Role: Animator (Hikari)
As one of Japan's all time best selling artists and a beloved pop icon, Hikaru Utada's 2024 Science Fiction tour was a massive undertaking. Working under FragmentNine, I created visuals that were shown onstage to tens of thousands of concertgoers.
My Role: As an animator I created style frames, motion tests, assisted with cleanup, and created final animations for multiple songs. I was responsible for the final visuals and animation accompanying the song Hikari.
My Role: As an animator I created style frames, motion tests, assisted with cleanup, and created final animations for multiple songs. I was responsible for the final visuals and animation accompanying the song Hikari.
Credits:
Executive Producer: Teruzane Utada – U3MUSIC
Producer: Hikaru Utada
Akira Miyake -Allegro Moderato / U3MUSIC
Producer: Hikaru Utada
Akira Miyake -Allegro Moderato / U3MUSIC
Creative Director & Production Designer: Jason Ardizzone-West - JAW Studio
Lighting Designer: Jeremy Lechterman - F9
Video Designer: Jackson Gallagher - F9
Show Director (JP): Tomokazu Yamada
Associate Production Designer: Sean Sanford - JAW Studio
Associate Lighting & Video Designer: Sydney Asselin - F9
Associate Lighting & Video Designer: Alex Talbot - F9
Video Programmer: Michael “Hank” Hankowsky - F9
Lighting Programmer: Erin Anderson
Art Director: Pablo Beckett - F9
Art Director: Ally Munro - F9
Animators: Alex Campbell, Liangel Castellanos, Ricky Rufola, George Hurrel, John Erickson, Cora Keene, Andrew Gange
Project Manager: Rob Kuhn - F9
Rendering & Previz: Evan Alexander - Cite & Site
Studio Assistant: Marissa Todd - JAW Studio
Studio Assistant: Anton Volovsek - JAW Studio
Studio Assistant: Mehula Singh - JAW Studio
F9 & JAW Studio Production Manager: John Lewis - Lightning Japan
Official Tour Promoter: Yuji Okamoto,Takayuki Endo - KYODO TOKYO
Mitsuo Kurano - YUMEBANCHI
Production Producer (JP): Ken Ishizaka - M Tres
Stage Manager: NAX Nakata - Ahny Global Link
Head of Video Department: Masa Mochizuki - AVC
Head of Camera Department: Satoru Terao – KYORITZ
Head of Staging: Hirokazu Ikuma – SHIMIZU OCTO
Stage / Rigging Coordinator: Risa Uemura – SHIMIZU OCTO
Head of Lighting: Tomokazu Takahashi – KYORITZ
Lighting Interpreter: Michiko Rowson – KYORITZ
SFX: Satoko Sakabe – SPARK
Staging: Shimizu Octo
Automation: Tait Japan
LED & Video Systems: AVC
Camera: Kyoritz
Lighting: Kyoritz
Lighting Designer: Jeremy Lechterman - F9
Video Designer: Jackson Gallagher - F9
Show Director (JP): Tomokazu Yamada
Associate Production Designer: Sean Sanford - JAW Studio
Associate Lighting & Video Designer: Sydney Asselin - F9
Associate Lighting & Video Designer: Alex Talbot - F9
Video Programmer: Michael “Hank” Hankowsky - F9
Lighting Programmer: Erin Anderson
Art Director: Pablo Beckett - F9
Art Director: Ally Munro - F9
Animators: Alex Campbell, Liangel Castellanos, Ricky Rufola, George Hurrel, John Erickson, Cora Keene, Andrew Gange
Project Manager: Rob Kuhn - F9
Rendering & Previz: Evan Alexander - Cite & Site
Studio Assistant: Marissa Todd - JAW Studio
Studio Assistant: Anton Volovsek - JAW Studio
Studio Assistant: Mehula Singh - JAW Studio
F9 & JAW Studio Production Manager: John Lewis - Lightning Japan
Official Tour Promoter: Yuji Okamoto,Takayuki Endo - KYODO TOKYO
Mitsuo Kurano - YUMEBANCHI
Production Producer (JP): Ken Ishizaka - M Tres
Stage Manager: NAX Nakata - Ahny Global Link
Head of Video Department: Masa Mochizuki - AVC
Head of Camera Department: Satoru Terao – KYORITZ
Head of Staging: Hirokazu Ikuma – SHIMIZU OCTO
Stage / Rigging Coordinator: Risa Uemura – SHIMIZU OCTO
Head of Lighting: Tomokazu Takahashi – KYORITZ
Lighting Interpreter: Michiko Rowson – KYORITZ
SFX: Satoko Sakabe – SPARK
Staging: Shimizu Octo
Automation: Tait Japan
LED & Video Systems: AVC
Camera: Kyoritz
Lighting: Kyoritz
