Tomo Akikawabaya has been played over 10 times on NTS, first on 29 November 2015. Tomo Akikawabaya's music has been featured on 13 episodes.

Tomo Akikawabaya is a mysterious minimal synth musician from Japan, who released several singles in the 1980s before disappearing. He debuted with the single "Mars" in 1983, which was followed by the 2x12" "The Castle" in 1984, "Anju" and "1985" in 1985, and "Kojiki to Onna" in 1986. These releases were later collected in a very limited box set titled "Rivage de la convulsion" (only 30 copies). Almost all of his records (except for "Kojiki to Onna") feature the same model Rena Anju on cover. Not much is known about Tomo Akikawabaya as there are no pictures of him, he never performed live and never gave interviews. The only information available can be found on the sleeve notes of his releases, all of them recorded at the same studio Bea Pot Studio, using the same engineer Takaaki Hanya, and released on his own label Castle Records.