KAIJU FRIENDS

Originally from Aichi Prefecture, Yoko began working at an Aichi-based production company after graduating from university. She worked there for three years, where she helped produce local informational programs, along with research and development for cable TV shows. She then moved to Tokyo in order to work on films and narrative TV series, and began to work at the production company DEEP SIDE. She worked as an associate producer and producer on many shows and films, which led to her becoming a casting associate for Toshie Tabata. She debuted as a casting director on the 2013 TV Tokyo show Shougeki Gouraigan. Since 2017, she has gone independent, and has been casting for domestic films and TV shows, along with many international projects.

Born in Tokyo, Japan in 1990, Kenji spent most of his life traveling between Japan and the United States. He entered the film industry in Tokyo in the late 2000s, and still jumps between the two countries directing and producing commercials and films. With producing experience in more than 11 countries, videos Kenji has produced have accumulated more than 1 Billion views online. Kenji works as a Japanese and English bilingual/bicultural director, producer and production manager, and is based both in Tokyo and Los Angeles.

Born in New York. kenhirama is a self-taught photographer. His first major exhibition was in Huis Marseille Museum in Amsterdam. Later, he got involved in movies, drama and commercial as an assistant director. Currently he is based in Tokyo. As a photographer, he has a project called “SESSION” where he takes portrait for Actors. As a director he is directing commercial, Music Video and short films.

Born in Miyazaki, Japan. Matsuzaki began acting at the age of 7 in local theaters in Miyazaki. Upon graduating high school, he moved to New York City to become an accomplished actor with the versatility to perform in both English and Japanese. Upon his arrival, all his money was stolen and he became homeless. In order to survive, he started performing on the streets of Times Square. After being cast in a B-action film, he moved to Hollywood and appeared in over 40 films and TV series including The Last Samurai, Letters from Iwo Jima, Heroes, The Pink Panther 2, and Pirates of the Carribean: On Stranger Tides. He had overcome English by memorizing an entire dictionary, and started to work as a voice-actor and such cartoons as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and We Bare Bears. Since 2015, he started to assist other actors on their English performances, and worked as an on-set dialogue coach on numerous projects including Pacific Rim: Uprising.