Animoca Brands Japan, a strategic subsidiary of Animoca Brands Corporation Limited (headquartered in Hong Kong, China; Co-founder and Chairman: Yat Siu), announced today the appointment of Kensuke Amo as Chief Operating Officer effective as of 1 February 2024.
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Animoca Brands Japan has appointed Kensuke Amo as Chief Operating Officer. Mr Amo has a proven track record of launching NFT businesses and leading new crypto asset businesses at Coincheck, Inc as Managing Executive Officer.
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Kensuke Amo said, “I am very pleased to join Animoca Brands, one of the world’s leading Web3 companies. Animoca Brands has a culture of open-mindedness, kindness, and good people who are straight-up about Web3 technology, and it is those qualities that I, as an outsider, found most wonderful as I collaborated with the company over the past 3 years. As a strategic subsidiary of Animoca Brands, Animoca Brands Japan will make the most of its assets and network, including its more than 400 portfolio companies, while combining its knowledge and experience in business and rule-making in the Japanese Web3 industry to help Web3 take root in society.”
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Daisuke Iwase (Animoca Brands Japan CEO) said, “Until now, Animoca Brands Japan has played the role of connecting Japan and the rest of the world in the Web3 domain, such as overseas development of Japanese intellectual property and content (IP) and overseas IP development in Japan, in collaboration with partner companies. Now that the transient Web3 boom has passed and only the essentials remain, I look forward to working with Kensuke, who has continued to lead the fields of Crypto Assets, NFT, and Metaverse in Japan, and has launched and successfully led several businesses, to take on various challenges at Animoca Brands Japan.”
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About Animoca Brands Japan
Founded in 2021, Animoca Brands Japan (corporate name: Animoca Brands K.K.) is the strategic subsidiary in Japan of Animoca Brands Corporation Limited, a leading global Web3 company, with a motorsport games portfolio that includes products made in collaboration with MotoGP™ and other leading motorsport brands.
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Animoca Brands Japan was established to support the global Web3 strategies of Japanese intellectual property and content holders such as major publishers, brands, education, sports teams, athletes, artists and game companies.
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