of performances if we accelerated the tracking speed. Asai, Yoshimura (WOW), Lecturer Watanabe and Teshima (EXVISION) explored how we could keep the tracking speed securing the freedom of performances, taking three months of trial and error to reduce a few milliseconds. And we finally developed this system(*2).

*1 “DynaFlash” is developed jointly by Ishikawa Watanabe Laboratory, the University of Tokyo and is commercialized by Tokyo Electron Device Limited.

*2 For tracking hands, we use the dynamic projection mapping technology developed by Ishikawa Watanabe Laboratory, the University of Tokyo. For tracking faces, we use the face mapping technology developed by the visual design studio, WOW inc.

[jindongkt]

Yuma Yoshimura 「この部屋から見る宙」 at TAKU SOMETANI GALLERY またまた阿呆みたいにカッケーカッケー呟いて恥を晒しました。 https://ift.tt/2OUianx

[placerdiario]

INORI (prayer) / Making from nobumichi asai on Vimeo.

INORI(Prayer) Super High Speed Face Mapping (1000fps) vimeo.com/210599507

This project is achieved as collaborative work between AyaBambi,Ishikawa Watanabe Lab,TOKYO, responding the call for collaboration by Nobumichi Asai (WOW).

Staff

Nobumichi Asai [Creative Director | Technical Director - WOW] Shingo Abe [CG Director - WOW] Atsushi Yoshimura [Programmer - WOW] Ayaka Motoyoshi [Assistant Producer - WOW]

Eiji Tanigawa [Director | Editor - TOKYO] Senzo Ueno [Director of Photography - TOKYO] Toshiyuki Takei / Shinya Masuda [Producer - TOKYO] Minami Chiwaki / Yuma Yoshimura / Kohei Takayama [Production Manager - TOKYO] Suzuko Ohgaki [Making Director - TOKYO]

Aya Sato [Choreographer] AyaBambi [Cast] Oi-chan[Management]

Shootings

Tomorio Takahashi [Gaffer] Hisashi Morikawa / Mie Inaba / Akihiko Imai [Light Assistant] Takashi Ideguchi [Camera 1st Assistant] Shibuya Hiromi / Fujii Ryosuke [Camera 2nd Assistant] Setsu Fukushima / Ryosuke Taniguchi [Music - Ongakushitsu Inc.] Yosuke Nagao [Music Composer]

Yasuo Fukuda [Colorist] Ryota Abe [Online Editor] Mizuki Kawano [Mixer - TAIYO KIKAKU co.,ltd]

Special Thanks

Yoshihiro Watanabe [Ishikawa Watanabe Laboratory,University of Tokyo] Masatoshi Ishikawa [Ishikawa Watanabe Laboratory,University of Tokyo] Tomoaki Teshima [Exvision]

TOKYO ELECTRON DEVICE LIMITED Takeshi Yuasa / Kiwamu Sumino / Hiroshi Watase /Toru Yamashita Atsuko Kushima / Tomoaki Kiguchi

nobumichiasai.com

- - - - - - - - - -

First, the soundtrack was composed according along the theme "Life". Nobumichi Asai and Shingo Abe was inspired by the music and then made face mapping work. Aya Sato designed choreography. TOKYO completed the project by making the video work.

The music brought Asai the image of “the radioactive.” The destructive force of the radioactive could cause “death,” “suffering,” and “sorrow.” And “prayers” could overcome them. These subjects infuse AYABAMBI’s powerful performance. Their performance crushes and conquer black tears, skulls and the Heart Sutra. We built up the concept during the production and Abe designed animation for face mapping.

There was a big challenge in technical aspects. We realized the new mapping system that allows us to follow intense performances by using the latest 1,000 fps projector, DynaFlash(*1) and a super speed sensor. It is very new and it had not been done before. Projected images become part of their skin and they transform their faces.

At the beginning of our development, there was an issue, AYABAMBI would loose freedom of performances if we accelerated the tracking speed. Asai, Yoshimura (WOW), Lecturer Watanabe and Teshima (EXVISION) explored how we could keep the tracking speed securing the freedom of performances, taking three months of trial and error to reduce a few milliseconds. And we finally developed this system(*2).

*1 “DynaFlash” is developed jointly by Ishikawa Watanabe Laboratory, the University of Tokyo and is commercialized by Tokyo Electron Device Limited.

*2 For tracking hands, we use the dynamic projection mapping technology developed by Ishikawa Watanabe Laboratory, the University of Tokyo. For tracking faces, we use the face mapping technology developed by the visual design studio, WOW inc.

[white-cat-of-doom]

The Shiki Theatre Company in Japan celebrated its 70th anniversary today (14 July 2023), with special curtain calls for all the ongoing shows, including CATS in Nagoya!

Only a few more months until the show's 40th anniversary in November!

Toma Masaki as Asparagus, Erika Orita as Bombalurina, Hiroki Terunuma as Carbucketty, Nanako Yoshimura as Cassandra, Shota Obitsu as Coricopat, Mayumi Fujita as Demeter, Yoshiki Takano as Gilbert, Chiaki Kimura as Grizabella, Miki Okudaira as Jellylorum, Saya as Jemima, Sayuri Ataka as Jennyanydots, Ippei Sagehashi as Chorus Macavity, Shu Oshida as Mistoffelees, Kazuki Morita as Mungojerrie, Taijun Kanemoto as Munkustrap, Yuki Takahashi as Old Deuteronomy, Cezary Modzelewski as Rum Rum Tugger, Ayu Shimizu as Rumpleteazer, Tomoki Kawakami as Rumpus Cat, Fumina Yamanashi as Sillabub, Kaisaer Tatike as Skimbleshanks, Rika Takeshita as Tantomile, Yuma Ishida as Tumblebrutus, and Erii Kojima as Victoria.

[oraclesofnorway]

INORI (Prayer) from nobumichi asai on Vimeo.

INORI (prayer) Super High Speed Face Mapping (1000fps) Making vimeo.com/210565827

This project is achieved as collaborative work between AYABAMBI, Ishikawa Watanabe Lab,TOKYO, responding the call for collaboration by Nobumichi Asai (WOW).

Staff

Nobumichi Asai [Creative Director | Technical Director - WOW] Shingo Abe [CG Director - WOW] Atsushi Yoshimura [Programmer - WOW] Ayaka Motoyoshi [Assistant Producer - WOW]

Eiji Tanigawa [Director | Editor - TOKYO] Senzo Ueno [Director of Photography - TOKYO] Toshiyuki Takei / Shinya Masuda [Producer - TOKYO] Minami Chiwaki / Yuma Yoshimura / Kohei Takayama [Production Manager - TOKYO] Suzuko Ohgaki [Making Director - TOKYO]

Aya Sato [Choreographer] AyaBambi [Cast] Oi-chan[Management]

Shootings

Tomorio Takahashi [Gaffer] Hisashi Morikawa / Mie Inaba / Akihiko Imai [Light Assistant] Takashi Ideguchi [Camera 1st Assistant] Shibuya Hiromi / Fujii Ryosuke [Camera 2nd Assistant] Setsu Fukushima / Ryosuke Taniguchi [Music - Ongakushitsu Inc.] Yosuke Nagao [Music Composer]

Yasuo Fukuda [Colorist] Ryota Abe [Online Editor] Mizuki Kawano [Mixer - TAIYO KIKAKU co.,ltd]

Special Thanks

Yoshihiro Watanabe [Ishikawa Watanabe Laboratory,University of Tokyo] Masatoshi Ishikawa [Ishikawa Watanabe Laboratory,University of Tokyo] Tomoaki Teshima [Exvision]

TOKYO ELECTRON DEVICE LIMITED Takeshi Yuasa / Kiwamu Sumino / Hiroshi Watase /Toru Yamashita Atsuko Kushima / Tomoaki Kiguchi

nobumichiasai.com

- - - - - -

First, the soundtrack was composed according along the theme "Life". Nobumichi Asai and Shingo Abe was inspired by the music and then made face mapping work. Aya Sato designed choreography. TOKYO completed the project by making the video work.

The music brought Asai the image of “the radioactive.” The destructive force of the radioactive could cause “death,” “suffering,” and “sorrow.” And “prayers” could overcome them. These subjects infuse AYABAMBI’s powerful performance. Their performance crushes and conquer black tears, skulls and the Heart Sutra. We built up the concept during the production and Abe designed animation for face mapping.

There was a big challenge in technical aspects. We realized the new mapping system that allows us to follow intense performances by using the latest 1,000 fps projector, DynaFlash(*1) and a super speed sensor. It is very new and it had not been done before. Projected images become part of their skin and they transform their faces.

At the beginning of our development, there was an issue, AYABAMBI would loose freedom of performances if we accelerated the tracking speed. Asai, Yoshimura (WOW), Lecturer Watanabe and Teshima (EXVISION) explored how we could keep the tracking speed securing the freedom of performances, taking three months of trial and error to reduce a few milliseconds. And we finally developed this system(*2).

*1 “DynaFlash” is developed jointly by Ishikawa Watanabe Laboratory, the University of Tokyo and is commercialized by Tokyo Electron Device Limited.

*2 For tracking hands, we use the dynamic projection mapping technology developed by Ishikawa Watanabe Laboratory, the University of Tokyo. For tracking faces, we use the face mapping technology developed by the visual design studio, WOW inc.

[inspireif]

インディペンデントキュレーターである、Kate Mothes #yngspc にインタビューして頂きました。インタビュー記事は新しい物ですが、何故か載せてもらっている作品は、7年前の壁画など、古い作品ばかりなので画像と記事内容に若干誤差があります。ご了承下さい。 また、取り上げてくれた、は主にコンテンポラリーなファインアートがほとんどですが、多様なスタイルを見る事が出来ます。 興味があれば是非ご覧下さい。 ・ Kate Mothes #yngspc (Independent Curator) interviewed me, and Publication work is an old work, but My is very fresh, so please fell your style, and The site that Kate direction is contemporary art mainly, so if you have interest it, please check her site. #yumayoshimura #youngspace #katemothes #pastwork #newinterview

[neknee]

INORI (Prayer) from nobumichi asai on Vimeo.

INORI (prayer) Super High Speed Face Mapping (1000fps) Making vimeo.com/210565827

This project is achieved as collaborative work between AYABAMBI, Ishikawa Watanabe Lab,TOKYO, responding the call for collaboration by Nobumichi Asai (WOW).

Staff

Nobumichi Asai [Creative Director | Technical Director - WOW] Shingo Abe [CG Director - WOW] Atsushi Yoshimura [Programmer - WOW] Ayaka Motoyoshi [Assistant Producer - WOW]

Eiji Tanigawa [Director | Editor - TOKYO] Senzo Ueno [Director of Photography - TOKYO] Toshiyuki Takei / Shinya Masuda [Producer - TOKYO] Minami Chiwaki / Yuma Yoshimura / Kohei Takayama [Production Manager - TOKYO] Suzuko Ohgaki [Making Director - TOKYO]

Aya Sato [Choreographer] AyaBambi [Cast] Oi-chan[Management]

Shootings

Tomorio Takahashi [Gaffer] Hisashi Morikawa / Mie Inaba / Akihiko Imai [Light Assistant] Takashi Ideguchi [Camera 1st Assistant] Shibuya Hiromi / Fujii Ryosuke [Camera 2nd Assistant] Setsu Fukushima / Ryosuke Taniguchi [Music - Ongakushitsu Inc.] Yosuke Nagao [Music Composer]

Yasuo Fukuda [Colorist] Ryota Abe [Online Editor] Mizuki Kawano [Mixer - TAIYO KIKAKU co.,ltd]

Special Thanks

Yoshihiro Watanabe [Ishikawa Watanabe Laboratory,University of Tokyo] Masatoshi Ishikawa [Ishikawa Watanabe Laboratory,University of Tokyo] Tomoaki Teshima [Exvision]

TOKYO ELECTRON DEVICE LIMITED Takeshi Yuasa / Kiwamu Sumino / Hiroshi Watase /Toru Yamashita Atsuko Kushima / Tomoaki Kiguchi

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First, the soundtrack was composed according along the theme "Life". Nobumichi Asai and Shingo Abe was inspired by the music and then made face mapping work. Aya Sato designed choreography. TOKYO completed the project by making the video work.

The music brought Asai the image of “the radioactive.” The destructive force of the radioactive could cause “death,” “suffering,” and “sorrow.” And “prayers” could overcome them. These subjects infuse AYABAMBI’s powerful performance. Their performance crushes and conquer black tears, skulls and the Heart Sutra. We built up the concept during the production and Abe designed animation for face mapping.

There was a big challenge in technical aspects. We realized the new mapping system that allows us to follow intense performances by using the latest 1,000 fps projector, DynaFlash(*1) and a super speed sensor. It is very new and it had not been done before. Projected images become part of their skin and they transform their faces.

At the beginning of our development, there was an issue, AYABAMBI would loose freedom of performances if we accelerated the tracking speed. Asai, Yoshimura (WOW), Lecturer Watanabe and Teshima (EXVISION) explored how we could keep the tracking speed securing the freedom of performances, taking three months of trial and error to reduce a few milliseconds. And we finally developed this system(*2).

*1 “DynaFlash” is developed jointly by Ishikawa Watanabe Laboratory, the University of Tokyo and is commercialized by Tokyo Electron Device Limited.

*2 For tracking hands, we use the dynamic projection mapping technology developed by Ishikawa Watanabe Laboratory, the University of Tokyo. For tracking faces, we use the face mapping technology developed by the visual design studio, WOW inc.

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INORI - PRAYER- from WOW inc on Vimeo.

About the Work The latest work to utilize real time tracking and face projection mapping using a state of the art 1000 fps projector and ultra high speed sensing, “INORI-prayer-,“ has been released. This project was born when Nobumichi Asai (WOW) approached collaborators Eiji Tanigawa, of TOKYO（lab.tokyo.jp/）, the dancing duo AyaBambi, and the Ishikawa Watanabe Laboratory at the University of Tokyo.

This project began when songs were created about ‘life,’ a theme proposed by Tanigawa, who acted as this project’s director. Creative and technical director Asai (WOW) and CG director Shingo Abe (WOW) completed visual production and programming based on inspiration they obtained from the songs. Aya Sato added the choreography, and TOKYO, led by Taniguchi, completed the project by making it into a video.

‘Radioactive’ is the inspiration that Asai felt from music. ‘Radioactive’ wields destructive power, and from that brings ‘death’, ‘suffering’, and ‘sadness"’. And then, the ‘opportunity’ to overcome those things. Accompanied by the overwhelming performance of AyaBambi, a visual synchronization of black tears, skulls, faces being severed, Noh Masks of agony and the Heart Sutra have sublimated into a single piece of work.

The face mapping system made it possible to follow intense performances, which was impossible until now, thanks to the use of the state of the art 1000 fps projector DynaFlash※1 and ultra high speed sensing. The initial dilemma of speeding up the tracking to the detriment of performance latitude was resolved by the WOW team, Professor Watanabe, and Tomoaki Teshima (EXVISION), who trimmed several milliseconds during a trial and error period that lasted approximately three months, enabling the completion of this system※2. The projected image looks like it is integrated into part of the skin, and the expressions on a subject’s face, when it is distorted or transformed, are exponentially enhanced.

*1: Jointly developed by the Ishikawa Watanabe Laboratory at the University of Tokyo and Tokyo Electron Device, and commercialized by Tokyo Electron Device. *2: Dynamic projection mapping technology, developed by the Ishikawa Watanabe Laboratory at the University of Tokyo, was used for hand tracking and projection mapping. Face mapping technology, developed by WOW Inc., was used for facial tracking.

作品について 最新鋭1000fpsプロジェクターと超高速センシングによるリアルタイムトラッキング＆フェイスプロジェクションマッピングの最新作「INORI -PRAYER-」が公開。本作は、浅井宣通（WOW）の呼びかけにより、TOKYO（ lab.tokyo.jp/ ）の谷川英司氏、ダンスユニットAyaBambi、東京大学石川渡辺研���室とのコラボレーションから誕生した。

本作は、ディレクターを務めた谷川氏が提案した「生命」をテーマに楽曲を制作したところから開始。楽曲から受けたインスピレーションを元に、クリエイティブ・テクニカルディレクター浅井（WOW）とCGディレクター阿部伸吾（WOW）がビジュアル制作とプログラミングを構築。更にAya Sato氏がコレオグラフを作り上げ、谷川氏率いるTOKYOが映像作品として完成させた。

浅井が音楽から感じたインスピレーションは「Radioactive」。 「Radioactive」が持つ「破壊力」とそれによりもたらされる「死」「苦しみ」「悲しみ」、そしてそれらを乗り越えるための「祈り」。AyaBambiの圧倒的なパフォーマンスとともに「黒い涙」「スカル」「裁断される顔」「苦悩の能面」「般若心経」といったビジュアルがシンクロし、一つの作品へ昇華しています。

本作では、最新鋭の1000fpsプロジェクターDynaFlash※1と超高速センシングの使用により、これまで不可能だった激しいパフォーマンスも追従できるフェイスマッピングシステムを実現。トラッキングを高速化することによりパフォーマンスの自由度が失われるという開発当初のジレンマを解消すべく、WOWチーム、渡辺教授、手島氏（EXVISION）は約三ヶ月に渡り数ミリ秒を削るためトライ＆エラーを繰り返し、今回のシステム※2を完成。プロジェクションされたイメージは、それ自体が皮膚の一部と一体化しているようにも見え、被写体の顔が変形・変質する際の表現力を飛躍的に高めた。

※1: 東京大学石川渡辺研究室と東京エレクトロンデバイスが共同で開発し、東京エレクトロンデバイスが製品化。 ※2: 手のトラッキング&プロジェクションマッピングは、東京大学石川渡辺研究室が開発したダイナミックプロジェクションマッピング技術を使用。顔のトラッキングは、WOW inc.が開発したフェイスマッピング技術を使用。

AyaBambi▶ayabambi.net/ TOKYO▶lab.tokyo.jp/ 東京大学石川渡辺研究室▶k2.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/index-j.html

Staff Credit Creative Director / Technical Director：Nobumichi Asai[WOW] CG Director：Shingo Abe[WOW] Programmer：Atsushi Yoshimura[WOW] Assistant Producer：Ayaka Motoyoshi[WOW]

Director / Editor：Eiji Tanigawa[TOKYO] Director of Photography：Senzo Ueno[TOKYO] Producer：Toshiyuki Takei, Shinya Masuda[TOKYO] Production Manager：Minami Chiwaki, Yuma Yoshimura, Kohei Takayama[TOKYO] Making Director：Suzuko Ohgaki[TOKYO]

Choreographer：Aya Sato Cast：AyaBambi Management：Oi-chan

Shootings Gaffer：Tomohiro Takahashi Light Assistant��Hisashi Morikawa, Mie Inaba, Akihiko Imai Camera 1st Assistant：Takashi Ideguchi Camera 2nd Assistant：Shibuya Hiromi, Fujii Ryosuke Music：Setsu Fukushima, Ryosuke Taniguchi[Ongakushitsu Inc.] Music Composer：Yosuke Nagao

Colorist：Yasuo Fukuda Online Editor：Ryota Abe

PR Mizuki Kawano [School] Tomoyuki Sawada [Kartz Media Works] Natsuki Taguchi [Kartz Media Works]

Special Thanks Yoshihiro Watanabe[Ishikawa Watanabe Laboratory,University of Tokyo] Masatoshi Ishikawa[Ishikawa Watanabe Laboratory,University of Tokyo] Tomoaki Teshima[Exvision]

TOKYO ELECTRON DEVICE LIMITED Takeshi Yuasa, Kiwamu Sumino, Hiroshi Watase, Toru Yamashita Atsuko Kushima, Tomoaki Kiguchi