Takuma Sobatani
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Experience
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(株)ポニーキャニオン
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Japan
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Wholesale
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1 - 100 Employee
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Global Licensing & Distribution
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Jun 2017 - Present
International sales for Japanese feature film, animation and music. International sales for Japanese feature film, animation and music.
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PONYCANYON
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United States
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Hospitality
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VISUAL ENTERTAINMENT DEPT.1 Producer
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2005 - Jun 2017
Working as a buyer, producer of Japanese release, promoter, marketing of foreign TV drama titles and movies. Doing everything from the acquisition to contract, promotion and the sales strategy lets me have the knowledge what to buy, what the consumers want, and what title is likely to get high exposure and buzz. Buying titles mainly from Korean, American, Europe, China and Japanese distributors and TV station. Estimating the proper license fee from calculating the cost and TV sales DVD sales and the Internet sales. The titles that I worked with is Korean drama JUMONG, LAND OF THE WIND, LAST SCANDAL, IRIS, QUEEN OF REVERSAL, BAD BOY, LISTEN TO MY HEART, FLOWER I AM, WARRIOR BAEK DONG SU, FEAST OF GOD, which sold a huge amount of DVD unit by releasing the title with the strategy of terrestrial broadcasting and the promotion with the actor. Also I have done acquisition of American drama MAD MEN which won multiple Emmy awards, and also Dennis Hopper’s last work CRASH the TV series. I have also released Japanese series drama title HAKUSEN NAGASHI and OHOKU. I have been rewarded at my company 5 times with success of Korean Drama titles JUMONG, IRIS, LAND OF THE WIND, LAST SCANDAL, BAD BOY. The company I work with is Fuji TV, TBS, TV Tokyo, NHK, NEP, BS Asahi, WOWOW, Korean TV station MBC, SBS, KBS, Korean talent agency, American Film distributors such as Lions Gate, English company ITV, HanWay Films etc. Show less
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MOTION PICTURE DEPT
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2002 - 2005
Working as a buyer and producer of Japanese release, promoter, marketing of foreign Movies. Buying titles based on the estimate of the Theatrical release, TV and DVD sales. The company I worked with is GAGA, Toho-Towa, Asmik Ace, UIP, Herald, New Line Cinema, Spyglass Entertainment, Revolution Studios, HanWay Films, etc. I worked with titles such as Austin Powers Goldmember, XXX, Bruce Almighty, Festival Express, Touching the Void.
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MUSIC DEPARTMENT
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2001 - 2002
Worked as a director of CD release of female artists such as Ueto Aya. Karasawa Miho, Kohara Akiko, etc. Worked with company such as Horipro, Oscar Promotion,
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Bandai Co., Ltd
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Japan
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Manufacturing
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100 - 200 Employee
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Marketing,TV Commercial,Customer Satisfaction
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1999 - 2001
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Education
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Keio University
Bachelor, Internet, Media Environment