Born in Aichi, Japan in 1995. Completed MA from Graduate School of Global Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts. He researches on the history of curation and curators, and curatorial studies whereas explores the possibility / impossibility of understanding others beyond human beings through exhibition practices.

Born in Kyoto in 1994, graduated from the Graduate School of Global Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts in 2020 (Lalus Prize). Takagi is a curator of The 5th Floor and an assistant curator of 21st Century Museum of Kanazawa. He has been searching for the way of the exhibition as a place of empathy through the practice of places not bound by the white cube.

Born in 1983 in Tokyo. After completing a MS at Graduate School of Science and Technology, Keio University in 2007, he worked for an investment firm engaged in VC investments in Japan, the U.S., and Southeast Asian countries. He then moved to a pharmaceutical company and worked in Shanghai before joining Koizumi Group in 2014. He is now a member of the board of directors, and currently learns the business of each group company onsite.

Jukan Tateisi (b. 1986 in Chicago) is a visual/sound artist. He is based in Tokyo/London.Tateisi is specialised in art, aimed to synthesise the dichotomic boundaries such as virtual and real, natural and artificial, or practice and management, besides working of launching art spaces “The 5th Floor”, “TOH” and “TŌGE”, and developing wooden food products.

Kumiko Hori is in charge of the strategic implementation of UBS’s community programs at its Asia Pacific franchise in thirteen locations.Annually, 13 locations in Asia Pacific support around 100 NGOs through strategic grants and the employee pro-bono works, providing 45,000 hours of volunteering.She holds M.A. in Sociology from University of Reading, and a B.A. (Hons) from University of York in the U.K.

Lazima is a model and a writer. She has roots in South Asia and grew up in Tokyo. She works across a wide range of genres including magazines and TV in her own unique way, based on the concept of “racial borderless.” In parallel with her modeling career, she is also expanding her field of expression into writing. She has an interest in art and culture, and collaborates with cutting edge artists.

D/C/F/A is an anonymous foundation/project launched in the summer of 2021, which aim is to fill a missing piece in the contemporary art scene in Japan. In the art world, there are still limited opportunities for curators to pursue their practices even though they take an essential role in discovering new talents, re-evaluation of past works, presenting new perspectives and such. In support of the vision of The 5th Floor, which provides them with new chances for development, D/C/F/A started patronage in 2022.

HB. is a curatorial collective formed by Yuu Takagi, Jukan Tateisi, Atsuhiro Miyake. They invite artists and curators both from domestic and abroad to organize exhibitions based in HB. Nezu (Tokyo) while exploring a way of curation which does not stick to a specific place such as museums or galleries.

ASAKUSA is a 40-square-metre exhibition venue for contemporary art programmes committed to advancing curatorial collaboration and practices. Through their exhibitions and series of events, ASAKUSA has invited many international guests including Hito Steyerl, Eric Baudelaire, Anton Vidokle, Pauline Boudry / Renate Lorenz, Ming Wong among many others.

Van Gogh House is a 200-year-old house in South London, where 20-year-old Vincent van Gogh spent the happiest year of his life. Now a site for exhibitions and live-in residencies, Van Gogh House’s mission is to support artists in their lifetimes. The residency programme continues his legacy of building an artist commune by specifically inviting artist duos, collaborators and collectives. In June 2023 The 5th Floor collaborated with Van Gogh House to select artist duos from Japan.