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.

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.

KAZUNARI TAJIMA
http://www.tajimakazunali.com/
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.

YASUYUKI TAKAKI
http://www.tkklab.com/
Yasuyuki Takaki began his career as a freelance photographer in 1994. He works on jacket images, fashion magazines and culture magazines.

P.M. KEN
http://www.pmken.com/
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.

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).