JAPAN CHALLENGE
@SXSW2020Japan has one of the highest numbers of SXSW attendees despite the language and geographical challenges!
There are many incredibly talented people from various fields coming from Japan -- which includes IT, Education, Space, Agriculture, Biotech, Fashion, Entertainment, and many more!
You will see "What's next?" by SXSW Challengers from Japan.
STARTUPS
TOSHINARI SHIMOKAWA
( Todai To Texas )
Connection & Culture
Takuya Hane
( Founder / Active Learning Inc.)
Nancy Matsumoto
( Writer and Editor )
Timothy Sullivan
( Brand Ambassador Hakkaisan Sake Brewery )
Connection & Culture
Kaoru Kamatani
( Associate Professor / Ritsumeikan University )
Roberto Flore
(Manager Skylab_Foodlab DTU SKYLAB - Technical University of Denmark)
Tomomi Nonaka
( Assoc Professor / Ritsumeikan University )
Soh Kim
(Executive Director Of Food Design Research Stanford University)
Yoichi Ochiai
(Media Artist, PhD)
Fantastic Future
Masashi Kawamura
(Creative Director / Whatever Inc.)
Yusuke Tominaga
( Producer / Whatever Inc. )
Connection & Culture
Masayoshi Ishida
(Professor Ritsumeikan University)
Connection & Culture
Chihiro Hasegawa
(Student Ritsumaikan University)
Hikaru Jurosaka
( Student Ritsumaikan University )
Ryo Tateishi
(Student Ritsumaikan University)
Connection & Culture
Michael Spranger(Deputy General Manager Sony)
Connection & Culture
Tomomi Nonaka
(Assoc Professor Ritsumeikan University)
Climate & Social Action
Yuko Shiomaki
( President of Pictures Dept Co., Ltd.）
Future of Music
Sachiko Nakajima
(Co-Representative follow your MUSE )
Cannabusiness
Maiko Miyagawa
( Cofounder of VISIONGRAPH Inc )
Sports
Justin D. Kizzart
(Founder of Dark Circle Sumo)
Making Film & Episodics
Shinichiro Watanabe
(Animation Director / Carole & Tuesday Production Committee)
Connection & Culture
NAMIKO KAJIWARA
( PARTNER, CORPORATE INNOVATION / WORLD INNOVATION LAB)
Taichi Manabe
( Chief Operating Officer /Food Hub Project Inc )
Takeshi Ando
( Manager / Panasonic Corporation)
Ann Greenberg
(Founder & CEO Entertainment AI™)
Connection & Culture
Anju Ishiyama
(Chairman For The Board PUBLIC MEETS INNOVATION)
Climate & Social Action
Hirofumi Oima(Deputy Director General)
Connection & Culture
Noriyuki Tanaka (Deputy Manager SoftBank Corp.)
Connection & Culture
Daisuke Uchihama(Senior Researcher of Hakuhodo Institute of Life and Living)
Creating & Monetizing Music
Misaki Iki
( Business Producer / LINE MUSIC )
Kaori Izuha
(Head of contents management / LINE MUSIC )
Iichiro Noda
( CEO / TuneCore Japan )
Finalist of Climate, Culture & Social Impact
On-site Food Waste Recycle utilizing Black Soldier Fly.
ALTERNATES of Enterprise and smart data
ZeBrand is an automated branding web service.
SHOWCASE ARTISTS
Carole & Tuesday
ChihiroYamazaki+ROUTE14band
©︎Miz Fukuda
CVLTE
©︎Yajima Hayato
Dos Monos
©︎Tomoyuki Kawakami
eX-Girl
©︎eX-Girl
Haru Nemuri
Hazy Sour Cherry
KYUSONEKOKAMI
MIRRROR
Ningen Isu
Otoboke Beaver
©︎Jumpei Yamada
SULLIVAN's FUN CLUB
The fin.
The Tomboys
©︎alltoz shinz
TRI4TH
UCHIKUBIGOKUMON-DOUKOUKAI
Wez Atlas
©︎Ryota Ishizawa
YAYOI DAIMON
yonawo
3/16 Inspired by Tokyo ＠Swan Dive
・Wez Atlas 8:00pm – 8:40pm
・MIRRROR 9:00pm – 9:40pm
・Dos Monos 10:00pm – 10:40pm
・yonawo 11:00pm – 11:40pm
・Sen Morimoto 12:00am – 12:40am
・The fin. 1:00am – 1:50am
Presented By : Spincoaster + TuneCore Japan
3/18 Sounds from Asia @ Shelaton Backyard
・yonawo 7:00pm – 7:40pm
・Reality Club 8:00pm – 8:40pm
・NecoJam 9:00pm – 9:40pm
・Ben&Ben 11:00pm – 11:40pm
Presented By : VISIONGRAPH Inc.
3/20 Japan Nite @ Elysium
・eX-Girl
・Haru Nemuri
・KYUSONEKOKAMI
・SULLIVAN's FUN CLUB
・The Tomboys
・TRI4TH
・UCHIKUBIGOKUMON-DOUKOUKAI
Presented By : Benten Label
Aichi Prefectural Government
HAKUHODO inc. Kansai office, Kyoto branch
KABUTO BCI
Musashino Art University
National Research and Development Agency
NHK ENTERPRISES,INC
Pretia Technologies, Inc.
SUPER KAMPO CHOCOLATE
GRA&GREEN
SEA
Project Infinitea
Space Basil Inc.
Stroly
Todai To Texas
TOHOKU to TEXAS
Vecnos Inc.
WOWOW INC.
Directors: Yuko Shiomaki, Anna Thorson Mayer
Fuyuki Shimazu is an artist and cardboard lover who travels around the world to pick up cardboard he likes. His charming up-cycling art activities are depicted in the feature film From All Corners in 2018 and now his new chapter of journey starts. (World Premiere)
A girl always attracted by Takoyaki but with hesitation gets addicted to Takoyaki eventually.
Takoyaki (Octopus Balls) is a famous and very delicious Japanese street food.
Programming descriptions are generated by participants and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of SXSW.
©︎BANDAI NAMCO Research Inc.
3/20 4:30PM – 5:30PM | The Future DJ Experience @ PALMER EVENTS CENTER DISCOVERY STAGE
Artec Co., Ltd.
(Booth #242)
Founded in 1960, Artec® is Japan's top educational maker and a specialist when it comes to providing hands-on learning experiences to kids. Our versatile, modular ArtecRobo platform is based on open-source Arduino hardware and a customized version of Scratch to make robotics fun for learners of all sizes.
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