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Yuki Saito appointed as director and CIO of our subsidiary
~ Plans to develop new sports businesses, including support for athletes’ next careers ~
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As of today, Minkabu The Infonoid Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”, Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, President and CEO/CFO: Ken Uryu) has announced its subsidiary Seesaw Game Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo). We would like to announce that Mr. Yuki Saito has been appointed as a director of SSG, Representative Director, President and COO: Naoto Miyamoto (hereinafter referred to as “SSG”). He is scheduled to be appointed as CIO (Chief Innovation Officer) at the SSG Board of Directors meeting scheduled to be held today. Going forward, we hope that he will leverage not only his experience as a former professional baseball player, but also his perspective as a company manager, to have an innovative impact on the Group’s sports business.
With Mr. Saito’s appointment as a director, SSG will continue to develop new services such as initiatives for athletes’ next careers based on his suggestions and a youth baseball media business that utilizes AI.
■New service concept (scheduled to start from spring 2024)
1. A new service that considers athletes and their next careers: “NEXT STORIES” (tentative name). Disseminates content through articles and video content to current athletes and their fans. We introduce former athletes who have retired from active duty and are now active on a new stage by leveraging the experience they cultivated during their time as athletes. We also plan to provide employment support for athletes and hold events through external collaboration.
2. Launch of a youth baseball media project using AI: Creating a future where the activities of each baseball boy and girl are turned into content “The hits I hit are being written about!”, “The games I suppressed are in the news!” We will work on article generation using AI in order to realize “Now!”. AI will solve the current situation where it is difficult to send reporters to every match and obtain video footage with limited resources. We will work on developing new services to create a world where we can record not only memories but also content. First of all, we plan to start providing automatically generated articles using AI for all official Nippon Professional Baseball farm games (Eastern League/Western League) on Baseball King, a baseball specialized web media operated by SSG.
■Message from Yuki Saito He captivates people so much and brings so many people together. I think sports is humanity’s greatest invention. I really think so. I felt that SSG was also a group of people with the same thoughts. A company of people who are fascinated by the incredible power of sports and truly believe in its infinite possibilities. As someone who has experienced both glory and setbacks as an athlete, I thought it would be very rewarding for me to participate if I could help create an initiative that brings people and sports closer together than they currently do.
There are two things I would like to suggest first, which are part of what I will do from now on. One is to support athletes in paving the way for a second career. In addition to disseminating information that is useful for thinking about your career, we aim to employ former athletes as SSG members and develop unique content and services that leverage their abilities and experience. I know that this is a difficult problem that has not been solved until now. This may be a small action for the sports world as a whole, but as a company that respects athletes, we want to do our bit.
The other thing is to focus on baseball boys and girls. When people write about themselves, they become motivated. We would like to utilize advanced technologies such as AI to expand the range of people covered by the media.
A new company that enlivens sports. From Yuki Saito, Director and CIO of SEESAW GAME.
■Profile of Yuki Saito
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Born on June 6, 1988. Born in Ota City, Gunma Prefecture. In 2006, when he was a third year high school student at Waseda Jitsugyo High School, he participated in the summer Koshien tournament as an ace and won the national championship. He created a huge fever as the “Handkerchief Prince”. Even after entering Waseda University, he continued to achieve brilliant results and won numerous laurels. As the number one right-hander in amateur baseball, he joined the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters with the first pick in the 2010 draft. He recorded 6 wins in his rookie year and also served as the starting pitcher in 2012, his second year as a pro. From 2017, he changed his uniform number to “1”, which he was familiar with during his amateur days. However, he was plagued by repeated injuries and his pitching numbers did not increase, and he announced his retirement in October 2021. After retiring, he established his own company, Yuki Saito Co., Ltd., in December. Under the slogan of “Creating the Future of Baseball,” we are currently working towards the realization of various projects.
■About Minkabu The Infonoid Co., Ltd. (https://minkabu.co.jp/) Our company is promoting our business as two pillars of corporate growth: media business and solution business. We will oversee the media business under a holding company structure, aiming to reach our respective customer bases: 100 million monthly users in the media business, and a client base of over 400 domestic and international financial institutions in the solutions business. Through Livedoor Co., Ltd. and Minkabu Solution Services Co., Ltd., which oversees the solution business, we offer media services that realize new user experiences and solution services that help solve customer issues, including the latest Web3 technologies such as AI, blockchain, and NFT. We provide high value-added services such as:
Company name: Minkabu The Innonoid Co., Ltd.
Address: 1-9-1 Higashi-Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo Established: July 7, 2006 President and CEO/CFO : Ken Uryu Business details : Media business, solution business Group companies : Livedoor Co., Ltd. Minkabu Solution Services Co., Ltd. Minkabu Asset Partners Co., Ltd. Minkabu Web3 Wallet Co., Ltd.
Seesaw Game Co., Ltd.
■About Seesaw Game Co., Ltd. (https://seesawgame.co.jp/)
We operate one of Japan’s largest specialized sports media outlets covering soccer, baseball, basketball, etc., as well as multipurpose sports facilities. We provide information services that enrich your daily life through sports.
Company name: Seesaw Game Co., Ltd.
Address: 1-9-1 Higashi-Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo Established: December 26, 1989 Chairman and CEO : Ken Uryu
Representative Director, Chairman and COO: Naoto Miyamoto Business: Sports information business
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