Concept
Komagane, Nagano, lies between the Central and Southern Alps.
Based in this beautiful town, kiki connects people with people, and people with their region, through events and projects.
Event planning, production & operations
End-to-end support, from planning to the day of the event
Community building
Regional revitalization projects
PR & communications support
We have been involved in running important, national-level projects, including international conferences, the operation and management of internationally related facilities, and large internal corporate events.
We have planned and run many nationwide exhibitions and entertainment events that draw large crowds of fans.
We plan and produce product launches for major manufacturers and brand promotion events.
We plan and run renewal events for hot-spring towns and tourist areas, as well as promotions that convey the appeal of a region.
Based in Komagane, we continue to develop local revitalization projects such as the Shinshu Komagane Fireworks Festival, FRESCOBALL ALPS and the local-wood racket project.
Launched as a brand-new fireworks festival, with a crowdfunding campaign.
▶ STORY MOVIEEveryone's wishes were attached to the shell as paper strips (tanzaku), and a 2-shaku (about 60 cm) shell was launched for the first time in four years.
▶ STORY MOVIEVolunteers from Ako High School joined from the planning stage, launching a student-led project.
▶ STORY MOVIEStudents from two locally rooted schools, Ako High School and Komagane Technical High School, began a joint project.
▶ STORY MOVIEThe student-led project has grown, with stronger collaboration with local companies.
Story Movie
Connecting people through sport.
In depopulated areas, children have few sports to choose from. We felt that a new sports culture was needed, one that parents and children can enjoy together with ease. So we began promoting Frescobol, the sport of consideration: all you need is a racket, a ball and two people, and the goal is not to beat your partner but to keep the rally going with them.
We started activities as a local club.
Selected for a Nagano Prefecture community-initiative support grant, we held a trial event with players invited from across Japan.
Selected for the grant for a second consecutive year, we took on a new challenge: to make a racket from local wood that everyone in the community can feel attached to.
We will run a crowdfunding campaign, aiming to complete the local-wood rackets.
CEO, kiki Co., Ltd.
Born in 1989 in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka
After vocational school, he studied in Canada. Back in Japan, he volunteered in Ishinomaki, Miyagi, after the Great East Japan Earthquake, where he learned the importance of human connection and local community.
He then worked for about ten years at an event production company in Tokyo, planning and running events, ceremonies and corporate projects across Japan. In 2021 he moved to Komagane, Nagano, and in 2022 founded kiki. With event production at its core, kiki takes on projects that connect people with people, and people with their region.
Hobbies: BBQ | Camping | Home vegetable gardening | Chopping firewood
| Company name | kiki Co., Ltd. |
|---|---|
| Representative | Shota Mabuchi, CEO |
| Established | February 1, 2022 |
| Capital | JPY 1,000,000 |
| Address | 27-20 Shimoichiba, Komagane-shi, Nagano 399-4108, Japan |
| TEL | +81-90-4253-4936 |
| mabuchi@kiki-nagano.co.jp | |
| Business | Event planning, production & operations / Regional project planning & operations / Sports community management / PR & social media support / Crowdfunding support |
| Employees | 2 (including officers) |
| Main clients | Advertising agencies, event production companies, government agencies, local governments, companies and organizations |
