Koichi Yamadera to appear as a special guest! New Japan Philharmonic presents "Thank You Concert" Vol. 2 ~with a reading by that person~ with Mika Horii.

Planning, hosting, and narration: Mika Horii

Born in Akita Prefecture in 1972. Joined TBS as an announcer in 1995 and became a freelancer in 2022. Currently, in addition to narrating numerous popular programs, her podcast program "OVERTHE SUN" with Jane Su is gaining popularity. Her published works include "Reading Aloud Classroom" (Kanzen) and "Recommendations for Positive Listening" (Tokuma Shoten). In June 2025, she made her stage debut and played the lead role in "Phaedra - In the Flames -" (Japanese premiere), directed by Kenta Fukasaku. Her storytelling group "yomibasho project," which she organizes at venues such as the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan and Mitsukoshi Theatre, is always sold out. The 8th performance is scheduled for spring 2028.

Planning, hosting, and narration: Mika Horii Reading Special guest: Koichi Yamadera (voice actor/actor)

Born June 17, 1961, from Miyagi Prefecture.
His major roles include Meiken Cheese, Jam Ojisan, and Kaba-o in "Anpanman," Ryoji Kaji in the "Neon Genesis Evangelion" series, and Inspector Zenigata in the "Lupin III" series. In dubbing foreign films, he has voiced actors such as Eddie Murphy, Jim Carrey, Will Smith, and Chris Pratt. As an actor, he has appeared in the NHK Taiga drama "The 13 Lords of Kamakura" and the NHK morning drama "Anpanman."

Conductor: Hideaki Matsumura

He graduated from the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Law, Keio University. While still a student, he studied at the Senzoku Gakuen College of Music's Conducting Institute and completed the Master's course. He has studied conducting with Kazuyoshi Akiyama, Yoshitomo Kawachi, Nobutaka Masui, and Yuji Yuasa, piano with Yukie Baba, and clarinet with Seiki Shinohe. From 2006 to 2008, he participated in the "Affinis Summer Music Festival" as a conducting researcher, and in 2010, he passed the audition for a newly established conducting researcher position by the Nippon Steel Cultural Foundation, where he honed his skills with the Kioi Sinfonietta Tokyo. He won third prize at the 11th Antonio Pedrotti International Conducting Competition. He has conducted major orchestras in Japan as well as the Bolzano-Trento Haydn Orchestra in Italy. He is a part-time lecturer at Senzoku Gakuen College of Music.