CZ CREW
Writer & Photographer
Jun Nishikawa
Born in 1965.
・Automobile Writer, Automotive Culture Researcher
・My basic stance is to separate hobby from practical use in automotive criticism.
・Rather than simply expressing a car as convenient to use or fun to ride, we continue to evaluate it based on whether or not we can be a good partner in every sense of life.
・The main theme is the pursuit of automotive culture and philosophy. To do so, we will take a bird's eye view and watch of the automotive industry, whether from the standpoint of industrial theory, civilization theory, economic theory or social science theory.
Yasuhisa Shimasita
Born in 1972.
As an international motor journalist, he has contributed to magazines, websites, and men's magazines, appeared on radio and TV programs, given lectures, and performed on various stages. He is the author of "2020 year version full of mistakes car choice". In 2019, we began distributing the YouTube channel "RIDE NOW - Smart Mobility Review -". While actively covering the latest cars and technologies, he owns four "Young Oldtimer". He is a member of the 2019-2020 Japan Car of the Year selection committee.
Tomoyuki Shimada
Born in 1964.
He rose to an established position by serving as the editor-in-chief of 'Tipo' a bible automobile magazine for automobile enjoyment, and became independent after serving as the editor-in-chief of 'ROSSO' a supercar magazine, and of 'Scuderia' a Ferrari specialist magazine. He started his career in 2011 as a freelance writer and editor, focusing on cars and people. In addition to contributing to automobile magazines, general magazines, and the web, he is a guest at events and radio programs, and talks about the fun of cars in an easy-to-understand manner.
In terms of the variety of models he has driven, he is a leading figure in the automotive media industry and has extensive experience in overseas reporting, particularly in Europe. He also likes to do projects that please car enthusiasts, such as investigating Enzo Ferrari's favorite purple ink before his death, and linking it to reproduction with limited numbers.
He was also an unparalleled motor sports fan, and in the past he had participated in races as a driver himself, but he retired after a few years realizing that he lacked a fighting instinct. However, he has a deep knowledge of racing and has a wide range of friends in the racing industry, including professional drivers and team members.
Japan Car of the Year selection committee.
Yoshitada Moro
Born in 1968 in Tokyo, Japan.
After graduating from Tokyo Photography College in 1989, he worked at Studio Lush Life.
He worked mainly on car photography, jewelry, food and architecture.
Started freelance work in 2002.
He shoots for car magazines, web media and advertisements.
I also take architectural and food photography.
Hidehiro Tanaka
Born in 1969 in Osaka, Japan.
After graduating from high school, he went to a photography school, and in 1990 he started working for a newspaper company. He worked in the photography department for three years. Focused on incident, sports and TV personalities. During this time, he also photographed motorsports such as the All Japan F3000 Championship and Touring Car Championship.
Started working as a freelancer in 1993. Began shooting mainly sports and athlete portraits in 1995, and has been taking pictures of cars since then. Start. He mainly shoot advertisements for magazines and parts manufacturers, but He also continue to shoot portraits of athletes.
When shooting a car, he always keeps in mind to reproduce even fine details, while making the body line and material look beautiful to bring out the individuality of every car, from vintage cars to tuning cars.
Shojiro Kuwano
Born in 1968 in Osaka, Japan.
He has driven more than 120 of his cars, only two of which were new. I'm a used car junkie. After working on the editorial desk of the used car magazine "Car Sensor," he is now focusing on vintage car magazines. He is a middle-aged man who is like a boy forever who works mainly in western Japan as a writer and cameraman for a car magazine, while having a maniac garage cafe in Osaka where he can drink coffee while looking at rare cars from the 70's to the 80's.
Shinichi Yamazaki
After 27 years of editorial experience producing one-make magazines and a wide range of car magazines, from general automobile magazines to imported car magazines and even used car information magazines, he parted ways and became a freelancer in 2019. Currently, he is working hard to become a community-based editor/writer in his hometown of western Japan, not in Tokyo where car magazines gather. He has a deep knowledge of old domestic cars as he was a member of a domestic maniac magazine for many years. The motto is a thorough on-site approach. He writes with the idea that conveying reality, which cannot be seen on the Internet, captures the hearts of readers. Because of his natural curiosity, he works in media such as automobile magazines, general magazines, and the web, while also working on event planning and management.
Taichi Fujino
After graduating from university, he worked in the used car magazine "car sensor" and at the editorial desk of the car sensor edge, and then became a freelance editor and writer. In addition to test-driving new models in Japan and overseas, he has many opportunities to interview businessmen in various fields including automobile-related, and he contributes to Nikkei Business magazine and other publications. Participates in JMS (Japan Motorsport-journalist Society).
Satoshi Kamimura
Born in 1967 in Kumamoto, Japan.
When he was nine years old, he started taking pictures with a camera that he received from his grandmother, and he was awakened to the joy of taking pictures. After graduating from Osaka College of Photography, she worked as an assistant at a studio and a private photography office in Tokyo. At that time, with one shout from his master, "If you like cars, why don't you take a picture?" he began shooting a series of cars for a women's magazine. He became an independent freelancer in 1994 and has since been active in automotive magazines and automotive Web media.
His favorite cars are MR2 (SW20) and SUBARU LEVORG.
Junichi Okumura
He worked as a cameraman while working for a company, but after he started working as a freelance cameraman, he became involved in automobile photography as a hobby and as a practical benefit.
His favorite car is a 1931 Austin Seven and other old cars from the 1960s or so. He owns a He uses it in his daily life as well as for filming and reporting to distant locations. His hobby is historic car racing, and he has experience with prewar cars, touring cars and cigar formula cars. The way to enjoy your leisure time is to maintain your favorite cars in an abandoned garage deep in the mountains. The way to enjoy your leisure time is to maintain your favorite cars in an abandoned garage deep in the mountains. His current problem is that when he's shooting with CARZY, he wants the car, and he's quite a car buff.
Yukio Yoshimi
Born in 1961.
After graduating from Osaka College of Photography in 1983, he worked as an assistant cameraman at a studio in Osaka until 1985. Six months later, he joined a car advertising agency as a cameraman.
In 1993, he became a freelance again and started "Yoshimi Photo Office". Since then, he has received requests from editorial departments of any genre concerning cars due to his association in the media room of the circuit and connection in the time when he was a sales agent. In addition, he is sometimes asked to take pictures of foreign stories, mainly in the Kansai area.
As for racing, he has covered all the races of Super GT and Japanese Endurance Race“ SuperTaikyu”, and Super Formula 1 at Suzuka, Japan, while Super Formula was filmed west of Suzuka Circuit, while F1 Japanese GP and Blancpain Asia were filmed.
His hobby is cycling. On my free days, He ride the MTB road racer and run around.
In 1990, he joined the Japan Racing Photographers Association (JRPA).
Rei Hashimoto
He was born and raised at Kagurazaka in Tokyo in 1957, studied the world from women in hanamachi (geisha districts in Kyoto), graduated from high school early in two years, and studied under photographer Hajime Sawatari for a moment. He was so energetic that he later became his disciple. So He worked on photography focusing on fashion. After that, he became addicted to taking pictures of motorcycles and cars because of Honda's advertisement. He didn't like to be in a crowd, so He refused every invitation from the photo association. In the middle of a carefree cameraman life. She has left Tokyo, where she lived for many years, and now lives alone in Kyoto, where she has lived for 35 years.
Recently, the design of cars is boring, so He am mainly working on taking pictures of old cars, people, architecture, cooking, etc.