EVENT SPACE
The paradox of entertainment: VTuber, video delivery and demanded creativity for them
Entertainment expanded its media from a large screen to a smartphone in your hand.
As contents are nowadays created and consumed in various dimensions, real, virtual and both mixed, so the scenes of recording and performance are changing dramatically. Which kind of paradox will occur in this evolutional genre? We discuss the future of entertainment in the light of VTuber and video delivery.
On the day, a VTuber, Izayoiko comes on the stage. She gives a collaborated performance with an AR instrument “KAGURA” invented in Fukuoka.
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Seiji Toda
Sound Producer/ Sound Engineer
Seiji Toda was born in 1978, and joined HeartBeat Recording to learn sound produce work in the forefront in 2001. He associated with recordings of Japanese top artists such as Yumi Matsutoya and Namie Amuro. He worked on various genre:
Japanese idol: momoiro clover z/ BABYMETAL
Rock bands: KEYTALK/ Kishidan/ Clammbon
Metal rock bands: Marty Friedman (ex:MEGADETH)/ ChthoniC/
Japanese singer: Ko Shibasaki/ Sayaka Kanda/ Sayuri Ishikawa
Foreign artists: KISS/ OK GO/ Yngwie Malmsteen
Game music: Final Fantasy
Movie music: Dragon Ball Z/ Mobile Suit Gundam
In 2015, he moved to Fukuoka and is working on not only project of Tokyo but also the counterpart of Fukuoka and Asia. He joined anime/ game project, production of artists, and next generation entertainment project using the latest technology with creators. Also, he launched a salon for creators.
http://nichigei.asia
Kouji Takahama
Event planning/ Video production
Kouji Takahama was born in Kumamoto in 1982. He started producing video from 2009, and produces striking works and various collaborative videos, some of which film himself dancing. There are a lot of fans not only in Japan but also overseas, and some videos of him were played over 100,000 times. He is flying around Japan as Green Shirts Ojisan from 2012. Meanwhile, he plans an event of Fukuoka Game Music Festival (FGMF), a nonprofit organization that loves game music in Fukuoka.
For the event "RETROGE!", hosted by the organization, Hudson's composer Takeaki Kunimoto and Kenji Ito, composer of Square Enix were invited to Fukuoka.
https://fgmf.jp/
Izayoiko
Vertual YouTuber
Izayoiko is a featured character, furisode bunny, that drinks a lot and have comforting atmosphere of VTuber. She lives in Japanese teahouse somewhere in the universe. Since February, 2018, she has been recognized as a Virtual YouTuber, and delivering videos and live videos. Besides, recitation, radio drama, and singing, she presents the features and nice places to the people domestic and international.
https://twitter.com/izayoiko
Keisuke Katsuki
Editor Writer
Keisuke Katsuki was born in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka in 1983. After working as an engineer at audio equipment maker, he got into the field of media. There, he plans, organizes, and edit net media and radio shows. Also as Secretary General of the Internet User Association (MIAU), he joined the government's council on copyright, IoT, AI as a member. He came back to Fukuoka in June, 2017 and started working as PR who has coding skills at SHIKUMI DESIGN Inc.
https://twitter.com/kskktk
