Former KOHH and President of Produce Planning, Inc. Yohei Midorikawa opened 3 years of silence, Paris Collection and produced Louis Vuitton model "EMMA"! He will hold a live concert at Epica Okinawa on February 10 (Mon.)!

Epica Okinawa (Location: Namura Plaza Bldg. 3F, 1-5-1 Matsuyama, Naha City, Okinawa Prefecture), a DJ nightclub operated by SEQUENCE Corporation (President: Kazushi Takada), has decided to hold the fourth edition of "NEW WAVE NEXT" on Monday, February 10, 2025.

NEW WAVE NEXT" on Monday, February 10, 2025

What is "NEW WAVE NEXT"?

It is an unprecedented new party project in the club scene, in which the promotion side stores attract 500-800 people on the day before the celebration at Japan's No.1 HIPHOP CLUB EPICA, and pick up and cast promising new artists based on their unique perspectives.

Date: Monday, February 10, 2025

Time: OPEN 21:00 / CLOSED 6:00

place: epica OKINAWA

SP GUEST：EMMA

DJ's ：DANBO, KOYA, TASK, 244, COHEY

＜EMMA Profile

Born in Tokyo on February 22, 2002, 22 years old, half Nigerian father and half Japanese mother.

She started music and modeling at the age of 14, and her first album, released at the age of 18, made the charts.

In the same year, she appeared on the Louis Vuitton runway and at the Paris Collections.

She has been expanding her talent as a young and hot artist by enhancing her music and modeling activities.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emma_chijoke

Wikipedia: https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%9E%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E7%94%B1%E4%BA%BA

EMMA - Aga LIT!

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deRtDt_6djk

EMMA - PICO

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhmotaoX7

＜Yohei Midorikawa Profile

Born in Saitama Prefecture in 1979.

Engaged in entertainment business since 2002.

Currently manages a music label, stage equipment manufacturing business, and beauty business.

2002-2010: Wholesaler of mix CDs

2011-2012: Representative organizer of "Super Flower Green Breeze," a popular DJ event held every other Friday at a popular club in Roppongi, with over 1,000 people in attendance.

Established "BM Inc." in 2014. With producer Ryo Takahashi

With producer Ryo Takahashi and former KOHH (now YUKI CHIBA), they set up a music label office and video production company.

2021: KOHH retires.

November 2024: MM & EMMA Inc. established.

Ltd. with artist EMMA, and released the song "Aga LIT".

January 2025: Released music video for the song "Pico".

Also released EP "Letter"!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/midoriya_metalman

Event name: "NEW WAVE NEXT

The artist casting criteria were inspired by the "Dogs" event held on April 29, 2024 in Oji, Kita-ku, Tokyo, hosted by Yuhki Chiba, and were based on the artists' power, humanity, sense, and other qualities that impressed Kazushi Takada, CEO and producer. Kazushi Takada himself casts artists who impress him with their power, humanity, sense, etc., without being limited by the popularity of the artist or their hit songs. The promoter, the store, carefully selects the hottest new artists, creates a packed floor, and challenges them to start their live performance during the main time of the event.

JAPAN NO.1 HIP HOP CLUB EPICA

EPICA Okinawa was recommended as a pre-party for the world's largest Hip Hop festival "Rolling Loud Thailand", and is produced by Kazushi Takada with the three points of view of Okinawa as a global perspective, Okinawa as a domestic resort, and Okinawa as a local market, and the balance of street culture and music. The club will be a DJ nightclub produced by Kazushi Takada while fusing the balance between street culture and local market.

The club will feature the casting of top-class DJs from Japan and abroad, the casting of artists in the headliner class, and the casting of young to mid-career artists whom Kazushi Takada himself has discovered to be talented,

The year is divided into four quarters of three months, each season, and each quarter is marketed after a theme is announced, and we have achieved full houses every time.

In 2025, as we celebrate our 10th anniversary, we will be pursuing the theme of "never-ending growth," and will be working with the entire staff to gradually improve the art of sound, interior design, lighting, POP, video, service, hospitality, etc., to create the party of the moment with the guests who come to the party. Are we creating an atmosphere of togetherness in which everyone participates?

We aim to provide an experience for the five senses and an experience for the six senses with vibes.

We have welcomed Mr. Kazushi Takada (takada katsuji) as CEO and producer from 2019, and have successfully revitalized a large club in a resort area that had been stagnant in the latter half of the EDM era by advocating his unique Okinawa regional marketing theory, branding strategy theory for club business, and personnel strategy theory in a resort area. He has successfully revitalized a large club in a resort area that was in the doldrums in the latter half of EDM.

We have created Japan's No. 1 hip-hop club, which is attracting worldwide attention by segmenting night entertainment into the hip-hop music genre, which is also a theme for Japan's inbound demand.

The explosive number of customers, high-profile artist casting, and party production have turned a single storefront into a local culture, leading to the revitalization of the surrounding commercial facilities.

CEO / PRODUCER

Kazushi Takada (takada katsuji)

Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/katsuji_takada

X (former Twitter) : https://x.com/cretakada

Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/katsuji.takada

＜Epica Store Results

◯In 2024, held a pop-up pre-party with the world's largest hip-hop festival "Rolling Loud Thailand" with DJ LEAD.

Co-hosted "Vacance" with 8 members of BAD HOP. He also co-hosted "Vacance" with eight BAD HOP members.

AK-69's official nationwide tour "AK-69 LIVE TOUR 2024-Enlightenment-" was held for two consecutive years in 2023 and 2024 as the only club venue in the country.

○Former KANDYTOWN "KEIJU" "Toumeihanshin Zepp Tour" in 2024 at the only club venue.

The Wave, held every Saturday since July 2023, has established itself as Japan's No. 1 hip-hop monster party, attracting an average of around 1,000 people.

Co-produced with DJ DANBO.

The legendary monster party "RED ZONE" started as a Tuesday night party by DJ KOYA & DJ KANGO at Shibuya club "HARLEM" in 2001, and closed in 2019. It was revived at Epica Okinawa on October 12, 2024 for the first time in 5 years and attracted 1,200 people.

The second "RED ZONE" is scheduled to be held on Saturday, March 15, 2025, with DJ RYOW as a guest.

After two and a half years since his retirement as the world-famous artist KOHH, YUKI CHIBA will appear like a comet in 2024 with the music of his friends on the team. In addition, creative director Ryo Takahashi, world-class beat maker Koshy, Shunpei Shoji, YOUNG COCO, MaRI, SOCKS, Yoshi24k, Yan Seku, Alex Goushu, and friends from Kita-ku Oji will be invited to the 9th anniversary party.

◯OZworld was cast as the headliner for Epica's 7-9th anniversary monthly party in 2022, 2023, and 2024 for three consecutive years.

In 2022, Epica recorded the highest attendance in its history of over 1,800 people at the ³"Ride 4 Life" release tour, and in 2024, Epica held the "Jungle 2" club tour in Okinawa as its final event.

The "DRIP" produced by DJ DANBO, which started on Fridays in February 2022, will be updated to every Friday from January 2025, and is scheduled to be held with popular DJs such as DJ CHARI, DJ KEKKE, MARZY, FUJI TRILL, DJ TATSUKI, and more. The event will be held on Fridays from November 2024.

misterioso" will be held irregularly on Fridays from November 2024, and will be Okinawa's first fusion of TECHNO/HOUSE and HIP HOP, and will feature popular DJs such as YAMATOMAYA, Rickey Shannon, and MARTIN.

The first exclusive creative contract in the club industry will be signed with Ryo Takahashi, creative director of ◯Yuki Chiba, musician "Team Tomodachi" and artist "KOHH" from December 2024.

epica OKINAWA

Namura Plaza Bldg. 3F, 1-5-1 Matsuyama, Naha City, Okinawa 900-0032, Japan

Open all year round

9:00PM - 6:00AM (WEEKEND)

9:00PM - 5:00AM (WEEKDAY)

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tel：098-917-0729 (21:00～)

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