HIKARU UTADA SCIENCE FICTION TOUR 2024 NINE STORIES [JOHN YUYI]

"NINE STORIES" is a photo book that captures Hikaru Utada's first nationwide tour in six years, "SCIENCE FICTION TOUR 2024," which marks the 25th anniversary of her debut, from the perspectives of nine photographers.

Named after the title of a short story by American novelist JD Salinger. Like that wonderful story, the story of Utada Hikaru's live performances held in nine cities are captured by leading contemporary artists such as Kimura Wahei, Suzuki Chikashi, Hosokura Mayumi, Kawauchi Rinko, Moriyama Daido, John Yuyi, Wing Shya, Homma Takashi, and Noguchi Rika, each with their own unique perspective, and woven together using the visual language of photography.
This collaboration with top photographers was only possible because of the rare artist that Utada Hikaru is, and it resulted in a new and unprecedented form of live performance photography/photobook.
Through the photographer's perspective, Utada Hikaru's live performances, and by extension the existence of Utada Hikaru, will be presented as something that will remain forever, be it five, fifty, one hundred years from now or beyond.

[9 Perspectives]
Fukuoka performance: Kazuhei Kimura “Peeking”
Aichi Performance: Suzuki Chikashi "Part of"
Saitama Performance: Mayumi Hosokura "Corporeality"
Miyagi Performance: Rinko Kawauchi "Overflowing Light"
Tokyo Performance: Daido Moriyama "Relationships"
Taipei Performance: John Yuyi “Self-Projection”
Hong Kong Performance: Wing Shya "Kaleidoscope"
Osaka Performance: Takashi Homma "Simultaneity"
Kanagawa Performance: Rika Noguchi "Existence"

■ Photobook summary Title: HIKARU UTADA SCIENCE FICTION TOUR 2024 NINE STORIES [JOHN YUYI]
Photographer: John Yuyi
Publisher: New Gallery (Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.)
Release date: March 21, 2025 Price:
Each photographer's book [B5 variant size 48 pages] 2,200 yen each (tax included)

Product size:
Single book - long side 246mm x short side 169mm x bundle thickness 4.0mm

■Scheduled delivery date: Friday, March 21, 2025.
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*HIKARU UTADA SCIENCE FICTION TOUR 2024 merchandise cannot be purchased together.
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