Animoca Brands Corporation Ltd subsidiary Animoca Brands Japan has appointed experienced crypto executive Kensuke Amo as its chief operating officer.
Amo has a proven track record of launching NFT businesses and leading new crypto asset businesses at Coincheck, Inc. as managing executive officer.
Animoca Brands Japan provides a platform that combines IPs with blockchain technology and supports IP holders to build their own ecosystem through a full stack of Web3 services, providing a bridge between Japanese IPs and global fans.
Launched and led several businesses
Welcoming the new COO, Animoca Japan CEO Daisuke Iwase 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.”
Career highlights
After experiencing multiple new business development experiences, Kensuke Amo joined Coincheck, Inc. in 2018.
As an executive officer from 2020, he created new businesses such as the first NFT marketplace for crypto asset exchangers in Japan and the first IEO.
In 2022, Amo was appointed managing executive officer of Coincheck, Inc., leading the NFT business and Metaverse business as the head of the three web domains.
He is also involved in the Expansion of 'The Sandbox' and 'Otherside' in Japan under the partnership signed by the company and Animoca Brands in 2020.
Currently, he advises the Japan Crypto Asset Business Association (JCBA), Shibuya-ku Startup Ecosystem, Web3 project 'OASIS' and LIFULL Co., Ltd.
Furthermore, Amo is also the author of 'Textbook of NFT' and 'Non Fungible Me'.
Help Web3 take root in society
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 three 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.”