YASUMASA YONEHARA (CexWork)
Born on May 20th in 1959, Yone is same age as Barbie dolls and The Tokyo Tower, 50 years old: a grown man with a solemn child’s mind. Famed for his depictions of women on cheki-type Polaroid film, Yone has become a cult figure both in Japan and, increasingly, overseas.
CexWork→http://cexwork.com/blog/index.html

KAZUNARI TAJIMA
Kazunari 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. He is currently looking for an assistant!
HP→http://www.tajimakazunali.com

KEIICHI NITTA (I crazy ass muthfacka)
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!
Keiichi Nitta→http://www.keiichi-nitta.com

AKIRA KITAJIMA
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 catalogs.
HP→http://www.sputnik.ne.jp/

YASUYUKI TAKAKI (LOWERCASE)
Born in Tokyo in 1973, Takaki graduated from New York University of the Arts, after which he became a freelance photographer. He works in Europe and South America, as well as Japan. His work can be seen in various magazines, such as Jalouse and JAL in-flight magazine Skyward, and he also does lots of commercial work. He currently lives in Brooklyn.
HP→http://www.yasuyukitakagi.com/

PHOTOMASTER KEN
Ken began his career as a freelance photographer in 1990. He began to produce digital images with a Mac and Photoshop in 1996, making him an early adopter of the medium. He works for fashion magazines including VOGUE NIPPON and Num?ro Tokyo as well as clients from the music business. Recently his series of composite pictures of shopping streets he has visited in the past has been proving very popular.
HP→http://www.pmken.com/

CHIKASHI KASAI
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).
Twitter→http://twitter.com/kasaichikashi

SHIN SUZUKI
Born in Fukuoka in 1980, Shin Suzuki graduated in photography from Tokyo University of Industrial Arts in 2005, the year he won the Grand Prix at the 24th Hitotsuba Photo Awards. After working for the Amana Group, in 2008 he went freelance. He has many clients, for both advertising and magazine work, as well as directing TV commercials.
HP→http://suzukishin.jp/