What is Maywa Denki ?

 
An artistic unit produced by Nobumichi Tosa. They wear blue work clothes and call their works “products” and their live performances “product demonstrations” in the style of small and medium-sized enterprises that supported Japan’s rapid economic growth, and they develop various “nonsense machines” and present them in live performances and exhibitions not only in Japan but also widely overseas.
 
In 2010, the company newly developed the Voice Mechanics Series. The Otamatone series, in which the concept of the Voice Mechanics Series was put into commercial products, receiving the 2010 Toys Grand Prix, was a big hit at home and abroad, selling 2 million units in total (as of August 2023).
 
In August 2011, all of the products of Maywa Denki were exhibited at the Transformer Exhibition held in France. In July 2013, the dance performance “ROBOTI” produced by Blanca Lee, a Spanish choreographer, will be held in France, in which musical instruments and costumes of Maywa Denki are used. This will help the company take a step toward its franchise business.
In January 2016, he successfully held his first large-scale exhibition at the museum McaM in Shanghai, China; in March 2019, he opened Maywa Denki Akihabara Store, Maywa Denki’s first official store at Tokyo Radio Department Store in Akihabara.
In 2023, he will celebrate the 30th anniversary of his debut.  the same year, he held solo exhibitions at the Kure Municipal Museum of Art and the Sapporo Art Museum.

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• April 1967, Born in Hyogo Prefecture
• March 1992, The Department of Arts Study, Postgraduate Course, Tsukuba University, Awarded Master’s Degree
• May 1993 – Mar. 2001, Vice President of Maywa Denki
• April 2001 – present, President of Maywa Denki