Audio Equipment

Location sound in Japan puts firm demands on audio kit. Shoots face the dense RF field of Tokyo and Osaka. They face the open air of coastal work near the Setouchi Sea. They also work in the tight heritage sites of Kyoto, where both kit size and run noise must stay low.

Our audio stock is picked and kept up for those exact settings. It covers pro sound packages that suit both quiet studio rooms and tricky, shifting outdoor shoots. Every kit is tested before it ships, so your recordist starts clean on day one.

Our Location Sound Packages hold all a sound recordist needs to work alone on a one- or two-operator shoot. That means a recorder, a boom pole with Boom Microphones, and a base Wireless Microphone System setup. Cables, batteries, and a sound bag round out the kit, so nothing is missing on the day.

For bigger shoots with many talent feeds or tricky multi-channel work, we offer extended Wireless Systems. Our tech team plans the frequencies before shoot day to suit Japan's strict broadcast rules. Audio Monitoring kit rounds out the package, so the sound recordist and director can hear what is being caught in real time on any site.

Rental logistics are part of the service. We stage kits through trusted vendors like Tac System and Nagase Brothers, then deliver across Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto on your prep schedule. Sound bags ship with chargers, spare batteries, and cabling checked against your track count. For long shoots, backup transmitters and recorder bodies travel too. Our techs handle English-language coordination from booking through wrap.

Audio gear sees heavy use on NHK, TBS, and Fuji TV shoots, plus Netflix Japan features staging at Toho Studios stages. We match each kit to the brief, whether a single-recordist documentary or a multi-track narrative mix. Rates are quoted in JPY with the 10 percent consumption tax shown clearly. We confirm rental periods, swap terms, and on-set support hours before any gear leaves the floor.