Entrepreneur / Music Producer & Director / Creative Director / DJ Founder & Co-CEO of EDGEof / Music Producer for Mr. Children CEO Spark Neuro Japan / Global Business Advisor of the Tourism Board of Shibuya International lead for ap bank 2005-2012 Launched MIFA Football park co-creation with Mitsui Real Estate Corporation MC for 2020 Tokyo Olympic Torch Relay & FIFA World Cup / ZIP-FM J-WAVE host from 1996-2018

CEO, Enhance / Founder, Resonair / Co-founder, EDGEof Project Professor, Keio University Graduate School of Media Design Tetsuya Mizuguchi engages in a wide range of creative activities in digital media, taking a synesthetic approach toward such genres as video games, music, music videos, designing of applications, and VR. His works include Rez (2001), Lumines (2004), and Child of Eden (2010). In 2016, he released Rez Infinite, a virtual reality game, and received the Best VR Award (2016) at The Game Awards in the United States. He also developed the “Synesthesia Suit,” which emulates that synesthetic experience through vibrations sent through the entire body. It was exhibited at Media Ambition Tokyo 2016, Sundance Film Festival 2017, and SXSW 2017. In 2006, he was selected by the Producers Guild of America(PGA) and The Hollywood Reporter for their annual “Digital Power 50” (a list of the world’s prominent innovators in digital media). He headed the panel of judges for the Entertainment Division of the 2007 Japan Media Arts Festival, and served on the jury for the 2009 Japan Prize and for the 2010 Art Encouragement Prizes. He has also served various positions such as a director for the VR Consortium, and a member of the 2016 METI Industrial Structure Council (Around 2020).

Musician and sound artist, born 1976. Has been creating and performing edgy works of electronic music, while at once engaging in prismatic sound design utilizing cutting-edge technology. He organized new project “See by Your Ears” producing an extraordinary audio experience described as like seeing something with your ears (without eyes). It’s regarded with high esteem as an epoch-making piece in the history of sound art. Recent activities include the installations “See by Your Ears”(2016/ Sonar+D, Barcelona)”, “Louis Vuitton: Dance with AI”(2016/Tokyo), “Citizen: time is TIME” (2016/Milano Salone, Milano), “Rhizomatiks Research x Elevenplay: border”(2016/YCAM, Yamaguchi) as well as the CD “acoustic bend” (2010/ label port). Also active in sound production for the stage, screen, and public spaces, using the latest technology. These works have garnered numerous awards at events such as the Ars Electronica, the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity and the Japan Media Arts Festival.