Director & Creative Director

Creativity is skateboarding’s longest-standing tradition. No parks, no ramps, no scene? Pool your resources, make something happen, and see who it inspires. That impulse to fill in the cracks and do what hasn’t been done is infinite, even at skateboarding’s biggest peak internationally, there’s always new stories to tell. Created a short film and deliverables for Nike Women, Nike SB, Nike Tokyo, and Nike Global.

TYPOGRAPHY

“I wanted girls to know that they don’t have to adhere to the stereotype of a skater girl...They can dress how they want, set up their skateboards how they want, and skate how they want.” — Azusa

Japan Diary,” chronicles Azusa “Nigo” Adachi, Sara Hirayama, Rio Maehata, and Ari Marie Angeles, four women in Toyko, Japan using their own personal style to express themselves through skateboarding. At 29-years-old, Azusa "Nigo" not only picked up skateboarding but saw a lack of representation from the diverse group of women she saw at her local park.

CAST

TEAM

Director: Karen Masumoto
Production: monopo Tokyo
Creative Producer: Georgi Roberts
Line Producer: Yukiko Kubota
Art Director: Mei Kanamoto
Graphic Design: Tran Minh Villageois
Director of Photography: Nobu Arakawa
Assistant Camera: Anthony Rilocapro
B cam Operator: Callum Hasegawa
Gaffer: Arata Ichiji
Sound Recordist & Mixer: Mika Watanabe
Photographer: 217..NINA
Assistant Photographer: Hideaki Nagata
Stylist: Ai Takahashi
Production Assistant: Elena Assenheimer
Driver: Ryuta Doi
Editor: Andy Nagashima
Editor: Shane Lester
Colorist: Mai Lasan
Composer: LIONMILK
Online Editor: Kohei Hashimoto
Copy: Aya Apton, Toshika Kosako