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Kenshi Yonezu New Album Release Event "LOST CORNER AR LIVE in HARAKADO"

2024

00:05:19
Kenshi Yonezu New Album Release Event "LOST CORNER AR LIVE in HARAKADO"
  • Kenshi Yonezu New Album Release Event "LOST CORNER AR LIVE in HARAKADO"
Produce: REISSUE RECORDS
Creative Direction: SIX INC.
Creative Production: Whatever Co.
Idea: REISSUE RECORDS + SIX + Whatever

Creative Director: 奥山 雄太 (SIX)
Creative Director: 鈴木 雅子 (SIX)
Planner: 雨海 祐介 (Hakuhodo Kettle)
Planner: 矢島 源太郎 (Hakuhodo Creative Vox)
Planner: 植田 裕貴 (Hakuhodo)

APP
Producer: 渡辺 綾子
Art Director / Designer: 高谷 優偉
Technical Director: 登山 元気
Technical Artist / VFX Artist: 衣袋 宏輝
Programmer: 貴田 達也
Programmer: 松竹 誠
Programmer: 小松 真朗 (BASSDRUM)
Engineer: イズカワタカノブ
Assistant Engineer: 長町 和弥
Frontend Engineer: 松竹 えり
CG Designer: 金山 小桃
Assistant Designer: 井上 麻美
Project Manager: 永富 加奈子
Director: 田向 潤 (CONNECTION)
Choreographer: 辻󠄀本 知彦
Assistant Choreographer: 益田 妃奈
Assistant Choreographer: 坂崎 宙
Sound Effects: 宇賀 純一 (Soundroid)
Sound Engineer: 佐藤 雅之

3DCG
CG Director: 大西雄 (+Ring)
CG Director: 尾崎岳志 (+Ring)
CG Designer: 山口綺香 (+Ring)
CG Designer: 益山真二 (+Ring)
CG Designer: 吉澤隼平 (+Ring)
CG Producer: 山口弘太 (+Ring)

Character Modeling
CG Producer: 永田 太 (Animation Cafe/CELAVIE)
Modeling Director: 森泉 大樹 (Animation Cafe/CELAVIE)
Modeler: 月舘 充幸 (Animation Cafe/CELAVIE)
Animatior: 藤澤 修人 (Animation Cafe/CELAVIE)
Production Manager: 田邊 佳大 (Animation Cafe/CELAVIE)
Modeling Director: 木村 貴之 (萌)
Modeler: 藤田 佑香 (萌)
Modeler: 副島 貴大 (萌)
Rigger: 秋山 直哉 (萌)
Production Manager: 中瀬 柚稀 (萌)
Production Manager: 菊地 雅史 (萌)
CG Producer: 大竹 秀和 (萌)

Motion Capture
Producer: 小池 優太 (DIVA: Digital Art Studio Roppongi)
Motion Caputure Director: 麻生 明男 (DIVA: Digital Art Studio Roppongi)
Motion Caputure Artist: 滝澤 周平 (DIVA: Digital Art Studio Roppongi)
Motion Caputure Artist: 大山 恵里奈 (DIVA: Digital Art Studio Roppongi)
Motion Caputure Artist: 井伊 誠 (DIVA: Digital Art Studio Roppongi)
Motion Caputure Artist: 児島 来歩 (DIVA: Digital Art Studio Roppongi)
Motion Caputure Artist: 鈴木 舞 (DIVA: Digital Art Studio Roppongi)
Motion Caputure Artist: 中山 斗真 (DIVA: Digital Art Studio Roppongi)
Floor Director: 田邊 陽介 (DIVA: Digital Art Studio Roppongi)
Studio Manager: 二本松 克巳 (DIVA: Digital Art Studio Roppongi)
Markerless Motion Capture: (Acuity Inc.)

XR/Digital Twin/VPS Technology
Technical Producer: 上川 衛 (SoVeC)
XR Technical Director: 高山 裕也 (SoVeC)
Project Manager: 吉原 早紀 (SoVeC)
Project Manager / 3D Map Specialist: 黒田 諒 (SoVeC)

Support
Saqoosha
公文 悠人 (BASSDRUM)
張 釗 (BASSDRUM)
高嶋 一成 (BASSDRUM)
Elly Yang
Mich Lee

Movie
Director: 田向 潤 (CONNECTION)
Cinemaatographer: 上池 惟孝
1st CA: 嶋田 勇紀 (井村事務所)
2nd CA: 古吉 海翔
3rd CA: 森 優斗
Offline Editor: 久保 雅之 (CONNECTION)
Colorist: 伊藤 創太 (garakuta office)
Online Editor: 八十島 崇行 (CONNECTION)
Programmer: 長谷川 恭央
CG Designer: 藤川 大輔 (Omnibus Japan)
CG Technical: 星野 直哉 (Omnibus Japan)
CG Technical: 佐藤 直樹 (Omnibus Japan)
CG Producer: 浅岡 伸幸 (Omnibus Japan)
Sound Effects: 宇賀 純一 (Soundroid)
Sound Engineer: 佐藤 雅之
Post Production: Mcray
Post Production: 　

Producer: 佐野 大 (Spoon-inc.)
Producer: 佐藤 博美 (Spoon-inc.)
Production Maneger: 二井 梓緒 (Spoon-inc.)
Production Assistant: 曽我部 克 (Spoon-inc.)
To commemorate the release of Kenshi Yonezu’s 6th album, LOST CORNER, we were responsible for the character design and AR production/design of “LOST CORNER AR LIVE in HARAKADO,” held at Tokyu Plaza Harajuku “Harakado.” LOST CORNER AR LIVE in HARAKADO is a roughly five-minute AR experience that lets visitors witness a fictional Kenshi Yonezu live performance, dancing freely through the streets of Harajuku to songs such as the opening theme of the anime Chainsaw Man, “KICK BACK,” and the theme song for the NHK TV drama series Tiger and Her Wings, “Sayounara Mata Itsuka!” By co-creating with SoVeC, part of the Sony Group, and leveraging the advanced capabilities of Sony’s VPS technology, which boasts outstanding precision and robustness, we were able to create an immersive presentation that blends reality and digital content.

People

Yuta Okuyama Director 鈴 Masako Suzuki unverified Director 雨 Yusuke Amami unverified Planner 矢 Gentaro Yajima unverified Planner 植 Yuki Ueda unverified Planner 渡 Ayako Watanabe unverified Producer 高 Yui Takaya unverified Designer 登 Genki Tozan unverified Director 衣 Hifuku Hiroki unverified Designer / VFX Artist 貴 Tatsuya Kida unverified Programmer 松 Makoto Shochiku unverified Programmer 小 Masao Komatsu unverified Programmer イ Takanobu Izukawa unverified Engineer 長 Kazuya Nagamachi unverified Assistant Engineer 松 Eri Shochiku unverified Engineer 金 Kokoro Kanayama unverified Designer 井 Asami Inoue unverified Designer 永 Kanako Nagatomi unverified PM 田 Jun Tamukai unverified Director 辻 Tomohiko Tsujimoto unverified Choreographer 益 Hina Masuda unverified Choreographer 坂 Sakazaki Sora unverified Choreographer 宇 Junichi Uga unverified Sound Mixer 佐 Masayuki Sato unverified Sound Mixer 大 Yu Onishi unverified Director 尾 Takeshi Ozaki unverified Director 山 Kika Yamaguchi unverified Designer 益 Shinji Masuyama unverified Designer 吉 Shunpei Yoshizawa unverified Designer 山 Kota Yamaguchi unverified Producer 永 Taro Nagata unverified Producer 森 Daiki Moriizumi unverified Director 月 Mitsuyuki Tsukidate unverified Designer 藤 Shuto Fujisawa unverified Animator 田 Yoshihiro Tanabe unverified PM 木 Takayuki Kimura unverified Director 藤 Yuka Fujita unverified Designer 副 Takahiro Soejima unverified Designer 秋 Naoya Akiyama unverified Rigger 中 Yuzuki Nakase unverified PM 菊 Masashi Kikuchi unverified PM 大 Hidekazu Otake unverified Producer 小 Yuta Koike unverified Producer 麻 Akio Aso unverified Director 滝 Shuhei Takizawa unverified Artist 大 Erina Oyama unverified Artist 井 Makoto Ii unverified Artist 児 Raibu Kojima unverified Artist 鈴 Mai Suzuki unverified Artist 中 Toma Nakayama unverified Artist 田 Yosuke Tanabe unverified Director 二 Katsumi Nihonmatsu unverified Manager 上 Mamoru Kamikawa unverified Producer 高 Yuya Takayama unverified Director 吉 Saki Yoshihara unverified PM 黒 Ryo Kuroda unverified PM 上 Kamitani Koretaka unverified Cinematographer 久 Masayuki Kubo unverified Editor 伊 Sota Ito unverified Colorist 八 Takayuki Yasoshima unverified Editor 長 Yasuo Hasegawa unverified Programmer 藤 Daisuke Fujikawa unverified Designer 星 Naoya Hoshino unverified Technical 佐 Naoki Sato unverified Technical 浅 Nobuyuki Asaoka unverified Producer 佐 Dai Sano unverified Producer 佐 Hiromi Sato unverified Producer 二 Azuo Nii unverified PM 曽 Katsumi Sogae unverified Production Assistant

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