Profiles worth collecting before the moment breaks open.

Kensuke Ito is a Tokyo-based researcher, Bitcoin thinker, and contemporary artist affiliated with the University of Tokyo's Endowed Chair for Blockchain Innovation. His work connects contemporary art, economics, institutional design, and the Bitcoin protocol, asking how art can build new systems of value, context, ownership, and consensus.

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Zhou Lei is a professional traditional climber, environmental advocate, and founding figure of the Liming climbing community in Yunnan, China. He has helped bring traditional climbing to Liming’s red sandstone cliffs and develop the remote village into one of Asia’s most significant trad-climbing destinations. His work connects climbing culture, local community building, environmental stewardship, and sustainable outdoor tourism.

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Dachuang Karma is a renowned Chinese extreme outdoor photographer known for documenting climbing, mountains, and human presence in wild landscapes. His work brings a photographer's eye into high-risk vertical environments, capturing not only athletic movement but also the texture, ethics, and emotional memory of climbing culture. As a climber and advocate for environmental protection and sustainable outdoor practice, he uses photography to preserve the fragile relationship between people, rock, and nature.

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Ueno Park is Tokyo’s most renowned street-workout park, and Ueno Park Calisthenics is the open community that has grown around its bars since 2017. Locals and travelers from more than 20 countries train here together, turning a public park into a place where strength, discipline, and friendship meet.

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Tomonari Shinozaki is a Tokyo-based street jazz guitarist and independent musician. He writes and performs original guitar music, bringing intimate live performances to the streets and music spaces of the city.

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Run!Novel is a Chinese indie rock band that turns poetry, humor, philosophy, and everyday fragments into vivid songs and unpredictable live performances. Their potential lies in a clear literary identity, strong visual storytelling, and an expandable world across music, MV, online shows, offline performances, and interviews.

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Tianyi Timothy Ren is one of America’s youngest orchestral conductors, serving as Assistant Conductor at Boston Ballet and Artistic Director & Conductor of Helix Ensemble. Trained at the New England Conservatory and selected as a Salzburg Festival Faber Young Conducting Fellow, he connects orchestral music with literature, movement, space, and contemporary stage art.

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fesFE [M] is a Japan-based visual kei rock band built around a theatrical doll concept, combining dramatic visuals, melodic rock, and story-driven performance. The group creates a colorful world through vocals, guitars, bass, drums, and keyboards, bringing an expressive live identity to both stage and digital releases.

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