Director & Editor
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Filmmaker and editor cutting stories with rhythm. Commercials, docs, and music videos — I shape footage until it breathes. Director's eye, editor's patience.
60+
Projects
3
Staff Picks
11
Years
About
I started editing skate videos in high school and learned everything that matters about filmmaking in those cuts: timing, momentum, when to hold and when to let go. I shoot and edit, which means I'm thinking about the cut while the camera's rolling. My work spans brand films, documentary shorts, and music videos — but it's all the same craft underneath: find the pulse of the footage and build everything around it.
Works
Commercial · Director
60s brand film. Directed and edited. Shot across four seasons in one Tokyo apartment.
View projectMusic video · 1.4M views
Music video for indie band Shima. One continuous take, reverse-edited. 1.4M views.
View projectDocumentary · Festival
Documentary short on Tokyo's vanishing bathhouses. Official selection, Yamagata 2023.
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Practice
11 years directing and editing across brand, music, and documentary
Freelance
Brand films and music videos for Uniqlo, Honda, and independent artists. 40+ delivered projects.
Tokyo Film Collective
Lead editor on two festival documentary shorts and a national ad campaign.
Education
BFA, Film Production — Nihon University College of Art 2013
Expertise
Directing · Editing (Premiere, DaVinci) · Color grading · Sound design · Cinematography · Motion (After Effects)
Certifications
DaVinci Resolve Certified Colorist — Blackmagic Design 2021
Film
Showreel 2024 (2:10) Uniqlo — 'Everyday' (full) Shima — 'Tide' (music video) The Last Sento — trailerServices
Brand films & commercials
Music videos
Documentary
Editing & post
Color grading
Booking brand and music projects for next quarter.
Day rate from ¥180,000 · Post from ¥90,000
Words
“Kenji finds the cut nobody else sees. He delivered a brand film that felt like a short story.”
Recognition