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Neon hair comes to life at night in Shinjuku, Tokyo

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Credits

Photography Anthony Mascolo & Panos Damaskinidis
Video Antonio Celotto
Hair Hidetoshi Saiga & Gen Itoh
Make-up Pat Mascolo
Colourist Shunichi Nakoshi, Makoto Iwaya, Shota Akaoka
Hair Assistant Shinsuke Kato, Kota Nanbu, Yui Tateno
Stylist Soichiro Kobayashi
Models Nanami Iwao, Kaori Torii, Saya Bellamy, Akane Watanabe
Special Thanks Masanobu Nakamura, Takanori Kuzuo, Yusuke Korenaga, Tetsu Itoh

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