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On BMSG's 5th anniversary, Nikkei Entertainment interviewed BMSG Artists on the milestone and shared some fun trivia and interactions they've had with other artists in BMSG.

Nikkei Entertainment interviewed the following artists in BMSG:
Novel Core
Aile The Shota
MANATO and RYUHEI (BE:FIRST)
KAIRYU and TAKUTO (MAZZEL)
TAIKI (BMSG Trainees / STARGLOW)
HANA

This particular post is Nikkei Ent.'s interview with Novel Core.

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Nikkei had a BMSG special issue released in print last year that is slowly being released online as a series.

Nikkei x BMSG series: Revolutionaries changing Japan through entertainment (BMSG　エンタメで日本を変える革命児たち)

The first installment of the series talked about BMSG FES '24. The second provides an overview of the history of BMSG.

For 3rd to the 5th installments, it was a special talk between the BMSG Artists:
3rd installment - SKY-HI, REIKO, NAOYA, KANON special talk
4th installment - Novel Core, edhiii boi, JUNON, RUI special talk
5th installment - Aile The Shota, SOTA, SEITO, TAIKI special talk

In the 8th to 11th installments, Nikkei Entertainment spoke to people outside of BMSG, but worked closely with their artists or SKY-HI.

8th installment: Hosoda Takahiro, the CCO (Chief Creative Officer) of the advertising company, TBWA \ HAKUHODO.
9th installment: Ashizawa Noriko, Planning and Promotions Management of Spotify Japan
10th installment: Dr. R Sakai, a key producer of BMSG songs
11th installment: Shikano Atsushi, editor-in-chief of MUSICA magazine; producer of music festival "VIVA LA ROCK"

I've summarized what all four had to say below.
Enjoy!

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Nikkei had a BMSG special issue released in print last year that is slowly being released online as a series.

Nikkei x BMSG series: Revolutionaries changing Japan through entertainment (BMSG　エンタメで日本を変える革命児たち)

The first installment of the series talked about BMSG FES '24. The second provides an overview of the history of BMSG.

So far, the special talks among the solo artists with their BMSG FES '24 teams have been translated (3rd and 4th installments). You can check them out:
SKY-HI, REIKO, NAOYA, KANON special talk
Novel Core, edhiii boi, JUNON, RUI special talk

The fifth installment is a special talk between solo artist Aile The Shota, Sota from BE:FIRST, Seito from MAZZEL, and BMSG Trainee Taiki. (Original interview here)

Summary of what they talked about below!

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In the BMSG x Nikkei Entertainment special issue in 2024, all BMSG Artists shared an update on what they like, their fave food, and other fun trivia they want you to know. I've translated them all below.

Enjoy!

Note: This is the same Nikkei Entertainment issue that contains the following:
1. SKY-HI, REIKO, NAOYA, KANON special talk
2. Novel Core, edhiii boi, JUNON, RUI special talk
and more! (That I will eventually get to translating)

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Nikkei had a BMSG special issue released in print last year that is slowly being released online as a series.

Nikkei x BMSG series: Revolutionaries changing Japan through entertainment (BMSG　エンタメで日本を変える革命児たち)

The first installment of the series talked about BMSG FES '24. The second provides an overview of the history of BMSG.

Summary of the third installment is translated here!

The fourth installment is a special talk between solo artist Novel Core, Junon from BE:FIRST, solo artist edhiii boi, and BMSG Trainee Rui. (Original interview here)

Summary of what they talked about below!

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Japan's major recruitment company, Recruit Agent talked with BMSG's Fanclub Department Head - Miyahara Kuniaki about his work at BMSG on the fanclub and online salon, B-Town.

Recruit Agent followed Miyahara-san for a day, documenting his schedule and life while at the BMSG office. They also shared a lot of other spaces of the BMSG office!

Video of the interview here: https://youtu.be/lrfKDeAxeLk?si=6Z5OdRKMevzsTqKJ

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On May 1st, Your Trust Studio Japan shared a video of their interview with SKY-HI, the following day the interview was shared in text. With the article included an interview with BMSG's recent hire - Ishitsuka Hidehiko, currently serving as BMSG's CMO (Chief Marketing Officer). This is after job vacancies for BMSG were posted on their website.

YourTrust Studio video with SKY-HI here
Original YourTrust article here

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Translated and summarized from SKY-HI's interview series with Nikkei, "Be myself, for ourselves"

Original interview, 127th installment from May 1, 2025

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Translated and summarized from SKY-HI's interview series with Nikkei, "Be myself, for ourselves"

Original interview, 125th installment from April 10, 2025

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Translated and summarized from SKY-HI's interview series with Nikkei, "Be myself, for ourselves"

Original interview, 123rd installment from March 6, 2025

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