MelonBatake a GoGo – Swedish-Japanese Performers Association

SJPA present as usual at NärCon Vinter in Linköping, with some unusual activities!

2025-01-31 By Pepijn

For guests attending NärCon Vinter 2025, you’re in luck! SJPA will be present there with a whole range of activities highlighting different aspects of JapaneseRead More

Online cheki signing session with Yuffie Sakimura!

2023-02-01 By Pepijn

Yuffie Sakimura, of MelonBatake-a-GoGo and GARUDA fame, will have an exclusive online cheki session in collaboration with the Swedish-Japanese Performers Association during Närcon Vinter 2023!Read More

Artists we have worked with

Ayasen - singer song ~~writer~~ rider, rock and motorcycles

FiDZ - blue flame idol group

HUMAN螺旋 / K@hoRu@ - metal, rock and hip-hop idol group

Isiliel - singer and dancer

MAD JAMIE / Kanjosen Akubi - idol punk rock singer

MIYA - singer, dancer, cosplayer and multiartist

NEMLESSS - singer, YouTuber, retro gamer, designer and painter

Nonayu - singer and idol

Sakimura Yuffie - singer and idol

SARI - singer, dancer, painter and multiartist

Travis Japan - a seven member unit, STARTO ENTERTAINMENT's first international group.

ZERO-UCHI Restart - wotagei performance group

beatMARIO - music producer, songwriter, vocalist and VTuber

BRIDEAR - heavy metal band

Chemical X - J-pop / J-rock idol group

DA•BAMBI - J-pop idol group

d.i.s - new wave rock girl idol group

ERISU - alternative genres, progressive and doom/stoner rock Italian idol grupp

FATE GEAR - steampunk metal band

Luna - maid at maid café Afilia

Okawa Yoshiaki - koto player

BURY, APHRODITE, KOSAME, KANKAKU LOGIC, DIABLE VOIX and MIHO - idols and idol groups

Devil's Killing Merry-go-round - ART x GOTHIC x HIPHOP idol group

Naniwa Danshi - J-pop boy band

NECRONOMIDOL - ultradark idol group

Okinawa Electric Girl Saya - singer and DJ

SAI - vocalist and song writer

SJPA collaborates with
AlternativaCultura - organiser of Alternativfesten, a festival where a number of "our" artists have performed	-
Kodachikai - organiser of Kodachicon, southern Sweden's cosiest convention
Närcon - Northern Europe's largest gaming and cosplay festival
Rokku Sokuhō - Rock Breaking News from Japanese rock, hardrock, metal, punk and Alternative Idol
Uma Obscura - an alternative culture festival in Umeå that celebrates subculture and art

SJPA is a member of
Kontaktnätet - the national organisation for non-profit cultural associations
Riksförbundet för Subkultur (SUB) - works to increase interest in and knowledge of subcultures