Nahoko︎Otsuka
2011〜 Published MUSIC FAN ZINE [MONOLITH] under the name of QUICKCANAL.
Distributed mainly at live shows of DEERHUNTER and ATLAS SOUND in Japan.
Outside Japan
2012 Lotus Plaza ( Washington.D.C. / U.S.)
2013 All Tomorrow’s Paties curated by DEERHUNTER ( Cambersands / U.K. )
2023〜 Published MUSIC FAN ZINE [Love Buzz] under real name, Nahoko Otsuka.
Selling by hand at live houses and retail local record stores.
【As an English instructor】
I have loved American culture since I was a child, but it was not until I had the opportunity to speak with members of DEERHUNTER that I started practicing to be able to use English. At the time, I worked as a salesperson in a Zimbabwean crafts store and worked part-time as an English tutor at a cram school and as a private tutor to earn money since I was a student. While working during that time, I obtained my ALT certification through online learning in Canada. Word of mouth spread, and at the end of 2019, the head office of a big local company [Cow Soap Brand Kyoshinsha Inc.] officially asked me if I could teach English to their employees. I am not a social person and was not suited to working in an office, so I decided to run a small English school on my own. Soon after, a pandemic broke out, and it was very difficult for everyone, but fortunately, thanks to the people who came to my school, it is stable until now. The students range in age from baby class to 60 years old, which makes me very stimulating and life-study because originally my nature I want to work alone at home all my life. I am also an English learner forever and I can believe it's never too late to start something. Now the world has changed again, and so has my environment. From now on, I would like to spend the rest of my life contributing to what I love. Thanks for reading.
【Publications】
February,2012 Magazine「SO-EN」
NAKAKO HAYASHI, an author of「You Reach Out - right now - for Something: Questioning the Concept of Fashion」,
she featured three girly topics that were of interest right there, and one was my zine.
September,2012「Girls ZINE」
Dedication of Cover Art and Desingh / Interview
December,2015 ERECT MAGAZINE #005「MONDO JAKARTA」
Interview
【As a translator, interpreter】
April,2023 The screening event of MIKE DIANA
[COLOR ME PIZZA RED] ( KYOTO )Interpreter
At LAG ART GALLERY EXHIBITIONS ( TOKYO )
PRESS RELEASE Translation
October,2023
[PRINT HOUSE SESSION × YOSHIYUKI OKUYAMA]
December,2023
[AYAKAENDO “SWAYING FLOWERS”]
March,2024
[SHIRO TSUJIMURA EXHIBITION]
May,2024
[SHODO CONTEMPORARY]
May,2024
[Ryoji Hirose”LAME BUT NEAT”]
June,2024
[Tamaki Yoshida “HINOME”]
July,2024
[”KAZUKO ONO,AN INDEPENDENT FOLKLORE SCHOLAR AND PUMPQUAKES”]
August,2024
[Takehiro Iikawa “DECORATOR CRAB-Expanded Work”]
At Live Art Books Publishing ( OSAKA )
PRESS RELEASE Translation
August,2024
[Takuma Nakahira:Burn-Overflow Exhibition Catalogue “Resale Edition” ]
The translation work for the liner notes
[SUN RA Arkestra “Live at Pit-Inn Tokyo, Japan, 8,8, 1988”]
CD: May 22, 2024 https://diskunion.lnk.to/FJSP501
LP: July 3,2024 https://diskunion.lnk.to/FJSP503
[Hirokazu Tanaka “Lost Tapes 17”]
LP: September 25, 2024 https://diskunion.net/gamemusic/ct/detail/1008864636
2012〜 ART BOOK STORE flotsambooks ( TOKYO )
Tranlator / Interpretor / Friend
【The screening of the movie “TEENAGE” in JAPAN 】Supported by Normal Screen
December, 2023 ( OSAKA / TOKYO )
『TEENAGE』directed by MATT WOLF 2013,
besed on a book by JON SAVAGE,
music by BRADFORD COX ( DEERHUNTER / ATLAS SOUND ).
It was the first screening in Osaka.
【MUSIC LABEL】
2024 Planning to establish “CASCADE DELETE”,a tiny cassette label.