British magazine DJ Mag caused some ripples among critics this month when it released its list of the most popular DJs from around the world and there wasn't one woman among the 100-strong pick. Though the magazine points out that its editors don't decide the list, which is comprised of write-in ballots from readers, it seems the electronic-music scene may still be a man's world. But Tomoko Ida and Yuka Niiyama are two young women putting up a formidable fight to correct this notion.
Ida, who goes by @djtomoko, and Niiyama, who goes by Ucca-Laugh, were disappointed by the poll results, but not deterred.
"Of course, we will be seen as females first and artists second," Ucca-Laugh says. "That's just the way it is. But you learn to keep that at a distance and prove to people what you can do."