Kenji TanakaTokyo, Japan

Filmmaker

Kenji Tanaka

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.

Uniqlo — 'Everyday'

01 · Commercial · Director

Uniqlo — 'Everyday'

60s brand film. Directed and edited. Shot across four seasons in one Tokyo apartment.

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Shima — 'Tide' (MV)

02 · Music video · 1.4M views

Shima — 'Tide' (MV)

Music video for indie band Shima. One continuous take, reverse-edited. 1.4M views.

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The Last Sento

03 · Documentary · Festival

The Last Sento

Documentary short on Tokyo's vanishing bathhouses. Official selection, Yamagata 2023.

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

Film

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.

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

Rhythm · Restraint · Story first · Sound matters

Commissions

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

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Background

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.

BFA, Film Production — Nihon University College of Art 2013

Directing · Editing (Premiere, DaVinci) · Color grading · Sound design · Cinematography · Motion (After Effects)

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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