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【Profile】After graduating from the Tokyo University of the Arts Music High School and the same university, Mr. Usui further honed his skills at the Mozarteum University of Salzburg. He has received numerous awards, including a prize at the Viotti International Music Competition, the Donemus Performance Award at the Netherlands Music Session, the Special Prize for Contemporary Art from the Vienna Contemporary Avant-Garde Art Group TAMAMU, and first place at the Cantu International Music Competiti.....

【Profile】She Lives in Kyoto. Studied at Doshisha University under the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT) program. Gained work experience as a (shrine maiden) at Kodai-ji Temple, at a Georgian restaurant in Osaka, and at the Kyoto Economic Center. During this time, she married a Japanese man and had a daughter, Moana.――What motivated you to study Japanese? You studied at Doshisha University through the MEXT (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Scie.....

【Profile】Organizer of the Georgia Film Festival in Japan. Picture book author. Since 1974, he has been involved in screenings of world classic films at Iwanami Hall in Tokyo for about 45 years. His works include "A Journey to Georgian Cinema," "The Wandering Painter Niko Pirosmani," and "The Wandering Saint Painter Pirosmani."He was awarded the Order of Cultural Merit by the Georgian government in 2022.――What first got you interested in Georgian films?Harada Takehide san: From the end of 1974 un.....

【Profile】Yasuhiro Kojima lives in Tbilisi. He graduated from Tokyo University with a degree in Linguistics. He worked as a special researcher of the Society for the Promotion of Science of Japan, as well as a special researcher of the Institute of Asian and African Languages ​​and Cultures of Tokyo University of Foreign Studies and a specialist researcher in the Embassy of Japan in Georgia. Currently he works on translation and subtitles for Georgian film festival.――　What was the first thing tha.....