Hiro "Hero" Ugaya
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Communications or Media |
| Occupation | journalist |
| Location | TOKYO, TOKYO, Japan |
| Links | Audio Clip |
| Introduction | A Japanese male journalist, photographer, and musician. Covers entertainment industry, mass media, internet, security issues, free speech, human rights. Writes both in Japanese and English. 1) music is part of my life. A. I play electric bass guitar -rock, blues, funk, jazz, ambient, reggae, dub, techno etc. B. I am a fanatic music listener - jazz, rock, funk, blues, ambient, classic,techno, reggae, dub etc. 2) Motorcycle - I love Harley and Davidson and YAMAHA. 3) Bicycle - I love my blue Cannondale F400. 4) Reading books - Reading is a part of my life. My house is filled with books. 5) Writing - also part of my life. At the same, my profession too. 6) Photography 7) I am a fanatic collector of T-shirts. -my room is loaded with more than 300 T-shirts. Most of them are funny. 8) Seeing and talking with people - Japanese saying goes "everybody is your mentor." Learning foreing history and culture is a BIG fun to me. 9) Traveling - "seeing is believing." 10) Films - both in theaters and DVDs at home. |
| Interests | writing, music, reading, travel, photography |
| Favorite movies | Stanley Kubric, Spike Lee, Steven Soderberg, Michale Mann, Akira Kurosawa, Mamoru Oshii, Katsuhiro Ohtomo, Takashi Miike, Suzuki Matsuo, Satoshi Miki, Little Britain, Monty Python,Mr.Bean, Secret Policemen's balls |
| Favorite music | Bill Laswell, the Material, Jah Wobble, King Crimson, Jimi Hendrix, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Pink Floyd, King Tubby, Ramones, Sex Pistols, Gang of Four, Brian Eno, Roxy Music, Bill Evans, Deubussy, Pablo Casals, Cowboy Junkies, Frank Zappa, Kraftwerk, the Who, Jaco Pastorius, Velvet Underground, Willie Dixon, Stevie Ray Vaughn, PANTA, Friction, Devo, 村八分（Murahachibu）,町田町蔵（Machida Machizoh), INU, P-model, XTC, Ultravox (with John Foxx only), Television, Tom Verlaine, Thelonious Monk, Tangerine Dream, Suicide, Albert King, Sparks, Sly and the Family Stone, Meters, Serge Gainsbourg, Ornette Coleman, CAN, Medeski, Martin and Wood, Lou Reed, Led Zeppelin, Keith Jarrett, James Blood Ulmer,Jaques Higelin, Iggy Pop ( the Stooges ), Gustavo Santaolalla, Fred Frith, Durutti Column, Doors, James Chance and the Contortions, Buzzcocks, James Brown,Antonio Carlos Jobim, Astrud and Joan Gilberto, Booker T and the MGs |
| Favorite books | Haruki MUrakami, Charles Bukowski, Paul Auster, Raymond Carver, Russell Banks |