Mitsutaka Nagira

Music journalist, editor, DJ, and educator.

I teach jazz as a part-time lecturer at Showa University of Music. I also teach writing and editing at Bigakko.

I published the book series Jazz The New Chapter and am a contributor to Rolling Stone Japan. I write for major newspapers and magazines in Japan, and also create articles for Blue Note Tokyo, Billboard Japan, and other music organizations.

As a DJ, I have performed at festivals and events including Love Supreme Jazz Festival Japan.

I am also known for my writing about jazz kissa and listening bar culture.

Jazz The New Chapter
Jazz The New Chapter is a series of jazz books that I started in 2014.

The series introduced a new generation of jazz artists, including Robert Glasper, and helped change the image of jazz in Japan and bring a new audience to the music.

The first volume sold 12,000 copies in Japan, and the following volumes each sold several thousand copies. In total, I published six volumes as well as several spin-off books.

Since 2020, much of the project has moved online. Today, Jazz The New Chapter has around 30,000 followers on social media.