Services
Riku Wave helps international brands plan and create marketing for Japan. Our signature service is finished content featuring AI influencers based on real people, supported by strategy, IP coordination, social media work, and casting.
Turn your Japan marketing goals into a clear message and a practical creative plan.
Get finished brand content featuring AI influencers based on real people, with creative development and production included.
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.
We are building casting for AI content in Japan as a platform. Entertainment studios, AI drama and game producers, ad agencies, and brands will be able to find people who have agreed to appear, check their terms, and cast them in AI or live-action roles.
We are in the early stages of inviting actors, models, and everyday people in Japan to join.
Explore Japanese IP partnerships and keep the commercial discussions, approvals, and production work moving.
For a recurring character, ownership and usage rights for the character design, scripts, and other deliverables are agreed with your brand. The person retains the rights to their likeness, with use subject to the agreed scope and term.
Legal advice, trademark filings and regulated document preparation require separate engagement of appropriately qualified professionals.
Plan, create, and publish Japan-focused content with platforms, posting frequency, and approval workflows agreed for each account.
Start with your brief
Tell us about your product, audience in Japan, planned platforms, content needs, and launch date. Include the media, territories, and usage period you have in mind.
We’ll use that information to define the creative direction, responsibilities, deliverables, and schedule.
FAQ
Yes. Each of our AI influencers is based on a real person, with that person’s permission. The on-screen appearance is AI-generated, and the scenes are created for your brand.
The person behind the AI influencer can also be considered for live-action shoots or event appearances, with availability and terms agreed separately.
We confirm the person’s permission for the project and define the agreed use in the contract, including the content, media, territories, and term.
Before release, we review the content against those terms. Any new use is agreed with the person in advance.
For suitable concepts, AI production can cost less by avoiding 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.
This comparison covers production costs. Any fees for a creator to publish content on their own account are considered separately. The final cost depends on the creative, production needs, and intended use.
Yes. We make both the AI-generated nature of the content and its advertising purpose clear.
We plan the wording, placement, and publishing steps with your team before release. Scripted scenes are presented as brand advertising.
You receive finished content, with creative development and production included.
We agree on the deliverables at the start, including the number of pieces, formats, captions, review stages, and usage terms. Publishing support can be included in the project scope.
Yes. We can develop a series around the same person for an agreed period.
Ownership and usage rights for the character design, scripts, and other deliverables are agreed with your brand. The person retains the rights to their likeness, which is used with permission within the agreed scope and term. Extensions and new uses are agreed in advance.
You or the person featured can report it to us.
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.
Yes. You can select from our AI influencers through AI likeness previews. With the person’s permission, we can also show how they could look in your creative concept before full production begins.
We help brands find actors, models, and creators in Japan for live-action and AI projects, with casting based on the brief, intended use, and schedule.
We are also building a casting platform for AI content in Japan, where studios, producers, agencies, and brands will be able to find people who have agreed to appear and check their terms.
We help identify potential Japanese creators and IP partners, coordinate communication with rights holders, and organize commercial requirements.
The work can include translation, creative submissions, approvals, and schedule coordination.
Legal advice, trademark filings and regulated document preparation require separate engagement of appropriately qualified professionals.
We plan, create, and publish content for Japan on agreed platforms, at an agreed frequency, through an agreed approval process.
The scope can include content calendars, Japanese copy, visuals, videos, scheduling, publishing, and monthly reports. Community responses and creator coordination are agreed separately.
Yes. You can discuss the project with us in English.
Your marketing team or agency can coordinate the brief, reviews, and delivery. We agree on approval roles, responsibilities, and communication at the start.
Please share your product, audience in Japan, campaign objective, planned platforms, content needs, and target launch date. Include your brand guidelines, approval requirements, intended territories, and usage period.
We then define the creative direction, casting needs, deliverables, review stages, and production schedule with your team.
Contact
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.