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Mika Ninagawa

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Mika Ninagawa
蜷川にながわ 実花みか
Head and shoulders shot of Mika Ninagawa
Mika Ninagawa in July 2012
Born (1972-10-18) October 18, 1972 (age 52)
Tokyo, Japan
Occupation(s)Photographer, film director
Websiteninamika.com

Mika Ninagawa (蜷川にながわ 実花みか, Ninagawa Mika, born October 18, 1972) is a Japanese photographer and director, known for her brightly colored photographs of flowers, goldfish, and landscapes.

Biography

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Daughter of acclaimed theatre director Yukio Ninagawa, she first came to prominence in the late 1990s as part of Japan's 'Girly Photo' movement (in which amateurs took photos of daily objects). Her work was first exhibited outside Japan in 1997 at the Parisian concept store Colette (boutique), and in 2001 she received the 26th Kimura Ihei Award (Japan's most prestigious photography award).[1]

In 2014, she was appointed as an executive board member of the Tokyo Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games of 2020. [2]

Work

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Ninagawa has enjoyed significant commercial success in fashion and advertising. She made her debut as a full-length film director in 2007 with Sakuran. In September 2010, her music video for the AKB48 song "Heavy Rotation" was released. She directed the live action film adaptation of the manga Helter Skelter in 2012. In 2020, her web series directorial debut was with Netflix's Followers.[3]

Alongside photographers like Hiromix and Yurie Nagashima they were important figures in a 90s photographic movement. This movement, influenced by cultural changes, point & shoot cameras, and 'Purikura' (Print Club) culture, featured Japanese teenagers, especially girls, creating a new visual style. [4]

Awards

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Photography

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Exhibitions

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  • Into Fiction/Reality, Iwaki City Art Museum, Fukushima, Japan, Apr 13 - May 26, 2019[10]
  • Taichung World Flora Exposition, Taichung, Taiwan, Nov 03, 2018 - Apr 24, 2019[11]
  • Hotel Anteroom Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan, Jul 14, 2016 - Present [12]
  • Mika Ninagawa: Self-image, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Jan 24 – May 10, 2015[13]
  • Mika's daydreaming theater [14][15]
  1. Parco Factory, Shibuya Tokyo, Japan, March 20, 2008 - April 7, 2008
  2. Sapporo Parco, Sapporo, Japan, April 25, 2008 - May 11, 2008
  3. Nagoya Parco, Nagoya, Japan, May 17, 2008 - June 2, 2008
  4. Sendai Parco, Sendai, Japan, August 21, 2008 - September 15, 2008

Filmography

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Movies

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TV and Web TV Series

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Music videos

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Year Music video Artist Notes
2007 "Ashita Tenki ni Naare" (明日あした天気てんきになぁれ)[19] Yuzu
2010 "Heavy Rotation"[20] AKB48 Also produced CD jacket.
2011 "Yobisute Fantasy" (呼よび捨すてファンタジー)[21] AKB48 Team B Found on the "Ue kara Mariko" single.
2012 "Hanabi" (花火はなび) Sandaime J Soul Brothers Also produced CD jacket.
"Sugar Rush"[22][23] AKB48 Soundtrack for the Disney film Wreck-It Ralph.
"Powder Snow (Eien ni Owaranai Fuyu)" (Powder Snow ～永遠えいえんに終おわらない冬ふゆ～) Sandaime J Soul Brothers Also produced CD jacket.
2013 "Girl on Fire"[24] Alicia Keys Special video produced for Japan.
"Pink Spider"[25] Kumi Koda Also produced associated UULA short drama.
"Sayonara Crawl"[26] AKB48
"Issen Ichibyō" (一いち千せん一いち秒びょう)[27] Exile Takahiro
"Ame nochi Harelujah" (雨あめのち晴はれレルヤ)[28] Yuzu
2015 "Kaguya"[29] News
2016 "Kimi wa Melody"[30] AKB48
2017 "Flame of Love" Taemin

Books

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  • ピンク・ローズ・スウィート : 蜷川にながわ実花みか写真しゃしん集しゅう. Pink Rose Suite. Tokyo, Japan: Editions Treville, 2001. ISBN 9784309904177.
  • A Piece of Heaven. Tokyo, Japan: Editions Treville, 2002. ISBN 4-309-90493-9. Color photographs.
  • Liquid Dreams. Tokyo, Japan: Editions Treville, 2003. ISBN 4-309-90556-0. Color photographs.
  • On Happiness - Contemporary Japanese Photography. with Midori Mitamura and Toshihiro Komatsu, eds. Tokyo, Japan: Editions Treville, 2003. ISBN 9784309905518. Color Photographs.
  • Acid Bloom. Portland, Ore.: Nazraeli Press, 2004. ISBN 1-59005-066-5. Color photographs.
  • Floating Yesterday. Tokyo, Japan: Kodansha, 2005. ISBN 4-06-213075-0. Color photographs.
  • Mika's daydreaming theater Tokyo, Japan: Shueisha, 2008 ISBN 4087712222 ISBN 978-4087712223. Color Photographs. [31][32]
  • Fever - Mizu Natsuki. Bangkok, Thailand: Hankyu Communications, 2008. ISBN 978-4484085081. Color Photographs
  • Ninagawa Baroque. Tokyo, Japan: Artbeat Publishers, 2010. ISBN 9784902080308.
  • Mika Ninagawa. New York : Rizzoli, 2010. ISBN 9780847833979. Color Photographs

Other projects

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Ninagawa was involved in the interior design of the Bar & Cafè on the Bund cafe and bar in Shanghai, China.[33]

Ninagawa was involved in designing the external livery of a new Genbi Shinkansen excursion train scheduled to be operated in Japan by JR East from spring 2016.[34]

She appears alongside fellow Movie director Yūichi Fukuda, in a scene as a couple, in TV Tokyo's 2019 special 2-day drama starring Shun Oguri and Tsuyoshi Muro, "Futatsu no Sokoku" (Two homelands).[35]

References

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  • Yamauchi Hiroyasu (山内やまうち宏泰ひろやす "Hiroyasu Yamauchi"), "Mika Ninagawa", in Kōtarō Iizawa, ed., Nihon no shashinka 101 (日本にっぽんの写真しゃしん家か101, 101 Japanese photographers). Tokyo: Shinshokan, 2008. ISBN 978-4-403-25095-8. P.202. (in Japanese)
  1. ^ Mika Ninagawa: In Conversation
  2. ^ Mika Ninagawa: Self-image
  3. ^ "FOLLOWERS, JAPANESE ORIGINAL SERIES LAUNCHES GLOBALLY ON NETFLIX ON FEBRUARY 27, 2020". Netflix. December 4, 2019. Archived from the original on February 25, 2020. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
  4. ^ "Hiromix: Shaping the Identity of 90s Japanese Female Youth". Sabukaru Online. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
  5. ^ New Cosmos of Photography
  6. ^ Photoguide.jp
  7. ^ Asahi.com (archived)
  8. ^ スガシカオ新しんシングル「アイタイ」ジャケ写じゃけしゃ＆詳細しょうさい発表はっぴょう. natalie.mu (in Japanese). March 15, 2013. Archived from the original on December 3, 2018. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
  9. ^ スガ シカオ、ニューシングル『アイタイ』の詳細しょうさいを発表はっぴょう. rockinon.com (in Japanese). March 15, 2013. Archived from the original on December 3, 2018. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
  10. ^ businessinsider.com
  11. ^ Ninamika.com
  12. ^ Hara Museum of Art
  13. ^ "Daydreaming theater exhibition". ninamika.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on March 12, 2019. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
  14. ^ "Mika Ninagawa Biography". japigozzicollection.com. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
  15. ^ "窪田くぼた正ただし孝こう、斎藤さいとう工たくみ、小栗おぐり旬しゅんら「Diner」で殺ころし屋や役やく、藤原ふじわら竜也たつやが息巻いきまく特報とくほうも公開こうかい". natalie.mu (in Japanese). February 5, 2019. Archived from the original on February 5, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
  16. ^ 小栗おぐり旬しゅん、太宰だざい治おさむ役やくで減量げんりょう 蜷川にながわ実花みか監督かんとくと「人間にんげん失格しっかく」誕生たんじょう秘話ひわ映画えいが化か. cinematoday.jp (in Japanese). December 3, 2018. Archived from the original on December 3, 2018. Retrieved December 2, 2018.
  17. ^ "神木しぼく隆之たかゆき介かいと柴しば咲さきコウのW主演しゅえんで「xxxHOLiC」実写じっしゃ映画えいが化か、監督かんとくは蜷川にながわ実花みか". Natalie. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  18. ^ "ゆず 明日あした天気てんきになぁれ". Space Shower. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  19. ^ "AKB48 ヘビーローテーション". Space Shower. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  20. ^ "AKB48 呼よび捨すてファンタジー". Space Shower. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  21. ^ "AKB48、全ぜん世界せかい挿入歌そうにゅうか「Sugar Rush」初はつ披露ひろう -映画えいが『シュガー・ラッシュ』" (in Japanese). Mynavy News. October 31, 2012. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
  22. ^ "AKB48、ディズニー映画えいが曲きょく「Sugar Rush」で世界せかいデビュー" (in Japanese). Natalie. October 31, 2012. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
  23. ^ "ALICIA KEYS GIRL ON FIRE DIRECTED BY MIKA NINAGAWA". Space Shower. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  24. ^ "倖田こうだ來らい未み ピンクスパイダー（Short Ver.）". Space Shower. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  25. ^ "AKB48 さよならクロール". Space Shower. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  26. ^ "EXILE TAKAHIRO 一いち千せん一いち秒びょう". Space Shower. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  27. ^ "ゆず 雨うのち晴はれレルヤ". Space Shower. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  28. ^ "NEWS KAGUYA". Space Shower. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
  29. ^ "AKB48 ミュージックビデオサーチ". Space Shower. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  30. ^ 蜷川にながわ実花みか (March 2008). Ninagawamosogekijyo ~Mika's Daydreaming Theater~ (in Japanese). 集英社しゅうえいしゃ. ISBN 978-4087712223.
  31. ^ "蜷川にながわ実花みか - 蜷川にながわ妄想もうそう劇場げきじょう -mika's daydreaming theater-". najad.blog20.fc2.com (in Japanese). June 1, 2008. Archived from the original on March 11, 2019. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
  32. ^ "shanghairose". shanghairose.com. Archived from the original on February 18, 2015. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
  33. ^ "Stunning Shinkansen, dubbed 'world's fastest art exhibition,' hits the rails". Asia & Japan Watch. Japan: The Asahi Shimbun Company. January 13, 2016. Archived from the original on January 13, 2016. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
  34. ^ ムロツヨシ、小栗おぐり旬しゅんからのドッキリに「何なにしてるの!?」福田ふくだ雄一ゆういち＆蜷川にながわ実花みかのサプライズ登場とうじょうに動揺どうよう. thetv.jp (in Japanese). March 20, 2019. Archived from the original on March 20, 2019. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
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