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Producer, Director, Singer,
Lyricist, Translator and CEO of @Movie Hollywood
Highly know as the number one
Japanese Animation producer in USA.
Started career as a starting
member of Pioneer Animation which became number one of kids video distributor
for several months of the year 2000. (Pokemon was the main
title)
Personally featured in MTV Road Rules in 1999 as a mayor
of "Anime Mission" (shot in Japan and
aired in USA). The rating was a big success.
Currently working as CEO of
@Movie (at movie) Hollywood, while pursuing a career as a
singer.
@Movie channel has been
established on NTT docomo's M-Stage Visual (Cell phone TV) in Dec. 20000, in
Japan.
My main production credits
and awards received are as
follows:
Flash review (awards and
remarkable credits):
Producer of "Tenchi Universe" (Tenchi
Muyo!), currently on Cartoon Network "Toonami Block" as of February. 2001.
(Started in Oct. 2000). The competing number one rated show among entire
programs on Cartoon Network (the competitor is "Dragon Ball
Z")
Selected as the Producer of Top 10 DVD in USA
1997 on Home Theater Magazine for "Tenchi The Movie: Tenchi Muyo in
Love. It was quoted as "The perfect model for DVD industry's future!"
Produced in association with
THX, Lucas Film Ltd.
Winner of the Premiere Award of "First THX DVD Anime -
1997" by OVDA (Optical Video Disc Association) for "Tenchi The Movie:
Tenchi Muyo in Love's producer.
Winner of the Premiere award of "First Anime on a Top
10 List -1998" by OVDA (Optical Video Disc Association) "Tenchi The
Movie: Tenchi Muyo in Love, producer.
Winner of the A++ rating of "Sol Bianca The Legacy" DVD
Menu by animeondvd.com, in 2000. Producer.
(Although their highest
rating was A+ according to their regulation)
Broke own record and won A+++ rating of "Sol Bianca The Legacy"
DVD Menu by animeondvd.com, in 2000. Producer. (Again, although their
highest rating was A+ according to their regulation)
Winner of the Best OVA (Original Video Animation) Award
of Anime Expo 1999, "Tenchi OVA DVD Box Set", producer. Produced in
association with THX, a division of Lucas Film Ltd.
Featured director of MTV Road Rules, 1999 Semester at Sea,
"Anime Mission." Featured as mayor and director of one of the various
missions in the show. The show was a documentary style episode similar to Denpa
Shonen in Japan.
Supervised as the producer
for THX , Lucas Film Ltd's first audio
mastering session in Japan, for "Tenchi Muyo! Laserdisc Special Edition"
released in Japan.
(brought THX, Lucas Film's
engineers to Japan and mastered audio for the LD.)
Video/DVD/Flim
credits:
Armitage III
Ploy-Matrix, US video
producer
Featured Elizabeth Berkley
and Kiefer Sutherland. Spent 10 weeks in a row on Billboard's magazine video
chart. Sound design by Frank Serafine (Academy award winner of "The Hunt for
Red October")
All of the production was
held in association with THX, a division of Lucas Film
Ltd.
Tenchi The Movie: Tenchi Muyo
in Love, Producer for
USA.
DVD version awarded Top 10 DVD in USA in 1997, featured music by Christopher
Frankie,sound design by Tod AO Studio, the team of Braveheart and Apollo
13s'Academy Award Winner team.
All of the production was
held in association with THX, a division of Lucas Film
Ltd.
Sol Bianca The
Legacy, Producer for Japan and
USA.
DVD got A++ and A+++ rating
of menu on animeondvd.com
Fully digitally
generated animation from handwritten line drawing.
Trigun (26 half hour
episodes in 8 volumes) Producer for USA
Tenchi The Movie 2: The
Daughter of Darkness, Producer for
USA
Tenchi
Forever (The 3rd movie of Tenchi
Series), Producer for USA
All of the
production was held in association with THX, a division of Lucas Film
Ltd.
Tenchi Muyo! DVD Ultimate
Edition, Producer for
USA.
(Won Best OVA award at Anime
Expo 1999)
All of the production was
held in association with THX, a division of Lucas Film
Ltd.
The Dog of Flanders
(Movie), Producer for
USA
Featured the voices of Robert
Loggia (The Lost Highway, Independence
Day & The Big) and Sean Young (Blade
Runner).
Edited version was also
produced in association with Nippon Animation
(Japan).
Tezuka's Kimba The White Lion
(The New Jungle Emperor Leo), Producer for
USA.
roduction held in
Vancouver, Canada. 4 volumes of 12 episodes.
Completely new music was
scored for North America market and edited version was produced in association
with Tezuka Production (Japan).
Ghost in the
Shell -Special Edition LD-,
Producer for Pioneer Entertainment (USA).
This was the first Special
Edition of the title, produced in association with Manga Entertainment in
Chicago, USA. It helped to release in conjunction with a video version of
Special Edition for Manga Entertainment.
Nazca (12 Episodes TV
series), Producer for USA
Currently this
show's footage is used in the opening of popular situation comedy
program,"Malcom in the Middle" on FOX
channel
Tenchi
Universe (Tenchi Muyo TV series, 26
Episodes in 8 volumes), Producer for USA
Tenchi
Muyo! (Original video series, 13
episodes), Producer for USA
El-Hazrd: The
Magnificent World (7 episodes), Producer for
USA
The Wanderers: El-Hazard TV
series (26 episodes), Producer for
USA
El-Hazard: The Alternative
World, Producer for
USA
Battle
Athletes (6 OVA episodes and 26 TV
episodes), Producer for USA
Macross
Plus
LD
Street Fighter V
II
LD
Artist
credits:
Singer, song lyricist and
producer of the following songs:
"Thanks",
"Message" and "Keep Your Hope Alive" produced in the year
2000
"Moon for You" in the year of
2001.
Over 30 original song lyrics.
Currently looking for record
deal worldwide.
Music Related
Credits:
Animetronic special
promotional clip, Producer
Armitage III
Poly-Matrix: Original Soundtrack CD, Producer
Tenchi Muyo! Soundtrack CD
Volume 1 and 2, Producer
El-Hazard
Soundtrack CD, Producer
The Dog of
Flanders special promotional soundtrack CD, Producer
Chisa Yokoyama, Chisa in LA
album & Live video, associate producer for both Japan & US
release
Articles featured
in:
Billboard
Magazine, Shelf Talk, May 22, 1999
issue
Newsweek
Japan, July 30, 1997
issue
Bridge USA, entertainment
news page, May 15, 1999 issue
YY Planet
(Japanese Network) Internet Magazine, Hot People page, April 1999
issue
And so
onc
Translator
Credit:
"Kohkoku - Future Social
Design" published by Hakuhodo. (Feb
2001 issue)
Translated from Japanese to
English.
Education:
BA of Economics: Aoyama
Gakuin University, 1992.
Personal Interest
and hobbies:
Karate (black
belt)
Snowboarding
Tennis (used to be an
instructor)
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