Actor: Akari Takaishi x Photographer: Sairai Masuda, art calendar “Ito” will be released!

Actor Akari Takaishi has teamed up with fellow photographer Saira Masuda to release an art calendar called “Ito.”

Takaishi is an up-and-coming actor whose name has become well-known throughout Japan since it was announced on October 29th that he would be the heroine of the NHK TV drama series “Bakebake” in the second half of 2025.

Most recently, he has starred in the popular movie series that made Takaishi’s career, “Baby Warukyure Nice Days” (released on September 27th), and the movie “I Just Dropped My Smartphone Final Chapter: Final Hacking Game” (released on November 1st). ), etc. The movie “Suicide Note” will be released on January 31st next year. She has continued to gain momentum even after being chosen as the heroine of the morning drama, including the announcement that she will be appearing in the drama “”.

This is Takaishi’s first calendar to be released, and it has a design that can be used as interior decoration, making it an art calendar that those who purchase it can enjoy replacing it themselves.

The title of this art calendar is “Ito”. “Relationships with people” are connected by an invisible thread, and Takaishi himself, who relied on that thread during the shooting, named the film.

The person in charge of the photography was Sairai Masuda, who has been active as a photographer since the age of 16 and has been active in various fields, and also served as the director of the short film “Kafune no Prayer”.

In addition, the design will be handled by Shinya Hanabusa, who has worked on jacket designs for many popular artists and continues to be active in various fields.

Takaishi said, “This is the first time I’ve taken a shoot where I wasn’t so conscious of the camera.There was a fleetingness and beauty that made me recognize the “moment”, and it made that moment even more irreplaceable. ” commented.

He also mentioned the title, “The relationships I have with the people on this team are very important. A work that is connected by an invisible thread.”

A new type of art calendar created by Takaishi and Masuda.

The product is scheduled to be released at an event in 2024.

[Akari Takaishi Profile]

Born in 2002, from Miyazaki Prefecture.

He began his career as an actor in earnest in 2019.

First starring role in the 2021 movie “Baby Warukyure”.

Appears in the currently released movie “I Just Dropped My Smartphone: Final Chapter: Final Hacking Game”. Her works awaiting release include the movie “A Hotel Suitable for Me” (12/27) and the movie “Suicide Note, Released” (1/31), and she will also be the heroine of the late 2025 NHK TV drama “Bakebake”.

This was the first time I took a photo shoot where I was so unaware of the camera.

As I slowly talked with photographer Saira Masuda about the little things I felt in my daily life and stories from the past, I found myself snapping the shutter.

The resulting photographs have a transience and beauty that makes us recognize the “moment”, making that time even more irreplaceable.

This time’s title is ito.

The relationships I have with Mr. Masuda and the rest of the team are very important to me, and I believe that we were able to connect through an invisible thread through this work.

I hope that everyone who gets their hands on it will be connected to wonderful ito next year as well.

【photograph】

Ayaka Masuda

Born in 2001 in Tokyo.

Active as a photographer since the age of 16.

Active in corporate advertisements, magazines, movie stills, CD jackets, etc.

As a filmmaker, he also works on 8mm works, and has released short films such as “Kahune no Prayer”.

[Art director]

Shinya Hanafusa (TI_ALT)

Art director / graphic designer

Born in 1987.

Born in Tokyo.