Guy Perryman Interviews

A conversation with Olly Alexander - singer of global chart-topping pop group, now solo project Years & Years, actor on stage and screen including multi award winning TV series It’s a Sin set in 80’s…

A conversation with Shuya Okino - club and radio DJ, remixer, music producer, event producer, café and bar owner, together with his brother Yoshihiro founding member of crossover jazz group Kyoto Jaz…

A conversation with Hina Nagase, secretary, and Etsuko Nozaka, overseas supervisor, from the International Kamishibai Association of Japan - who want to introduce kamishibai - the Japanese form of st…

A conversation with Nicholas Pettas - karate and kickboxing professional, K-1 Japan Grand Prix 2001 champion, fitness entrepreneur, media host and actor. Nicholas shares stories from the dojo and the…

A conversation with ReN - singer songwriter from Japan who has lived in the UK and whose first goal in life was to be a professional F1 driver but made a career change to music after an accident and …

A conversation with Clara Chong - film writer and director who has worked on productions in Tokyo, studied film in New York and in 2022 completed her own first major feature film, the suspense thrill…

A conversation with Matthew “Matty” Healy from The 1975 - headlining artist at Summer Sonic music festival in Tokyo in August 2022. Healy talks candidly about having nerves a few days before the band…

A conversation with Rina Sawayama - British based Japanese musician and gender and cultural identity trailblazer who was in Tokyo for Summer Sonic music festival in August 2022. Chatting three days a…

A conversation with Leo - a musician who puts a contemporary spin on the traditional Japanese instrument the koto, who was performing at Sonic Mania and Summer Sonic music festival in Tokyo in August…

A conversation with Billkin and PP Krit - Thai superstar actors and singers with a huge fan base around the world following the success of the drama series I Told Sunset About You and I Promised You …

A conversation with Serge from Kasabian - legendary British rock band who were in Japan for Sonic Mania at Summer Sonic music festival in August 2022. The interview took place backstage at Makuhari M…

A conversation with Hank Santos - the actor who plays the Director in the Broadway cast production of A Chorus Line touring Japan in 2022. Hank talks enthusiastically about the production, his fellow…

A conversation with Koyata Aso - a katsuben or benshi - a live stage performance narrator for silent films, a Japanese art form that goes back to the early days of the silver screen.  Koyata-san talk…

A conversation with Olivia Newton-John - legendary singer and star of musical movies Grease and Xanadu and an absolutely delightful lady. From my archive, the conversation took place backstage after …

A conversation with DCappella - Disney’s a cappella group from the US who were very happy to be back in Japan for shows across the country in summer 2022. All six members share their  joy of singing …

A conversation with Deborah Ann DeSnoo - theatre, film and TV producer/director for projects in Japan, the US and Korea who in 2022 filmed Japanese Noh performances in Tokyo for the Samurai Museum Be…

A conversation with Lin Nishitani - a student who volunteers in Japan for Atlantic Pacific, an NGO founded in the UK with a mission to combat global drowning and protect the oceans. Lin talks about w…

A conversation with Randy Bachman - legendary guitarist and founding member of enormously successful rock groups The Guess Who and Bachman Turner Overdrive, who was visiting Japan to be reunited with…

A conversation with Roland Kelts - journalist, writer and specialist in Japanese pop culture, manga and animation; author of Japanamerica: How Japanese Pop Culture Has Invaded The US; speaker at Ted …