JUN INAGAWA

Jun Inagawa is a manga artist, DJ, and musician. After spending his middle and high school years in California, he was deeply influenced by street skateboarding and Japanese manga culture. In 2017, he launched his artistic career in Los Angeles, developing a distinctive creative vision that moves fluidly between street art, manga and anime-inspired aesthetics, and music.

His work explores the tension between opposing concepts such as destruction and rebirth, chaos and order, blending a noise-driven sensibility with postmodern aesthetics. Working at the intersection of visual culture, street culture, underground music, and subcultures, he has collaborated with communities rooted in skateboarding, punk, hip-hop, and experimental music, creating a practice that seamlessly merges art and everyday life.

After returning to Japan, he released his first art book, Mass Media Crush. In 2023, the TV anime Magical Destroyers, for which he created the original concept, aired to critical acclaim, while its opening and ending themes also received international recognition.

Inspired by footage of dancers at Berlin's Love Parade in the 1990s and Tokyo's legendary indoor rave WIRE, Inagawa began pursuing DJing and music production as another core part of his creative practice. During the pandemic, he launched Mad Magic Orchestra (MMO) at Tokyo's Contact, where he performed alongside Takkyu Ishino (Denki Groove). The event drew more than 1,200 people who danced throughout the night.

From 2022 to 2023, the MMO party series became a platform for a new generation of DJs emerging after the pandemic, helping shape a fresh wave within Tokyo's club scene.

Following the conclusion of MMO, he expanded beyond traditional clubs, performing at outdoor raves such as the Minna no Kimochi × Topia collaboration and Candela Forum, organized by Vio-sss at Kyoto University's Seibu Kodo Hall. These experiences led him to further explore new forms of music and dancefloor culture.

His first international tour, spanning 2024–2025, took him to Shanghai, Shenzhen, Seoul, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, and Brussels. As a musician, he also became a member of the electro unit Frog 3, releasing the single "The Message."

Today, Inagawa continues to expand his multidisciplinary practice while developing a new manga project inspired by the experiences he has accumulated throughout his artistic journey.