What they are
Our AI influencers are digital portrayals of real people, created and used with each person’s permission. We tailor the story, setting, and visual style to your brand and deliver finished marketing content.
Japan marketing partner · Tokyo
Custom content for Japan, featuring AI influencers based on real people.
We help international brands market in Japan. Choose a person through AI likeness previews, then get high-end content tailored to your campaign—from creative concept to finished delivery.
1,000+in-feed video ads
200+AI videos
300M+cumulative views
Work for
ByteDance · AliExpress · Waseda University
Signature service
AI influencers, based on real people.
Why brands use them
Create polished content around a recognizable person, often with lower production overhead. For suitable concepts, AI production can avoid a full shoot day and location booking. The same person’s likeness can appear in multiple pieces of content within the agreed scope and term.
How casting works
Choose from AI likeness previews, then see how the person could look in your creative concept before full production begins. Project-specific previews are created with the person’s permission. We also help brands cast talent in Japan for live-action and AI projects.
Casting
Casting for AI content in Japan, with consent on record
Entertainment studios, AI drama and game producers, ad agencies, and brands will be able to find Japanese actors, models, and everyday people aged 18 and over who have agreed to appear, check their terms, and cast them in AI or live-action roles.
Consent on record
Each person will record the uses they accept when they join, and approve each project before it goes ahead.
AI and live-action roles
We are building a path for the same person to be cast in AI content, live-action shoots, or event appearances, with terms agreed for each use.
Agency-represented talent
People represented by a talent agency will be cast through their agency.
We are in the early stages of inviting actors, models, and everyday people in Japan to join.
Discuss a casting needPermission
A real person behind the AI content
The person behind the image agrees to the project, and the content is used under the agreed contract terms. We review the content against that scope before release.
The same person can also be considered for live-action shoots or event appearances, with availability and terms agreed separately.
Support
Support when a use looks suspicious
Clients and the people featured can tell us about a use that looks suspicious. We share the permission records we hold and point the person to the platform’s reporting process. For legal advice, we can introduce a lawyer.
The platform decides whether to remove the content.
Services
Your Japan marketing partner
Japan Marketing Strategy & Creative
Give your brand a clear direction for Japan. We help define your audience, positioning, campaign ideas, and content plan, then turn that direction into creative work.
Content Production
Signature serviceOur signature service is custom content featuring AI influencers based on real people. We develop the concept, script, and visual direction, then deliver finished content for your campaign. We also produce AI short-form videos and arrange live-action production when the creative calls for it.
IP Partnerships & Licensing Coordination
Build connections with Japanese creators and rights holders. We help identify potential partners and coordinate commercial requirements, communication, approvals, and schedules.
Social Media Content & Management
Keep your Japan content moving with a clear plan. We create and publish social content on agreed platforms, at an agreed frequency, through an agreed approval process. Content calendars and reporting keep your team informed.
Casting for AI content in Japan
Cast actors and models in Japan for the AI and live-action projects we produce, with each person’s permission for the project. Our casting platform for AI content in Japan is in development. You can also choose from our AI influencers through AI likeness previews.
Work
Selected work
ByteDance · Dola
App advertising for Japan
Video ads for ByteDance’s Dola app since April 2026, from creative concept through production and launch.
Live-action scenes, app demonstrations, and an AI video series bring everyday uses of the app into focus.
Creative and production by Riku Wave, commissioned through an advertising agency.
View Dola project
AliExpress
E-commerce advertising for Japan
E-commerce ads for Japanese audiences, from product selection and creative concept through production and launch.
Product demonstrations and everyday scenes show how selected products fit into daily life.
Creative direction and production by Riku Wave.
View AliExpress projectAward Third Prize, World Intellectual Property Day Youth Video Competition 2022 (WIPO)
How it works
From casting to finished content
We start with your product, audience in Japan, campaign goals, intended use, and schedule.
- 01
Cast
Choose a person through AI likeness previews. We confirm permission for the intended use before creating project-specific previews.
- 02
Customize
We develop your concept, script, and visual direction, then produce the content around your brand.
- 03
Approve
Your team reviews the work. We check the agreed use and confirm how AI and advertising disclosures will appear before release.
- 04
Deliver
Receive finished content in the agreed formats. Publishing support follows the scope and approval schedule agreed for your campaign.
Contact
Tell us what you’re planning for Japan
Share your product, target audience, content needs, and launch date. We’ll discuss the creative direction, casting, and the support your project needs.
contact@rikuwave.comProject discussions in English or Japanese.