TAKASHI KUMAGAI
www.takashi-kumagai.com
Born in 1970. Began his stylist-career in 1994 after studying in Paris. In 1998, started working as a photographer and established his own label "GDC". Apart from working in advertising and magazines, he has been working as a director in various genre including branding for fashion labels such as "QUIKSILVER CULTURE", "VOT" and the direction of shop interiors. He is also a creative and interior director of "ADAM ET ROPE' WILD LIFE TAILOR" and "Adam et Rope’ Biotop" which opened this spring. Recently he has been working on the direction of the store SATURDAYS SURF, which opened on Kyu-Yamate Street in Daikanyama.

TAISHI NOBUKUNI
http://www.taishi-nobukuni.co.jp/
Taishi Nobukuni was born in Kumamoto Prefecture on May 30 1970. He graduated the Womenswear Design course of St. Martin’s, London in 1996. In 1998 he established menswear brand TAISHI NOBUKUNI. He was awarded the Mainichi Fashion Award for Best Newcomer in 2005. He launched the brand BOTANIKA in 2007. He is involved in the production of organic cotton.

HIDEKI MATSUNAGA
http://www.rirelog.com/archives/author/hmatsunaga
Hailing from Nagasaki Prefecture, Hideki Matsunaga runs Abbey, Ltd. He graduated from a technical college specializing in hair styling and joined PEEK-A-BOO in 1989. He became an Art Director at the age of 28, the youngest ever employee to reach that level at that time. He went on to become the head of its Harajuku salon. He amicably parted ways with PEEK-A-BOO in 2002 and opened BAPE CUTS in Harajuku in collaboration with A BATHING APE producer NIGO. In 2007 he opened a new salon called Abbey in Omotesando, opening Abbey2 in Minami-Aoyama in 2010. Currently, he mostly works in the salon, but also does work for magazines and advertising. He is also involved in the creation of beauty products.

TAKAHIRO MIYAJIMA
http://www.d-cord.com/miyajima/miyajima.html
A freelance stylist since 1996, Miyajima’s work appears in magazines such as Rock’in on, smart, MEN’S NON-NO, BOON,sense,SWITCH, etc. He has styled musicians including Eikichi Yazawa, Dragon Ash, Blanky Jet City, SBK, SOPHIA,Yellow Monkey, Masayoshi Yamazaki, Mr, Children, LOVE PSYCHEDELICO, NOKKO, TRICERATOPS, TOKIO, V6, Arashi, DA-PUMP, Naohito Fujiki, Mika Nakashima and Takako Uehara. His also styles celebrities like Shinji Takeda, Ryuhei Matsuda,Kuroudo Maki and Satoshi Tsumabuki, and has commercial clients including TOWER RECORDS, SONY, Panasonic, MTV Japan, Levi’s, Olympus, SEIKO and HITACHI.

DAIKI
http://www.fierceheads.com/
Since starting his DJ career in 1994, DAIKI has been spinning techno, electro, reggae, dancehall, jazz, house, abstract, breaks and more at venues like WOMB, AMARAX, CLUB ASIA, LIQUIDROOM, CORE and UNIT.He has been based between London and Tokyo since 2001. He has played alongside top acts like Marco Bailey, DJ Misjah and Clodagh, and has appeared as a special guest at Kinetec Live.