HIROYUKI ITOH is the CEO of Crypton Future Media, better known for their Vocaloid software and its most famous offspring Hatsune Miku. The phenomenal success of Hatsune Miku has reached beyond Japan and the fan-created content has led to an ever-growing community who continue to innovate and build on the foundations of the virtual star.
Mr Itoh also launched the PIAPRO website, which encourages uses to upload and share Vocaloid music, artwork and videos and also more recently the music aggregation service ROUTER.FM, which has started to transmit more than 1,600 independent labels to the world.
As part of the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation’s series of business seminars, Mr Itoh came to London and graciously spared some time with Paul Browne to discuss the Hatsune Miku phenomenon… More inside »
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