Hiroyoshi Uruma is the General Director of 「 STAR ISLAND 」, an entertainment show that fuses Japanese traditional fireworks with advance technology. Hiroyoshi has performed across all over the world, with the well-recognized performances in Singapore and Saudi Arabia. For the 2019 Paralympic Games in Singapore, Hiroyohi created fireworks display consisting of 500 drones, which thrilled the 500,000 attendees with its astonishing display.

Hiroyoshi specializes in immersive and dynamic multimedia entertainment shows that combine live performance and technology. Hiroyoshi is also active in a wide range of artist live performances, original shows, and promotional events.

In 2015, 「Precious SKY FASHION SHOW feat. GUCCI」 received「1st JACE Event Award for Advertising Impact」.
In 2017, 「Futuristic Fireworks Entertainment STAR ISLAND」 won 「Cool Japan Matching Forum 2017 Judges' Special Prize」 by the Cabinet Office.
In 2020, 「CONTACT」, a spectacular show in the night sky using 500 drones, received「6th JACE Event Award, Grand Prize, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award」.
In 2021, Hiroyoshi joined the production team for the closing ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games as a Creative Director.

Yamachang started his career as a laser lighting designer in 2000.
Yamachang’s activities range from corporate installations and entertainment shows to illuminations, live stages, and dance music festivals, where he designs spaces based on light.
With the methods of "color = melody" and "brightness = rhythm" as the axis, the improvisational operation cultivated through many years of activities gives the audience a cutting-edge impression.
Yamachang seamlessly links and expands the use of analog and digital equipment, and develops audiovisual systems and drone lasers to create a wide range of unconventional expressions.
Belongs to the creator group『REALROCKDESIGN』.

A Japanese engineer fascinated by the beauty of LASER light, belongs to KAST Co.
From the research and development of MADE IN JAPAN LASER equipment, Daiki has been involved in a wide range of LASER productions for concerts, stages, plays, and events.
In recent years, he has succeeded in researching and developing 『Fiber Beam』, a light that is both sharp and extremely safe even if it enters the human eye.Taking advantage of the safety of Fiber Beam, adding movement and rotation of the light source through the robot arm, Daiki proposed 『Beam Twister』to revolutionize the production of light.

Active in two bands, "sfpr" and "Radical Hardcore Clique," which develop borderless sounds that move inextricably between electro and rock, and has also worked as a music producer for many top artists in Japan and abroad. Fz has also worked as a music producer for many top artists in Japan and abroad. In particular, Fz’s unique worldview combining Gagaku and Western music has been highly acclaimed both in Japan and abroad, and in 2018 he began producing music for stages and events that incorporate soundscapes such as "Panasonic Immersive Entertainment Booth at CES 2018" "STAR ISLAND" "Agency for Cultural Affairs Strategic Art and Culture. Fz has also served as music director for "Japan Live Yellow Project," "Songs of Hammering Fire," and other projects. Fz is also one of the composers for the closing ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

Naoya Murayama started his career as an art designer in 2006.Since then he has been active as an art designer mainly for TV programs such as variety, music, information, and sports. Naoya’s activities are not limited to television, but also include art direction for live performances, events, and stages. He has created a number of spaces based on the theme of "design with a story. Naoya has worked with a number of directors to create new content by creating spaces that defy conventional concepts. Naoya is affiliated with Fuji Television Network, Inc.
Noaya was in charge of the set design for the closing ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

BACKSPACE Productions Inc. is a production team of artists and programmers with a common initial impulse of digital art, new media art, and DIY spirit.
Based on their advanced programming skills and experience in a variety of special fields, each member works on various scales in fields such as individual art production, interactive installations, live entertainment such as large-scale music performances, audio-visual, research and development, and hardware design and creation. BACKSPACE Productions Inc. works on any scale, in any field.
BACKSPACE Productions Inc. strength lies in their ability to stay fresh by maintaining a production style in which each member is organically connected to the others, and to not only create content such as video, but also to implement the "frame" and "mechanism" in which the content fits.

Noriko Suezawa moved to the United States at the age of 19 to study dance.
In 2018, Noriko established the dance studio N company.
In 2019, Noriko participated in the World of Dance (WOD) championship 2019 held in the United States.
In 2019, Noriko’s choreography team「N’ism」won the first prize at the World Of Dance championship 2019, and her work has been recognized worldwide.
Noriko Suezaz is a leading figure who has incorporated avant-garde jazz works into the world of streets and established street jazz as a genre.
Noriko also choreographed and produced the team 『Nifty』 that won the championships in both Super Kids Dance Contest and Dance Attack, a contest that is considered to be the highest premier kids dance contest for elementary, junior high and high school students.As part of her efforts to spread her jazz worldview to the dance scene, Noriko has established the dance studio 'N'COMPANY in her hometown Kobe, and is working day and night to train future generations.
In 2021, Noriko Suezawa will be in charge of choreography for the closing ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

Born in Nagano, Japan, Makiko Izu was exposed to ballet at an early age, and in 1994 she was first introduced to contemporary dance at Art Tower Mito – where she later in the fall of 2000 adventures to France for a year. Ever since her returning to Japan, Makiko has been a member of the dance company Ito Kim + Shining Future since 2003, and has been involved in the art group GRINDER-MAN since 2005 in which she has been directing and choreographing various works. Makiko specializes in choreography that focuses on adding details such as eye contact and breathing to everyday movements such as standing, walking, and falling, as well as building dynamic movements that make us feel the weight of the body. In recent years, Makiko has expanded her activities beyond stage productions to even further on events such as STAR ISLAND, choreography and staging instruction for musicians and artists, and choreography and appearances in music videos and music videos

Born in 1981. While playing an active part as a performer in club culture in Tokyo, Hirosumi Saito started making costumes by applying his sensibilities of ikebana that he started in his childhood.
Hirosumi has worked on numerous costume designs and stylings based on the concept of "deformed extraordinary" for commercials, famous artists, movies, theme parks, and the closing ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

Hanyu Natuski creates a fantastic space through her textile works. Originally a fashion textile major at Joshibi University of Art and Design, Natsuki got keen interest in the relationship between textiles and the body. Most of her creations are wearable, based on the idea that materials become more interesting when people move, and that the fluidity created through movement of materials can make people's movements more beautiful and fascinating. After graduating from university, Natsuki moved to England. At the Foundation Course at Central Saint Martins, Natuski became fascinated with materials other than cloth and broadened her choice of materials. After completing the course, Natsuki went on to master her craft at the Royal College of Art in the UK, where she completed her textile studies in June 2021. Since then, Natuski has continued to collaborate with artists and dancers to create daily works of art.

NORI(NASTY/N'ism)
Formed in 2017 by choreographers.
Consists of 12 members in total, ranging from junior high school students to university students.
They have been learning dance under NORI since they were children, with the youngest being 5 years old.
They have a unique worldview that mixes acrobatics with Jazz dance.
In 2019, they represented Japan in the world dance competition and won the first place in the world.
Attracted attention not only in Japan but also in the world.

Golden Lion: Keita Nakamurakko (Creative Drum Group Shin), Daichi Teruya (NEO Ryukyu)
Silver lion: Sho Yoshida (NEO Ryukyu), Go Akamine
Lion Cooperation
Lion Supervisor : Hitoshi Taguchi (GRINDER-MAN)
Visual Design : WOW Inc.
Lion Sculpting Artist : Zoichiro Matsuoka
Lion Sculpting Assistant : Kiyo Nakamura, Jinro Momose

The contemporary performing arts project "Shishi to Ninjin" is a project to create a new digital culture and viewing experience based on the lion dance, which is widely practiced around the world. The two modern lions, one silver and one gold, were designed using 3D modeling and 3D printing. They are brought to life by Okinawan lion dancers. The gorgeous movement of stillness and motion invites the viewer to a solemn experience.
The project was presented in November 2020 from Ginosa Village in Okinawa via streaming AR (Augmented Reality) and one-camera work, and will be available for a fee via Vimeo On Demand in June 2021. While intersecting the dynamics of physical expression and the fiction of CG images, it will connect the world we live in with the digital world we know.

Creative director, space designer, director, video creator
Graduated from Musashino Art University, Faculty of Art and Design, Department of Space Design
President, Projection Mapping Association of Japan
Representative Director of Colors Creation Co.
Representative Director of NIGHT WAVE Co.
Part-time lecturer at Tokyo University of the Arts, Digital Hollywood, Onomichi University, etc.


Michiyuki Ishita has worked extensively in Japan and abroad as an artist who sees images as light and expresses space dynamically and fantastically. As a planning producer and director with an artist's perspective, Michiyuki has been involved in many unique projects. Michiyuki has been involved in many special projects such as art events, exhibitions, music videos and entertainment shows, and continues to produce unique works.
Michiyuki has also contributed to the promotion of projection mapping by establishing a professional organization and networking with creators in Japan and abroad. Michiyuki was one of the first in Japan to work with projection mapping on buildings, and has been producing international conventions and exhibitions, staging stages and live performances, and developing business and human resource development such as seminars and workshops for regional development. Michiyuki is a leading international projection mapping expert who has been invited to produce, lecture, and judge at many international festivals and national projects overseas, including the 1-minute Projection Mapping international competition - he has been involved in since 2012.
In addition, his "NIGHT WAVE - Light Wave Project", in which Michiyuki makes the waves on the beach glow blue, is attracting attention both in Japan and abroad as a new method of tourism, and he Michiyuki also been involved in "MEDI-ARTz" and "Media Butterfly in ARITA", which are art events focusing on media art, and "Light in Genbi", a night walk project using Genbi Gorge in Iwate Prefecture. He is also involved in a number of tourism projects and productions that take advantage of the unique characteristics of each region, such as the "Light in the Back of Genbi" night walk project using the Genbi River in Iwate Prefecture.

Fumio Nanjo graduated from Keio University with a BA in Economics (1972) and a BA in Aesthetics and Art History from the Faculty of Letters (1977). He has worked for the Japan Foundation (1978-1986) and other organizations, and has been Deputy Director of the Mori Art Museum since 2002, and Director from November 2006 to 2019. In the past, he was a commissioner for the Japanese Pavilion at the Venice Biennale (1997) and the Taipei Biennale (1998), a member of the Turner Prize Jury (London, 1998), the Yokohama Triennale (2001), and the Singapore Biennale (2006/2008). He has also served as artistic director of the Yokohama Triennale (2001), the Singapore Biennale (2006/2008), general director of the Ibaraki Prefecture North Art Festival (2016), editorial director of the Honolulu Biennial (2017), and director of the Kitakyushu Future Creation Arts Festival -ART for SDGs- (2021). His recent exhibitions at the Mori Art Museum include "The Future and Art: AI, Robots, Cities, Life: How People Will Live Tomorrow" (2019-20). He is a member of ICOM (International Council of Museums) and AICA (International Federation of Art Critics).

Established Rhizomatiks in 2006.
Daito Manabecreates works by reinterpreting familiar phenomena and materials from a different perspective and combining them. Rather than aiming for rich expressions such as high resolution and high realism, he focuses on the intrinsic interest of phenomena, bodies, programming, and computers that can be discovered through careful observation, as well as the relationship and boundaries between analog and digital, real and virtual, and works in a variety of fields.
Daito Manabe has worked with various artists including Ryuichi Sakamoto, Bjork, OK Go, Nosaj Thing, Squarepusher, Andrea Battistoni, Mansai Nomura, Perfume, and Sakanaction, as well as with the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics and CERN (European Centre for Research in Astrophysics) in Manchester, England. He has collaborated in a wide range of fields, including with various artists such as Andrea Battistini, Mansai Nomura, Perfume, and Sakanaction, as well as with Jodrell Bank Astrophysics Centre, the National Institute of Astrophysics in Manchester, England, and CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research).
Daito Manabe has received many awards in Japan and abroad, including the Ars Electronica Distinction Award, Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity Titanium Grand Prix, D&AD Black Pencil, and the Grand Prize at the Media Arts Festival.

Born in 1965. Born in Kagawa Prefecture.
Made his theatrical debut in 1996 with his first film, "July 7th, Sunny.
In 2003, his film "Bayside Shakedown 2: Shut Down the Rainbow Bridge! became the highest grossing Japanese film (live-action) of all time.

Katsuyuki Motohiro also directed the stage version of the movie 『The Curtain Rises』(written by Oriza Hirata and starring Momoiro Clover Z) released in 2015. His recent stage works include "Stage PSYCHO-PASS: Virtue and Vice" and others.
In the 50th anniversary drama of HTB, 『Channel wa Tsumame!』won the "Grand Prix" in the television category of the 2019 Japan Commercial Broadcasters Association Awards. His recent works include the movies 『Ajin』(2017),『Beautiful Dreamer』(2020), and『Brave』(2021).

FLIGHTGRAF is an audiovisual unit based in Tokyo.
Since 2013, they have been mainly involved in creating installations using video, sound, and light, with the aim of providing audiences with exciting experiences.
In 2013, they won the Grand Prix for 1minute Projection Mapping. Since then, they have won numerous awards at international competitions such as Cercle of Light in Russia, Genius Loci Weimar in Germany, and iMAPP in Romania. Their global activities are not limited to projection mapping, but include commercials, music videos, stage performances, and concerts.

Makoto Shozu
Sound Designer / Sound Design / Composition / Concept Designer / Curator
Graduated from German Music University and worked at Wave Studio until 2013. After becoming independent, he has been active in the local film, advertising and entertainment industries. Makoto Shozu’s films have been screened at the 66th International Cannes Film Festival, the 2015 International Munich Film Festival, the 2017 Hamburg Film Festival, and the 2017 International Planetarium Festival in Jena, Germany, where his film "Nachtmahr" won two awards for the first time. In 2016, Makoto Shozu joined Flightgraf as a sound designer.

Bart Kresa has created projections for major corporations, movie studios, and multimedia conglomerates, including Oprah Winfrey, Paramount Pictures, the Grammy Awards, HBO, General Motors, Warner Brothers, FOX, and ABC. He has also worked with various government agencies and multinational teams around the world, including committees in Japan, Taiwan, Saudi Arabia, Austria, Italy, Ireland, and his native Poland, and is dedicated to raising public awareness of humanitarian causes through his work. He has played a major role in the development of the industry by working with international artists and producers, consulting for Panasonic, and actively giving lectures and workshops.

BARTKRESA Studio
The industry's foremost projection mapping studio, specializing in the development of unique projection solutions across the globe.
By combining timeless artistry with industry-leading projectors and adhering to the highest technical standards, they develop stunning immersive projection environments that create stunning large-scale augmented realities.
Bert Kulesa, Founder and Master Projection Designer, combines over 25 years of industry experience with unparalleled expertise in developing captivating projection experiences. Together with his design teams in Japan and Poland, he has won the highest award of the "International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions". Clients include Universal Studios, Disney, ABC, HBO, Fox Entertainment Group, General Motors, Warner Brothers Studios, T-Mobile, the Grammy Awards, Playboy, Oprah Winfrey, Fredericks of Hollywood, Bulgari, CCTV China Central Television, and government agencies.

French, born in 1982
Visual Artist and Environmental Activist

Joanie Lemercier’s work involves manipulating light in space to affect human visual perception. Primarily using light projection and computer programming, he alters the appearance of everyday objects and forms, bringing reality into his imagination.

In recent years, Joanie Lemercier has become increasingly concerned with climate change and environmental degradation, and has used his projection skills and artistry to help activists and groups such as Extinction Rebellion, as well as working on a new series of works looking at the devastating effects of coal mining on one of Europe's oldest forests. He is working on a new series of installations, The Hambach forest and the Technological Sublime, which focuses on the devastation of one of Europe's oldest forests by coal mining.

Joanie Lemercier has been working with light projection since 2006, co-founded the acclaimed visual label AntiVJ in 2008, and has been represented by a New York-based gallery since 2010, and established a creative studio in Brussels in 2013.

Focusing on installation and gallery work, Joanie Lemercier has exhibited his work at the China Museum of Digital Art in Beijing, Art Basel Miami, Sundance Film Festival, and Espacio Fundacion Telefónica in Madrid. Joanie Lemercier has also collaborated with various sound artists such as Murcof, Flying Lotus, and JayZ.

Julia Shamsheieva is a 3D and motion designer from Odessa, Ukraine, and a member of the Designers Union of Ukraine since 2012.
Julia has participated in various light festivals around the world. Julia won the Grand Prize at Circle of Light (Moscow, Russia) and 1minute Projection Mapping (Odawara, Japan). She is also known as the first single female grand prize winner.
During her time at Sila Sveta, she gained experience in stage design and had the wonderful opportunity to work on some of the world's top projects.
Julia is committed to expanding boundaries, communicating ideas using new technologies, developing time and space, exploring new techniques, and surprising audiences with her work.

Born in 1970
Hendrik Wendler studied architecture and design at the Bauhaus University Weimar.
With a strong interest in media, computer graphics and events, he created a large-scale event with Kulturstadt GmbH in 1999 - when Weimar became the European Capital of Culture.

Wendler then worked for a design firm for several years. Wendler has created concepts, interactive visualizations, and 3D animations, and has won multiple red dot awards for her interface designs.

Since 2004, Wendler has been teaching interface design and computer graphics at his alma mater. He has created prototypes of software that runs much faster than traditional solutions.
This software will revolutionize VJing, mapping and video mapping. The software was funded by the European Union and has been marketed as a media server since 2006.

Developed the concept for the "Genius Loci Weimar" festival, organized by the state of Thuringia and the city of Weimar. The internationally renowned festival has been running since 2012 and is a unique event that combines the historical heritage of the city of Weimar with the beauty of the contemporary medium. Since 2017, he has participated in other initiatives and festivals as a speaker, curator and jury member.