Mike Rogers (sometimes referred to as Mike "in Tokyo" Rogers) is a director, producer, and radio host. In 2006, he became the first foreigner in Japanese history to hold a senior position at a major Japanese broadcasting station, when he was appointed as a program director, then general manager at TV Tokyo's ''InterFM'' channel.
Currently, he hosts the "Mike Rogers Show" internationally. The program previously broadcast exclusively on ''InterFM channel'' in
Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...
and on ''Radio Neo'' in
Nagoya
is the largest city in the Chūbu region, the fourth-most populous city and third most populous urban area in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020. Located on the Pacific coast in central Honshu, it is the capital and the most pop ...
, Japan.
He was also a director and co-host of ''InterFM''s weekday morning program "Good Morning Garage".
Rogers has been a radio/TV host/producer in Japan since 1983.
He is also the writer, producer, and co-director of the 2017 feature film, ''
Ghostroads – A Japanese Rock N Roll Ghost Story
''Ghostroads – A Japanese Rock N Roll Ghost Story'' is a 2017 Japanese rock n roll comedy film conceived and produced by Mike "in Tokyo" Rogers and written by Rogers and James Honeycutt. It was directed by Enrico Ciccu and co-produced and edi ...
'' which premiered at the Raindance Film Festival 2017.
He is a founding member of the Mt. Fuji Film & VR Festival. He was the lead singer of the Los Angeles punk band The Rotters between 1977 and 1979 under the pseudonym "Nigel Nitro".
Rogers was a Jury member for the 2018 Raindance Film Festival in London, England. He is the first person from Japan to be given a seat on the Jury in the history of the Raindance Film Festival. Rogers also won an award for his film "Matsuchiyo – Life of a Geisha" at the Raindance Film Festival in London, 2018.
Rogers is also the co-writer for the film ''Meet the Pumps'' directed by Stephen David Brooks with musical score by Linda Perry.
Rogers is also a DJ at WFMU "Sheena's Jungle Room" in New Jersey.
Rogers is the founder and program director at the JIFF Japan Indies Film Awards and the Japan Ninja Indies Music Awards show, which is the first international indies music awards show from Tokyo.
There was a YouTube channel of the mike rogers show than before,
From June 2022
As a full-fledged YouTuber
At first, I introduced the program, and then
Artist, music, film,
We are conducting interviews with listeners and others.
Almost every day at 20:00 (Japan time)
Premium distribution is being delivered.
Career
Producer/director
* ''
Ghostroads – A Japanese Rock N Roll Ghost Story
''Ghostroads – A Japanese Rock N Roll Ghost Story'' is a 2017 Japanese rock n roll comedy film conceived and produced by Mike "in Tokyo" Rogers and written by Rogers and James Honeycutt. It was directed by Enrico Ciccu and co-produced and edi ...
''.
*Director/Producer of ''Matsuchiyo – Life of a Geisha''.
Radio host
* Mike Rogers Show on InterFM in Tokyo and Radio Neo in Nagoya, Japan.
The program is also aired nationally on Radiko.jp
* Mike Rogers Show on Love FM 76.1 in Kyushu, Japan
* Mike Rogers Show on air in 19 nations (internet) and 39 stations worldwide.
*Mike Rogers on Mike Rogers Show WFMU Sheena's Jungle Room.
Music
* Lead singer of Los Angeles punk band The Rotters (1977~1979)
References
3https://filmfreeway.com/NinjaIndiesMusicVideoAwards
External links
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* Twitter
https://twitter.com/mikeintokyo2004?s=21
1956 births
Living people
Japanese radio personalities
Japanese film producers
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