With music as the main focus, split into front and back faces.
In the beginning, the crew was mainly about music, wasn't it?
BANNY BUGS:That's right. We started out as a four-member rap team from Fukuoka, and as we held live performances and events in various locations, our number of members grew and grew, and eventually we became the seven-member team that we are today. We started out as a music team, but now we are a creative collective that does everything from styling and hair/makeup to videos and apparel.
Are you still based in Fukuoka?
BANNY BUGS:We have members from Fukuoka, as well as Tokyo, Kanagawa, and Okinawa, so we are a group with a mixture of different personalities from various regions.
I would like to ask each of you how the members came together.
NORTH NADO:I am in charge of graphic design, jacket design, and other design work. I also do private exhibitions and design work for external clients.
BILL MARCOS:I'm an MC at CCS records. (whispering)
BANNY BUGS:Bill (BILL MARCOS) completely skipped the live voice.
All:(Laughter)
bill marcos:I did it the day before yesterday, but I'm fine (whispering).
BANNY BUGS:We held the tour final for our newly released EP at "CIRCUS TOKYO". That was the live performance. And I'm Bunnybags, and I'm working as a producer and rapper while being a leader of CCS. Next to him is Penpublic .......
PEN PUBLIC:Yuya Yoshimatsu pen public (laughs).
All:(Laughter)
PEN PUBLIC:People are not used to calling me Yuya Yoshimatsu yet, but I recently started working under the name Yuya Yoshimatsu as well and changed my name. This is my real name, but when I hold solo exhibitions of oil paintings or canvases, I use the name Yuya Yoshimatsu, and at CCS I am an MC and do many other things. So, Yuya Yoshimatsu and pen public are the same name, but I use them separately.
Keisuke:I am the manager of CCS, and I mainly work behind the scenes. I was in Okinawa a while ago and organized events there, so even now I sometimes organize pop-ups and other events through that kind of connection.
Condo Alisa:My name is Alisa Condo, and I cut, color, and design the hair of the members. I usually do salon work as a hairdresser, but I have also started doing hair and makeup, and I create hairstyles for each and every member for the photo shoots at CCS.
Takahashi, Jun:I style everyone at CCS records. I also run my own lifestyle brand called ABNOVICE.
(LEFT) pen public, who is active not only as an MC but also as an artist who paints oil paintings and other works, coordinated his outfit with a Columbia tuna and vest. The synchronization of the orange color of the tuna and sneakers is also a key point.
(Columbia sneakers 15,400, Columbia vest ¥ 8,800, Columbia tuna ¥ 19,800, all other items personal effects)
(RIGHT) BANNY BUGS is wearing a nylon outerwear from Columbia with sneakers in the same color. It is HIP HOP etiquette to accentuate simple outfits with caps and eyewear to show off your "character.
Columbia sneakers ¥15,400, Columbia nylon jacket ¥24,200, all personal effects
