Kenji Tanaka
Director & Editor
Filmmaker and editor cutting stories with rhythm. Commercials, docs, and music videos — I shape footage until it breathes. Director's eye, editor's patience.
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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.
Cut to the feeling, then protect it through every revision.
Experience
11 years directing and editing across brand, music, and documentary
Director / Editor
Freelance
2018 – Present
Brand films and music videos for Uniqlo, Honda, and independent artists. 40+ delivered projects.
Senior Editor
Tokyo Film Collective
2014 – 2018
Lead editor on two festival documentary shorts and a national ad campaign.
Education
BFA, Film Production — Nihon University College of Art · 2013
Skills
Certifications
DaVinci Resolve Certified Colorist — Blackmagic Design (2021)
Work
Uniqlo — 'Everyday'
60s brand film. Directed and edited. Shot across four seasons in one Tokyo apartment.
Commercial · Director
Shima — 'Tide' (MV)
Music video for indie band Shima. One continuous take, reverse-edited. 1.4M views.
Music video · 1.4M views
The Last Sento
Documentary short on Tokyo's vanishing bathhouses. Official selection, Yamagata 2023.
Documentary · Festival
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Services
Booking brand and music projects for next quarter.
Day rate from ¥180,000 · Post from ¥90,000
Kind words
“Kenji finds the cut nobody else sees. He delivered a brand film that felt like a short story.”
Recognition
- ◆ Official selection — Yamagata Doc 2023
- ◆ 1.4M views on 'Tide'
- ◆ Vimeo Staff Pick ×3
Get in touch
Speaks Japanese, English