Institute for Contents & Technology Integration
Background to the Establishment of the Institute for
Contents & Technology Integration:
The entertainment industry is currently undergoing a once-in-a-century turning point, primarily due to the rapid expansion of the Internet since the beginning of the 21st century.
Unlike previous media technologies, the Internet is causing a fundamental shift in the entertainment industry.
While media technologies such as cable TV, satellite broadcasting, CDs, and DVDs emerged in the 20th century and drastically transformed the entertainment industry, they co-existed and prospered with the existing market order.
However, the Internet is fundamentally changing the conventional wisdom on which the industry has been built, causing power struggles among companies dominating the industry.
Major Hollywood studios and the four major US television networks, which have led the global video industry, are now being forced to make fundamental changes as they compete with emerging powers such as Netflix and GAFA (Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon).
The impact of the Internet on entertainment extends to consumers, who can now access all kinds of content 24 hours a day from any location, transcending the constraints of time and space.
As a result, the boundaries between entertainment and daily life are gradually blurring in the same way that remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic has eliminated the boundary between home and work.
A new environment is being created in which consumers can freely move between their daily lives and entertainment.
Technology is connecting the two, and the boundary between daily life and entertainment is disappearing.
Our institute was established to focus on the convergence of IT technology and the content industry, developing a wide range of proposals and inspirations for this new environment, and conducting a variety of research.
Principles
of the Institute
Kanazawa Institute of Technology Toranomon Graduate SchoolKenji KITATANI, Ph.D.
Dr. Kitatani was Lester Smith Distinguished Professor of Media Management at Washington State University (2005-2011＆2019-2021). He is serving as WSU Foundation Trustee concurrently with positions at KIT. He received MA and Ph.D. in Communications Policy and Management from University of Wisconsin. After teaching broadcasting and international media business at Washington State University and Indiana University, he held executive positions at Tokyo Broadcasting System, Tokyo Dome Corporation, SONY Corporation and Avex International Holdings. At Tokyo Dome, he was responsible for promoting the Rolling Stones, Madonna, Michael Jackson, U2, Paul Simon, George Michael as well as NFL and NBA games for a decade as a board director. For SONY Corporation, he was an executive officer and EVP for SONY Corp. of America, responsible for group marketing, media buying consolidation and new business development. Upon completing reorganization of music entertainment business in Asia and the U.S. at Avex, Dr. Kitatani developed two 20,000 seat arena projects in Nagoya and Osaka for Anschutz Entertainment Group as its EVP, Asia and Executive Director for Japan until 2021. He is a board member of Inter FM and statutory auditor for Broadmedia as well as advisor to various corporations in Japan and Israel. He is also Chairman of Japan for DAZN sports streaming service and an official columnist for Forbes JAPAN. He has published many books on entertainment industry including “Future of Entertainment 2031” from Nikkei BP.
Kanazawa Institute of Technology Toranomon Graduate School
Professor, Attorney at Law,Takao OHASHI
Upon graduation from University of Hokkaido Faculty of Law, Professor Ohashi worked initially for Tokyo Dome Corporation. After gaining practical experience in sports and entertainment promotion, he had entered the National Legal Training and Research Institute and qualified to practice law. He is one of the leading attorneys specializing in sports and entertainment in Japan and has held advisory positions with Japan Olympic Committee and other notable organizations. Professor Ohashi is a partner at PAX Law Office and currently holds directorial positions at the Entertainment Lawyers Network, Japan Sports Law Academy and All Japan University Baseball Federation.
Professor
Kanazawa Institute of Technology Toranomon Graduate School
Professor, Attorney at Law,
Takao OHASHI
Kanazawa Institute of Technology Toranomon Graduate School
Ph.D., Associate ProfessorTomotaka ISHII
Dr. Ishii completed his doctoral dissertation in media design at Keio University Graduate School. He had previously received BA in law and political science from Keio. Upon gaining 15 years of experience at Tokyo Broadcasting System in network sales, programming and new business development he has joined the faculty of KIT. He is concurrently managing LOCOK, an educational service enterprise for professional athletes, business executives and youth, as its founding president. Dr. Ishii has published “Tsukushi-kai education method for giving body, mind and brain to parents and children” (Pia MOOK, 2019) and “Only three rules to change “goal” to “reality”” (President, 2021), etc.
Associate professor
Kanazawa Institute of Technology Toranomon Graduate School
Ph.D., Associate Professor
Tomotaka ISHII
Access
Two-minute walk from Toranomon Hills Station on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line.
Toranomon Station on the Ginza Line and Onarimon Station on the Mita Line are
both an 8-minute walk.
K.I.T. Toranomon Graduate School
11F Atago Toyo Building, 1-3-4 Atago, Minato-ku, Tokyo
105-0002
(You will see the Mini-Stop on the first floor.)
Toll free 0120-757-242
TEL: 03-5777-1964
FAX: 03-5777-1965
2 minutes walk from Toranomon Hills Station (Exit A1) on Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line
Tokyo Metro Ginza Line, Toranomon Station (Exit 1), 8 min. walk
8 minute walk from Onarimon Station (Exit A5) on the Toei Subway Mita Line.