KAZUNALI TAJIMA
http://www.tajimakazunali.com/
Kazunali Tajima was born in 1968 in Tokyo. He started his career as a photographer by working as the assistant of Akira Gomi, going freelance in 1990. After living in Paris and New York, he returned to Tokyo in 2002. He shoots for fashion magazines, ads, TV commercials, musicians and image production for movies. He did a monograph of Ryuichi Sakamoto titled “N/Y” in 1995 and one of Miki Nakatani titled “NAKATANI ? Miki Nakatani” in 2001.

AKIRA KITAJIMA
http://www.sputnik.ne.jp/
Born in Hakata in 1962, Akira Kitajima graduated from the Kyushu Industrial University Art Faculty Photography course in 1987. He moved to Tokyo and began working at a studio. In 1990 he was selected for PARCO PROMISING PHOTOGRAPHERS 2, and won the Asahi Expression in Advertising Prize. In 1993 his first monograph, titled “UNTITLED” was published. He is the boss of photographer agency SPUTNIK and works on movie ads, jacket images, fashion magazines and catalogues.

YASUYUKI TAKAKI
http://www.tkklab.com/
Born in Osaka in 1968. After working as a stylist, he began his career as a photographer in 1994. His work can be seen in men’s magazines like HUGE and BRUTUS as well as in fashion commercials, as well as CD jackets and other projects, for which he also works as the visual director. His monograph “TOTAL Exhibition Book” was published in July 2009

SANO☆YUTAKA
http://twitter.com/sanohoshi
Born in Tokyo in 1966, Yutaka Sano is a stylist-turned-filmmaker who operates in the advertising industry. He graduated from Keio University. In 2007 he won the Tokyo ADC Award. His clients include Kewpie, Shiseido, Honda, Suntory, Kanebo and many others. His commercial for sports drink Pocari Sweat featuring Beat Takeshi, which aired this June was extremely creative. Last year he traveled the world and the photos he took on his iPhone were exhibited.

KEIICHI NITTA
http://www.keiichi-nitta.com/
Born in Tokyo in 1975, Keiichi Nitta represents Japan’s pop culture. After graduating from Bunka College of Fashion, he moved to New York and became the assistant of Terry Richardson. He went freelance in 2006 after returning to Japan. “BOWERY BOYS”, the 120-page photo book he produced with artists who lived around the Bowery area, is nearly sold out!

CHIKASHI KASAI
http://twitter.com/kasaichikashi
Born in Tokyo in 1970, Chikashi Kasai is a graduate of Tama University of Fine Arts. He works on everything from fashion, music and culture magazines to CD jackets and swimwear shoots. His most famous published works are “TOKYO DANCE” (1997), “danse double” (1997) and “KARTE” (2010).

KENSUKE YAMAMOTO
http://twitter.com/#!/kensukey
After graduating from Hitotsubashi University having specialized in video game theory, Yamamoto joined ad agency behemoth Dentsu before moving to publisher Conde Nast Japan where he worked as an editor on GQ JAPAN magazine. He quit in September 2009 and in April the following year set up web service Company Sumally.