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レイ🌌 writer, artist, voice person in tokyo laeastra.com

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kc 💀 play TRUE LOVE'S CURSE! @npckc.net · 13/07/2026
it's nonbinary awareness week so be 👀aware👀 of my new curse-casting visual novel TRUE LOVE'S CURSE about a nonbinary witch & made by a nonbinary dev (me)! OUT TODAY!!! 💛🤍💜🖤 store.steampowered.com/app/4733520/...
TRUE LOVE'S CURSE banner with text saying "it's nonbinary awareness week!" "nonbinary witch" (pointing at the main character) "game by nonbinary dev (me)" "OUT NOW!"
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Dr Nemo 杉本 Martin @zeus-japonicus.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Asian! Pirate! Musical! 28 July to 2 August in London! join us for our first full run - tiny.cc/APMgatehouse tell your crew! tell your friends!!
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lae astra @laeastra.com · 26/06/2026
I did voice work for this Tamagotchi Plaza trailer! It was fun narrating such a cute video :) www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8nZ...
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Tamagotchi Plaza – Resort Reveal Trailer
YouTube video by Bandai Namco Entertainment America
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lae astra @laeastra.com · 07/06/2026
I did the narration for this episode of Hometown Stories, about students learning Japanese at a high school in Aichi! www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...
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Learning Japanese One Step at a Time - Hometown Stories | NHK WORLD-JAPAN
A high school allows students with international roots to use their native language while learning Japanese. Teachers hope it will help them build confidence and adapt better to their environment.
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kai // ipso @ipso.studio · 04/06/2026
Made this entire dungeon floor by hand in less than a minute. All of the monsters have full stats, based on Old School Essentials. Almost ready for release.
A top down image of dungeon created inside of a virtual tabletop tool that has a pixel art style from the 8-bit era.
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geneva 🖍️ nycc I-07 @gdbee.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Moving On.
Illo of a young lady with a halo of light sitting on top of a jeep in a field of flowers, contemplating. It's early morning. There are various plants, and flying insects. By gdbeeart, drawn in Paint Tool Sai 2, 2026
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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
There are five types of doves in my neighborhood. -turtle doves -whitewing doves -ring, neck doves -mourning doves -inca doves All day, I hear various versions WHOO WHOO, 😆. It’s hilarious.
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lae astra @laeastra.com · 21/05/2026
I did voice work on a series of trailer videos for the upcoming game, Schrödinger's Call! This is the one for Chapter 2, "Friend".
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Leocalization @leotranslations.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
I'm looking for work in Tokyo as a Japanese-to-English translator, localization specialist, or QA specialist! I have over five years of experience with manga and games. Please message me or comment with any opportunities. 東京で、日英翻訳者、ローカライゼーション、またはQAの仕事を探しています! 求人情報などがありましたら、メッセージまたはコメントでお知らせください。🙇
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Dr Nemo 杉本 Martin @zeus-japonicus.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
I'm giving this talk next Wednesday if you're in Yokohama - or on zoom if you're not!
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lae astra @laeastra.com · 12/05/2026
A new episode of Manben is out! I narrated this episode featuring Umino Chica, the manga artist of Honey and Clover - and this was her TV debut! I love all the cute faces she drew for herself 😆 www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...
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Umino Chica - Manben: Behind the Scenes of Manga with Urasawa Naoki | NHK WORLD-JAPAN
Hit manga artist Urasawa Naoki takes you behind the scenes of how manga is made. Honey and Clover creator Umino Chica makes her TV debut as we follow her new series, March Comes in Like a Lion!
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lae astra @laeastra.com · 08/05/2026
Ooh a turkey vulture!
turkey vulture flying close in the game flock around
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lae astra @laeastra.com · 07/05/2026
Go check out this bootyful game!
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kc 💀 play TRUE LOVE'S CURSE! @npckc.net · 03/05/2026
📢 CALLING ALL NONBINARY GAME DEVS! 📢 i'm helping run a steam sale event to showcase games made by nonbinary devs during the week of international nonbinary day! if you fit this description, fill out the form by may 18 👉 forms.gle/cx9AqFfPqzF9... please share & send to all your nb dev friends!!
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Nonbinary Coded Games Submission Form
This is a submission form for the Steam sale event, Nonbinary Coded Games, which will be happening from July 13 10:00 AM Pacific Time to July 20 10:00 AM Pacific Time. (July 14 is International Non-Bi...
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lae astra @laeastra.com · 08/04/2026
a page about my zine projects is now up on my website, and a few copies of these zines are available in store at platform3 / loneliness books, a wonderful independent bookstore & community space in higashi nakano, tokyo! 🌈 more updates to come :) laeastra.com/projects/
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lae astra — projects
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lae astra @laeastra.com · 06/04/2026
springtime :)
photograph of a bright sunny day in tokyo near an art museum, with a bright pink cherry blossom tree and the shadow of the branches and blossoms falling across the sidewalk
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lae astra @laeastra.com · 01/04/2026
this new nhk world program, A Mile in Your Shoes, features foreign residents in japan who are working on projects to tackle issues that the country faces! i provided narration for the two episodes currently available: www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...
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A Mile in Your Shoes | NHK WORLD-JAPAN
This program focuses on foreign residents in Japan who tackle the issues the country faces, driven by their love for their community of adoption and their ability to put themselves in Japanese shoes.
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lae astra @laeastra.com · 01/04/2026
this is a documentary i narrated about Takao Michiko & her son Nobuhiro, working to bridge japan and ukraine through ballet despite the war: www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...
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MICHIKO | NHK WORLD-JAPAN
Takao Michiko devoted 50 years to bridging Japan and Ukraine through ballet. She and her Kyiv-based son drove vital projects together despite the war.
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lae astra @laeastra.com · 01/04/2026
haven't updated much about my work lately, since i'm very sporadic with social media (meaning i barely use / check it), but here is a recent nhk world documentary that i narrated! it tells the stories of students at the asian university for women, in bangladesh: www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...
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Lighting the Future: The Asian University for Women | NHK WORLD-JAPAN
The challenges and struggles of women whose lives have been affected by factors like war or poverty are chronicled as they attend AUW in Bangladesh to gain education to become new leaders in society.
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lae astra @laeastra.com · 24/03/2026
✨ event news / お知らせ ✨ @leotranslations.bsky.social & i are organizing a transmasc art exchange hangout, 4/18 14:00-16:00 at alishan park cafe, yoyogi! one drink order to venue please. transmasc, trans men, nb only - contact me for invite. ftx, ftm, ノンバイナリー向け、少人数のアートイベントを開催します!興味ある方はご連絡下さい🏳️‍⚧️🎨✨
flyer that reads “art exchange ftm ftx ピクニック4 (屋内) アリシャンパーク2F 代々木 4月18日 14時〜16時, アートを作ったり、交換したり、売ったりしよう!”flyer that reads “04/18 SAT 2-4PM
Alishan Park 2F, Yoyogi
art exchange transmasc picnic vol 4 (indoors)
A chill, cozy space to create, exchange, and sell your arts and crafts!”
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lae astra @laeastra.com · 07/03/2026
Zine Fest Tokyo is tomorrow! I'll be at 5F booth A5. 明日はZineフェス東京!5階のA5でお待ちしております。
floor map of zine fest tokyo for march 8, with arrows and a blue bubble indicating 5F and booth A5
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Dliok ・ᴥ・VGen Comms open! @dliok.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Clovers ☘️ #illustration #markers #art #bird #birdart
A small Chercan is among many clovers
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Dliok ・ᴥ・VGen Comms open! @dliok.bsky.social · 25/03/2024
A long trip #illustration
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lae astra @laeastra.com · 05/03/2026
✨ event news / お知らせ ✨ #世田谷区民展 参加します! my painting will be in the kuminten (residents exhibition) at setagaya art museum, march 13 to 22! 1F kumin gallery / 世田谷美術館 1階 区民ギャラリー free entry / 無料 www.setagayaartmuseum.or.jp
postcard showing info for the kuminten exhibition at setagaya art museum 3/13 to 3/22framed watercolor and acrylic painting by lae, sitting in afternoon sunlight
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lae astra @laeastra.com · 03/03/2026
✨ this weekend / 今週末 ✨ #zineフェス東京 参加します! i'll be at zine fest tokyo, march 8th! 3月8日(日) 12:00〜17:00 入場料 500円 東京都立産業貿易センター台東館(浅草) lae astra & @ipso.studio at 5F booth A-5 🌈 bringing my first ever artbook zine, queer colorscapes! come take a look and say hi :) 🏳️‍⚧️
lae astra is going to zine fest tokyo on 2026.3.8 (sun), 12:00 to 17:00. entry 500 yen. location is tokyo metropolitan industrial trade center taito building in asakusafreshly arrived copy of queer colorscapes, an artbook zine by lae astra
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lae astra @laeastra.com · 03/03/2026
my contributor copy of alocasia: 99 queer writers on plants and nature just arrived today! thank you again, @alocasiamag.bsky.social @sarahclark.bsky.social !!
paperback copy of alocasia: 99 queer writers on plants and nature
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lae astra @laeastra.com · 15/02/2026
thank you @alocasiamag.bsky.social @sarahclark.bsky.social for including a poem of mine in this collection! � alocasia.org/alocasia-99-... (poem is still online here: alocasia.org/2024/03/19/l...)
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ALOCASIA: 99 queer writers on plants and nature – ALOCASIA
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lae astra @laeastra.com · 07/02/2026
✨ event news / お知らせ ✨ #zineフェス東京 参加します! my first ever self published photobooks & artbooks will be at zine fest tokyo, march 8th! 3月8日(日) 12:00〜17:00 入場料 500円 東京都立産業貿易センター台東館(浅草) 主催: ZINE FARM TOKYO here's a peek at the bird photobook that i made :) more info to come~ 初フェス出展なのでドキドキ〜 よろしくお願いします!
lae astra is going to zine fest tokyo on 2026.3.8 (sun), 12:00 to 17:00. entry 500 yen. location is tokyo metropolitan industrial trade center taito building in asakusasneak peek of a brand new self published photobook zine with a pigeon photograph on the cover. the title says "hey friend"
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🌈 Romie glows in the dark 📽 @romiesays.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
the thing about gender is I don't have a favorite color, and this seems to anger a lot of people. I've had people tell me they know my favorite color even though I don't know it. (That's not an allegory; that exact thing has happened.) But I don't have a favorite, nor is my favorite "no colors"
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lae astra @laeastra.com · 03/11/2025
最終日に見れてよかったです!ありがとうございます😊 thank you for sharing your amazing artwork, looking forward to seeing it again!
colorful art prints of nonhuman beings and plants on a wall by artist watanabe takaotwo people who visited artist watanabe takao’s exhibition in harajuku, with the artist in the middle giving a thumbs up
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Leocalization @leotranslations.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Got my copies of Love on the Horizon! My editor TJ @ferenteeny.bsky.social did an amazing job as always 🥰
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lae astra @laeastra.com · 07/05/2025
This World Is Not Yours by @kashinggiwa.bsky.social in the SFF section at Kinokuniya Shinjuku bookstore! Happy to see it here in Tokyo <3
holding This World is Not Yours in front of shelves of SFF books in Tokyo
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Justin Aoba @justinaoba.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
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lae astra @laeastra.com · 07/04/2025
I did voice work for this Pokemon Sleep & Pokemon GO Plus + announcement video - first ever job with Pokemon! Childhood lae who loved playing the games & collecting the cards would've been in disbelief (I think my first card was Paras 🍄) #voiceactor www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJB_...
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Pokémon Sleep | Enjoy an even richer Pokémon Sleep experience with Pokemon GO Plus +
YouTube video by The Official Pokémon YouTube channel
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sarah clark (they) @sarahclark.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
beestung is now open for new work by two-spirit, genderqueer, and non-binary writers! we're usually only open for a few days or so! beestungmag.com/about/
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About / Submit – beestung
a quarterly micro-magazine of non-binary writers that’s sweet and stings
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lae astra @laeastra.com · 01/04/2025
東京の桜 #bloomscrolling
photograph of the view looking down the middle of a small street lined with very pale pink cherry blossom trees in tokyo, the street is clear of vehicles except in the distance
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lae astra @laeastra.com · 01/04/2025
Cooked some veggie soup with potato and white beans #veganfood
photo of a warm, sunlit bowl of vegetable soup on a wood table
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Neha🍰 @nehapolitan.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Now that I'm back from the US and not in fear about being detained at customs for my political beliefs, I helped create a charity album for Palestine! 'Composers for Palestine' is a collection of beautiful indie video game music. Enjoy, donate and share! RT's appreciated tinyurl.com/yeyw4yta
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Composers for Palestine, by Various Artists
16 track album
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lae astra @laeastra.com · 27/03/2025
My narration is in this episode of Hometown Stories on NHK World, featuring origami artist Fuse Tomoko! www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...
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Unfolding a Life with Origami - Hometown Stories | NHK WORLD-JAPAN
Artist Fuse Tomoko discovered origami as a child. For over 60 years, she has created large-scale geometric works, earning global acclaim. We take a look into the art of creating worlds through paper.
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lae astra @laeastra.com · 27/03/2025
Can’t wait to read!! 🤩
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ALOCASIA @alocasiamag.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
ALOCASIA is now accepting previously unpublished creative writing for an all-Indigenous issue to be published this summer. ALOCASIA publishes writing about plants by queer writers. Our honorarium is $50 per contributor. Deadline: May 31. More details: alocasia.org/about-send-w...
ALOCASIA'S all-Indigenous issue. Call for new work. ALOCASIA is now accepting previously unpublished creative writing for an all-Indigenous issue to be published this summer. ALOCASIA publishes writing about plants by queer writers. Our honorarium is $50 per contributor.

Deadline: May 31.

ALOCASIA.org
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Justin Aoba @justinaoba.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
After endless ER surgeries & tests, finally have my first reparative surgery on May 1. My health has left me unable to regularly work, my student loans are about to default, etc. (aren't we all going thru it). In case you have dollars to spare: ko-fi.com/justinaoba Anything appreciated, thx
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Buy Justin a Coffee. ko-fi.com/justinaoba
Become a supporter of Justin today! ❤️ Ko-fi lets you support the creators you love.
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Angela Liu @angelaliu.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
8. “At Firefly Moon Thrift Shop” by @laeastra.com I’m a big fan of how lae can take huge worlds and distill them into gentle, intimate moments—this one takes so much interstellar world-building and concentrates it into a small shop with a parka for sale. www.radonjournal.com/issue7/at-fi...
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lae astra @laeastra.com · 26/02/2025
I’ve been working as a freelance voice artist in Tokyo for many years now. I recently did the singing for a track called “Driven By Hope” in Phantasy Star Online 2! (Lyrics - Akari Kaeda Music - Hideaki Kobayashi) PSO2:NGS ダークファルス・ヴァエル戦の曲に歌手として参加させていただきました。 www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RR9...
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[ PSO2NGS ] Dark Falz Vael / ダークファルス・ヴァエル Theme Phase 2- Driven By Hope
YouTube video by AZ (Luna)
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lae astra @laeastra.com · 25/02/2025
Hi, here’s me as Xiang from @kashinggiwa.bsky.social’s book, The Splinter in the Sky!
an asian agender trans guy cosplaying the character Xiang from the book The Splinter in the Sky by Kemi Ashing-GiwaXiang cosplay, glasses & grin version for fun
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lae astra @laeastra.com · 25/02/2025
Looking forward to this book! An essay I love by @rabblerouses.bsky.social is in it <3 @electriclit.bsky.social
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lae astra @laeastra.com · 24/02/2025
i recently did narration work for this documentary about a support group & community safe space in japan for filipino women. as someone who has migrated a few times, their stories were really moving, as well as the perspectives of their kids born & raised here. www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...
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Kalakasan: Empowering Filipino Women in Japan | NHK WORLD-JAPAN
In Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture, there is a place that Filipino women living in Japan call
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lae astra @laeastra.com · 24/02/2025
finally deleted insta from my phone, feels liberating 🙌 (though i already hadn’t felt motivated to post creative things or work things there for quite a while)
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lae astra @laeastra.com · 15/11/2024
Can I cosplay as Xiang? 😆
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