WORKS

PUBLICATION

-Ongaku to Seiji (Music and Politics: Post 3.11 Chronicle)
2023. Jimbun Shoin. single author.

 

-Live Cultue no Kyokasho (Introduction to Live Music Culture)
2019, Seikyusha. single author.

 

-J-POP Bunkaron (A Thesis for J-POP)
2015. Sairyusha. single author.

 

-"Happyokai Bunkaron (Recital Culture)
Kyohei Miyairi (Ed). 2015. Seikyusha.

 

-"Bunkakei" Gakusei no Report / Sotsuron Sakusei jutsu (Ways to write papers for college students)
Jun Watanabe and Kyohei Miyairi (Eds). 2013. Seikyusha.

 

-Live Scenes (Live Scenes)

Kyohei Miyairi and Umi Sato (co-authored). 2011. Seikyusha.

-Livehouse Bunkaron (Livehouse Culture)
2008. Seikyusha. single author.
 

-Chikatetsu no Musician (Underground Harmonies by Susie J. Tanembaum)
2009. Asahi Shimbun Publications. single author (translation)

 

-Tsugi no Hon e (To the Next Book)

2014. Kurakudo.

 

-Communication Studies (Communication Studies)
Jun Watanabe (Ed.). 2010. Sekaishisosha. co-authored    

 

-Cultural Studies wo Manabu Hito no Tame ni (Cultural Studies by Chris Rojek)
Jun Watanabe and Umi Sato (Translation). 2009. Sekaishisosha. co-authored
 

-Jissen Popular Bunka wo Manabu Hito no Tame ni (Popular Culture)
Jun Watanabe and Haruki Ito (Eds). 2005. Sekaishisosha. co-authored

 

 

THESIS

-"Music Tourism: Music as Tourism Resources"
Proceedings of Kunitachi College of Music vol.53, pp.199-210, March 2018; Japanese

 

-"Rethinking the Concept of LIVE HOUSE"
Proceedings of Kunitachi College of Music vol.52, pp.163-172, March 2018; Japanese

 

-Music of Affect: Meanings of the Issue of “Do Not Bring Politics into Music”
Proceedings of Kunitachi College of Music vol.50, pp.171-181, March 2017; Japanese

 

-"Regulation of Cultural Practices: Impacts of Surveillance in Today's Society"
Proceedings of Kunitachi College of Music vol.50, pp.181-192, March 2016; Japanese

 

-"Possibilities of Live Performance as Contents: "Cool Japan" Discourses and Popular Music"
Journal of Contents History Studies vol.9, pp.24-35, August 2015; Japanese

 

-"The Position of J-POP in the Rise of “Right Wing” of Japanese Society: Popular Music as Propaganda"
Proceedings of Kunitachi College of Music vol.49, pp.159-169, March 2015; Japanese

 

-"Music Experiences in Adolescence: 'BURABAN' and 'KEION'"

Creating Music Culture vol.70, pp.15-18, July 2014; Japanese

 

-"Popular Music as Leisure"
Journal of The Association for Leisure and Tourism Studies vol.1, pp.17-24, March 2014; Japanese

-"Music of Resistance: Anti-Nuclear Movements of Popular Music Scenes in Japan"
Proceedings of Kunitachi College of Music vol.47, pp.117-127, March 2013; Japanese

 

-"Spreading of Recital Culture"

Creating Music Culture vol.64, pp.15-18, July 2012; Japanese

 

-"Impacts of 3.11 on the Popular Music Scene in Japan"
Proceedings of Kunitachi College of Music vol.46, pp.115-126, March 2012; Japanese

 

-"'Nostalgia' for Sale"
Creating Music Culture vol.60, pp.11-14, April 2011; Japanese

 

-"Live Scenes on Popular Music"
Gendai Fuzokugaku Kenkyu vol.14, pp.47-55, March 2011; Japanese, co-authored

 

-"Further Possibilities of Leisure Studies in Japan: Toward Collabolative Studies among Asian Countries"
Leisure Studies vol.14, pp.61-66, March 2011; Japanese

 

-"Economic Crisis and the Change of Work and Leisure in Korea" (by Sokho Choe and Hyejung Cheon)
Kyohei Miyairi (Translation). Leisure Studies vol.14, pp.67-72, March 2011; Japanese

 

-"Closing of the John Lennon Museum: Popular Music, Identity, and Place"
Journal of Tourism Studies vol.10, pp.37-44, January 2011; Japanese

 

-"Crossing the Border: Leisure and Globalization"
Turning Point of "Leisure Studies pp.53-60, September 2010; Japanese

 

-"Music Consumption as Nostalgia by Japan's Baby Boomers"
Leisure Studies vol.13, pp.28-39, March 2010; Japanese

 

-"The Usage of Music in Tourism"
Academic Articles of Collaboration with societies relations of Tourism and Leisure, pp. 19-26, September 2009; Japanese

 

-"Formation and Developent of 'Tourism Arts' in Hawaii: Music as a Tourism Resource"
Leisure Studies vol.11, pp.73-80, March 2008; Japanese

 

-"The Social Organization of Gatherings in Street Performance Space"
Tokeidai Ronso vol.29, pp.175-197, February 2008; Japanese, co-authored

 

-"KARAOKE and Karaoke: Reconsideration of the Cultural Aspect of 'Karaoke'"
Leisure Studies vol.10, pp.78-73, March 2007; Japanese

 

-"Music Scenes in Hawaii"
Tokeidai Ronso Vol 28, pp.35-58, February 2007; Japanese

 

-"The Transition of Live House; A Performance Place of Pop Music in Japan"
Tokeidai Ronso vol.27, pp.61-84, February 2006; Japanese

 

 

CONFERENCE

-“Japanese Popular Music and its Industry in the Crisis of COVID-19 Pandemic (Wrokshop)

'Japanese Music Culture in the Post-COVID-19 Era'
Inter-Asia Popular Music Studies  Online Workshop vol.1 on Thu, July 23 online.

Yoshitaka Mori, Ryotaro Miyasaka , Ryosuke Hidaka, Kyohei Miyairi

 

-“Thinking of Competition” (Symposium)
The Musicological Society of Japan on Sat, December 14 at Miyagi University of Education

 

-“Music Tourism: Rethinking of the Relationship between Music and Tourism” (Workshop)
JASPM Conference on Sun, December 8, 2019 at Osaka University.
Panelists: Junichi Nagai, Masae Yoshimitsu, Hideki Endo, and Seiya Sawada
Discussant: Amane Kasai
Organizer: Kyohei Miyairi

 

-‘Reclaim Leisure! Rethinking of Leisure Studies in Japan’ (Organizing Panel Session)
Cultural Typhoon 2019 on Sun, June 2, 2019 at Keio University.
Organizer: Kyohei Miyairi
Panelists: Yuko Itatsu, Kohei Sugiyama, and Momoko Aono

 

-“Performances Incorporated in School Education”
Musicking Research Project on Sat, December 22, 2018 at National Museum of Ethnology

 

-"Music and Affect: Proximity of Music to Politics"

Cultural Typhoon 2018 on Sat, June 23, 2018 at Ryukoku University.

 

-‘Playing Rock Music as School Club Activities: BUKATSU Culture in Japan’
“School Club (Bukatsu) and the production of local popular music culture in East-Asia” (Panel Session)
Inter-Asia Popular Music Studies Conference 2018 in Beijing on 6/10 at Communication University of China.
Chi-Chung Wang, Mengtze Chu, Kyohei Miyairi

 

-“Meanings of ‘Rock’”
Symposium "What is Japanese Rock?"
December 16, 2017 at Hosei University
Shige Kawakami, Yoshiaki Manabe, Toshiyuki Masubuchi, and Kyohei Miyairi

 

-‘Meanings of “Live House”’
12nd Comparative study of Music between Japan and China
September 14, 2017 at Shanghai Conservatory of Music

 

-‘Meanings of the Issue of “Do Not Bring Politics into Music”’
“Music and Politics in East Asia” (Organizing Panel Session)
Inter Asia Cultural Studies Conference 2017
July 30, 2017 at Sungkonghoe University, Soul, South Korea
Miaoju Jian, Jessica Kong, Kyohei Miyairi

 

-‘The Meaning of “Indie Idol” in Japan’
“Remapping Indie pop-rock in East and Southeast Asia” (Panel Session)
19th Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music

June 29, 2017 at University of Kassel, Germany
Hyunjoon Shin, Jeroen Groenewegen, Zhang Qian, Kyohei Miyairi

 

-“Re-thinking of ‘Recital Culture’” (Panel Session)
JASPM Conference on Sun, December 4, 2016 at Rikkyo University.

 

-"Protests on the Streets: Demonstration and Music in the Post-3.11 Period"
Cultural Typhoon 2016 on Sun, July 3, 2016 at Tokyo University of Arts.

-"The infiltration of Tourism and Global Gaze" (Panel Session)
Cultural Typhoon 2016 on Sat, July 2, 2016 at Tokyo University of Arts.

 

-“Social Movements in the Post-3.11 Period: Demonstration and Music”
Kantoh Sociological Society 64th Conference on Sat, June 4, 2016 at Sophia University.

 

-"Regulating Popular Culture in Japan: Impacts of Surveillance in Today’s Society"
Popular Culture in Japan and Korea (2), Fri, October 30 at National Taiwan Normal University.

 

-"Regulating Popular Culture in Japan"
Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Conference 2015 in Surabaya on Sun, August 9 at Airlangga University.

 

-"Popular Cultural Practices of 'Liquid Modernity' in Japan"
Cultural Typhoon 2015 on Sat, June 13, 2015 at Liberty Osaka.

 

-"'Heisei Kayo' J-POP"
Music 88 Nights on Sat March 21, 2015 at Hosei University.

 

-"Regional Identity"
"Usage of media contents in local communities" (Symposium)
Hosei University Graduate School presents on Sat, October 25, 2014 at Hosei University.

 

-"J-POP: Japanese Pop Songs in the Heisei period"
Inter-Asia Popular Music Studies Conference 2014 in Chiang Mai on Fri, August 8 at Chiang Mai University.

 

-"'Cultural Criticism' and 'Cultural Studies'"
Kantoh Sociological Society 62nd Conference on Sat, June 21, 2014 at Japan Women's University.

-"A Position of Popular Music in the right-wing bias of Japan"
Cultural Typhoon 2014 on Sun, July 29, 2014 at International Christian University

 

-"Beyond the Discourse of 'Power of Music': Popular Music Scenes after 3.11"

JASPM Conference on Sun, December 8, 2013 at Kwansei Gakuin University.

 

-"Have artists been exploited by the music industry?"
TOKYO BOOT UP! 2013 Conference Day on Sat, November 16, 2013 at Shibuya Annex Building.

 

-"Music and Leisure: Functions of Popular Music"
The Association for Leisure and Tourism Studies on Sun, September 8, 2013 at Waseda University.

 

-"From 'YOKA' to 'Leisure' : A Paradigm Shift in Leisure Studies" (Symposium)
The Association for Leisure and Tourism Studies on Sun, September 8, 2013 at Waseda University.

 

-"Culture and Politics: When the Music's Over" (Organizing Panel Session)
Cultural Typhoon 2013 on Sun, July 14, 2013 at Toyo Keizai University.

 

-"Power of Music: Thinking of Cultural Benefits in Japan" (Symposium)

Hosei University Graduate School presents on Sat, July 6, 2013 at Hosei University.

 

-"Rock x Cultural Studies"

Culcutal Typhoon Study Session on Fri, May 24, 2013 at Tokyo Keizai University.

 

-"Our Favorite Winter Songs"
J-POP NIGHT: Masubuchi-kun and Miyairi-kun 2nd Night on Sat 2/16,  2013 at Akyrise.

 

-"Rock Music in the U.S.A"

J-POP NIGHT: Masubuchi-kun and Miyairi-kun special version on Sat 11/17, 2012 at Hosei University.

 

-"From New-music to J-POP 1980-1985"
J-POP NIGHT: Masubuchi-kun and Miyairi-kun 1st Night on Sat 8/25, 2012 at Akyrise.

 

-"'Pay to Play', Good or Bad?: Live House Business and its Dissatisfactions in Taiwan and Japan" (Panel Session)
Inter-Asia Popular Music Studies Conference 2012 in Taipei on Sun, 7/15 at National Taiwan Normal University.

 

-"The End of Hip-hop: School Education and Hip-hop Dance"
Academic Conference of Collaboration with societies relations of Tourism and Leisure on Sat, June 30, 2012 at Toyo University.

 

-"Livehouse Scene in post-3.11" (Panelist)
Japanese Association for Contents History Studies Conference on Sat, 6/16, 2012 at National Institute of Informatics.

 

-"3.11 Aftermath" (Special Session)
Kantoh Sociological Society 60th Conference on Sat, 6/9, 2012 at Teikyo University.

 

-"HAPPYOKAI Culture: Spreading of Recital Culture in Japan"

Hawaii Sociological Association 33rd Annual Meeting on Sat, 2/18, 2012 at Kapiolani Community College.

 

-"Music x Field"
Senju Art Path 2011 on Sat, 12/17, 2011 at Tokyo University of Arts.

 

-"Recital Culture: Focus on Music Culture in Post-War Japan"
Japan Society for Leisure Study & Development 15th Conference on Sun, 10/9, 2011 at Jissen Women's Junior College.

 

-"The Whereabouts of "Ozaki House": Yutaka Ozaki and Music Tourism"
Academic Conference of Collaboration with societies relations of Tourism and Leisure on Sat, 7/2, 2011 at Toyo

University.

 

-"Leisure, Tourism and Culture: Post 3.11" (Panel Discussion)
Academic Conference of Collaboration with societies relations of Tourism and Leisure on Sat, 7/2, 2011 at Toyo University.

 

-"Live Scene and HAPPYOKAI Culture"
Kantoh Sociological Society 59th Conference on Sat, 6/18, 2011 at Meiji University.

 

-"Cool Japan and Popular Music"
Japan Society for Leisure Study & Development 14th Conference on Sat, 10/16, 2010 at Shinshu Junior College.

 

-"Music Tourism and Identity"
Academic Conference of Collaboration with societies relations of Tourism and Leisure on Sat, 9/25, 2010 at Toyo University.

 

-"Music Tourism and Cultural Identity in Japan: Closing of the John Lennon Museum"
11th World Leisure Congress on Wed, 9/1, 2010 at KangWon National University, Chuncheon, Korea.

 

-"Leisure Studies in Japan" (Co-hosted Symposium)
11th World Leisure Congress on Wed, 9/1, 2010 at KangWon National University, Chuncheon, Korea.

 

-"The Current Situation of 'Live Spaces'" (Joint Report)
Kantoh Sociological Society 58th Conference on Sat, 6/19, 2010 at Chuo University.

 

-"Music and Leisure, Tourism, Hospitality" (Talk Session)
The Association of Tourism Studies on Sat, 5/8, 2010 at Nihon University.

 

-"Considerations of 'Live Spaces'" (Joint Report)
GENPUKEN on Sat, 3/20, 2010 at Meiji University.

 

-"Transition of "Live Spaces" in Japan"
JASPM 21st Conference on Sun, 12/6, 2009 at Kyoto Women's University.

 

-"The Usage of Music in Tourism"
Academic Conference of Collaboration with societies relations of Tourism and Leisure on Sat, 9/26, 2009 at Toyo University.

 

-"Attitudes of Audience toward Live House"
JASPM 20th Conference on Sun, 11/30, 2008 at Seijo University.

 

-"Youth Culture and Leisure" (Panel Discussion)
Japan Society for Leisure Study & Development 12th Conference on Sat, 10/4, 2008 at Shokeigakuin University.

 

-"Live House and Cultural Studies"
Japan Society for Leisure Study & Development 12th Conference on Sat, 10/4, 2008 at Shokeigakuin University.

 

-"The Different Usage of Karaoke Venues between the United States and Japan"
Inter-Asia Popular Music Studies Conference 2008 in Osaka on Sat, 7/26 at Osaka City University.

 

-"KARAOKE Scenes in the United States: Field Research in Los Angeles"

Kantoh Sociological Society 56th Conference on Sun, 6/22, 2008 at Tokyo Metropolitan University.

 

-"Popular Music as 'Tourism Arts'"
Japan Society for Leisure Study & Development 11th Conference on Sun, 9/9, 2007 at Sophia University.

 

-"'Bowling Alone' and 'Karaoke Alone'"
Kantoh Sociological Society 55th Conference on Sun, 6/17, 2007 at University of Tsukuba.

 

-"Popular Music in Hawaii and Okinawa: For a Further Study of Popular Music in the U.S. and Japan"
JASPM 18th Conference on Sun, 12/3, 2006 at University of Tokyo.

 

-"A Social History of Live House"
JASPM 2nd Meeting of Kanto branch on Sat, 3/26, 2005 at Tokyo Keizai University.

 

 

MISC

-“Progressing ways to enjoy music”
DAM CHANNEL for Biz vol.10, Daiichikosho, Supervision, Oct, 2018; Japanese

 

-"Japanese Indie Music X Social Movements: Interview with Kyohei Miyairi"
JKT ZINE. pp.4-13. Interview (witten by Chou Kun Chang), Jan, 2016; Taiwanese

 

-"Is 'For Men Only' Gender Discrimination?"

Tokyo Shimbun. IP, October 24, 2015; Japanese

 

-"Regulation of club scenes in Japan"

Tokyo Shimbun. IP, October 22, 2014; Japanese

 

-"Pep Song? War Song?"

Tokyo Shimbun. IP, June 16, 2014; Japanese

 

-"Noise or Music?"

Tokyo Shimbun. IP, March 2, 2014; Japanese

-"Let's go to 'Social Live'"
Yomiuri Shimbun. IP, January 8, 2012; Japanese

 

-"Rock Spirits for A Middle Age"
Kyoto Shimbun. IP, February 28 ,2009; Japanese

 

-"Live, Live, Live"
metro age. IP, Jannuary, 2009; Japanese

 

As of August 25, 2023