* The published information is based on interviews and the state at the time of the project’s implementation (except for certain parts).
Yohei Kusanagi
Representative Director of Tokyo Pistol Co., Ltd.
Born in 1976 in Tokyo. Established creative company Tokyo Pistol Co., Ltd. in 2006. As Representative Director and CEO, works across a wide range of topics including design direction, production, and consulting, but particularly around editing. Well-known works include being the lead editor for a series of official tour pamphlets for musical idol group Momoiro Clover Z (2012 to present), as well as production and operation of the BUNDAN COFFEE & BEER literary café in The Museum of Modern Japanese Literature (2012), the HOLSTER shared office in Shibuya (2014), and the Shimokitazawa Cage event park underneath the overhead tracks of the Keiō Inokashira Line (2016). Publications include "OPERA" (Kawade Shobo Shinsha), jointly written with OKAMOTO'S, as well as editing "The Definitive Edition: Words of Gunpei Yokoi, Legend of Gaming" (P-VINE/used in 2016 Keio University entrance examinations). Supervised the producing of the "Kabuki-chō Book Center," which opened in October 2017 and only stocks books on the theme of "love."
WORKS
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イベントパーク「下北沢ケージ」/ アジア屋台酒場「ロンヴァクアン」
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「文学」をテーマにしたカフェ「BUNDAN COFFEE & BEER」
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クリエイティブに特化したシェアオフィス「HOLSTER」
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ハイパーローカルな東京カルチャーガイド「Toweb」
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「LOVE」をテーマにした本を扱う書店「歌舞伎町ブックセンター」
