Kenji TanakaTokyo, Japan

Filmmaker

Kenji Tanaka

Director & Editor

Kenji Tanaka

60+

Projects

3

Staff Picks

11

Years

About

Filmmaker and editor cutting stories with rhythm. Commercials, docs, and music videos — I shape footage until it breathes. Director's eye, editor's patience.

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.

Mission

Cut to the feeling, then protect it through every revision.

Principles

RhythmRestraintStory firstSound matters

Experience

11 years directing and editing across brand, music, and documentary

2018 – Present

Director / Editor · Freelance

Brand films and music videos for Uniqlo, Honda, and independent artists. 40+ delivered projects.

2014 – 2018

Senior Editor · 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

DirectingEditing (Premiere, DaVinci)Color gradingSound designCinematographyMotion (After Effects)

Certifications

DaVinci Resolve Certified Colorist — Blackmagic Design 2021

Selected Work

Gallery

On set — Uniqlo
Grade — 'Tide'
The Last Sento

Film

How I Work

Brand films & commercials
Music videos
Documentary
Editing & post
Color grading

Availability — Booking brand and music projects for next quarter.

Engagement — Day rate from ¥180,000 · Post from ¥90,000

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Words

“Kenji finds the cut nobody else sees. He delivered a brand film that felt like a short story.”
Aya Mori, Creative Director

Recognition

  • — Official selection — Yamagata Doc 2023
  • — 1.4M views on 'Tide'
  • — Vimeo Staff Pick ×3

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