Aiming for mass adoption by leveraging Japan's strengths │ Interview with Kazuhiro Mizuno

2024/07/28 17:12 (Updated 2025/08/06 17:03)
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日本の強みを活かしマスアダプションを狙う │ 水野和寛インタビュー

Web3.0×IP

Utilizing popular IPs “Captain Tsubasa” and “Fist of the North Star”

Aiming for mass adoption by leveraging Japan's strengths

Gone are the days when NFTs became a hot topic simply because they were expensive. Utilize Japanese IP to create content with utility.

NFTs commanded high prices and created an explosive buzz, but that is now a thing of the past. We have entered the next phase, and especially in Japan, we are starting to see ways to utilize NFTs by taking advantage of the wealth of IP.

Mr. Mizuno has a track record of over 5 billion downloads for character stamps, and currently leads Minto, which handles NFT/metaverses for popular IPs such as ``Captain Tsubasa'' and ``Fist of the North Star.''

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