LOW BLOW label, which has produced and released albums by AKAKAGE, DATASPEAKER, The Photographers, PEANUT BUTTER WORKSHOP and KANG-FU TYPEWRITER, as well as SUPER BUTTER DOG and SOUL YOUTH CONVENTION. He presides over two labels, Typhoon Records, which produced and released albums by SUPER BUTTER DOG and SOUL YOUTH CONVENTION. He was also involved in the production and management of the MARGINAL LINE label, which produced artists such as Clammbon, SPANOVA and PARADE. At the same time, he has been involved in the production and management of artists on the SUPER BUTTER DOG and other labels, as well as numerous artists such as Yoichiro Yanagihara, BLACK RECDERS and RS-3000.

The company has produced two feature films: ‘4 HANDS’ (2008), which was highly acclaimed overseas with screenings at NY Lincoln Centre and London, and ‘Pasion Maniacs’ (2006), which depicted 30 years of Japanese rock ‘n’ roll, focusing on the trajectory of the Moonriders, and other works by the artists who belong to the company. The company has planned and produced numerous music videos and live footage. Other works include ‘Atom’s Feelings’ (feat. Yukihiro Takahashi, WOWOW ‘92), which utilised PC communications, and “TOKYO ROCKIN” (NTV “94-”96), which was linked to a bilingual web magazine in the early days of the Internet. The company has also planned and produced music and culture TV programmes that were ahead of their time, such as ‘TOKYO ROCKIN’’ (NTV “94-”96), the web movie “CANDY-O” that turns into a game with action scenes, the web drama series “1+1” (starring Tetsuo Ishidate and Akira Nagoya) and “Sababian” (starring Takeshi Matsudaira). The company is also involved in the web drama series 1+1 (starring Tetsuo Ishidate and Akira Nagoya) and Sababian (starring Ken Matsudaira). Video production was the main focus of the company when it was first established, and it has worked on numerous other productions.

The Complete OZU, the definitive CD-ROM on Yasujiro Ozu (’93 Toshiba-EMI, co-produced with Shochiku, Voyager and Visual Languages, winner of the MPA Multimedia Grand Prix); Charlie Parker CD-ROM, COMPLETE COLLECTION OF CHARLIE PARKER ON SAVOY‘ (’94-5 released: Nippon Columbia) and other CD-ROMs; PC game ‘Ultra Resort Keroncur’ featuring CG by Tanaka Katsuki (’97 released (released by: Toshiba EMI). Involved in the planning and production of digital and internet content as early as the early 90s, including Japan’s first bilingual web MAGAZIN ‘TOKYO ROCKIN’’ (jointly with NTV ’94-6), which was run simultaneously with a TV programme of the same name. We have been involved in the planning and production of digital and Internet content since the early 1990s.

The company also operates a licensing and distribution business centred on its own content, as well as a music publishing company.

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