Independent agency · Osaka · Japan ⇄ the world
Between Japan and the world.
Medusa Japan is an independent agency in Osaka. We design brands and products, build them and take them to market — for clients in games, music technology, sport, film and consumer goods, in Japan and around the world.
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Trusted by
Brands we've worked with
- Visibility in Japan for game publishers
- +35%Visibility in Japan for game publishers
- Visibility through marketing optimization for music-tech brands
- +25%Visibility through marketing optimization for music-tech brands
- Peak live viewers at a Japan launch
- 12,000Peak live viewers at a Japan launch
- Languages spoken in-house
- 5Languages spoken in-house
02What we do
What we do, and who we do it for.
Four capabilities, the industries we know from the inside, and two specialist houses with their own sites.
Capabilities
- 01Strategy & market entryMarket studies, partners, distribution and operations — into Japan, or from Japan to the world.4-stage path
- 02Brand & designIdentity, packaging, web and product UX, motion — Japanese minimalism, international standards.Brand · UX · Motion
- 03Product developmentFrom product strategy to manufactured hardware and shipped software — we built akioto end to end.Hardware · Software
- 04Marketing & launchCampaigns, creators, press and giveaways that move the numbers.+35% · +25%
Industries
- 05Consumer brandsEntry plans, partners and launches for consumer and luxury brands coming to Japan.Entry plans
- 06Music & audio techRepresentation, marketing and giveaways for instrument and music-software makers.+25% visibility
- 07Video gamesMarketing, representation and publishing support for the Japanese territory.+35% visibility
- 08Film & entertainmentConsulting for production houses and Hollywood studios: market, partners, shooting in Japan.Consulting
- 09SportsIntroductions between Japanese brands and sponsors and Champions League football clubs, plus marketing and press in Japanese.Sponsor introductions
Specialist houses
- 10Medusa AppsSoftware, AI automation and app development — plus products of our own.apps.medusajapan.net
- 11Medusa StudiosRepresentation for world-class visual and creative-technology studios, in Japan and worldwide.studios.medusajapan.net
Brands we're launching in Japan
03Selected work
Results clients can measure.
Music technology · Instrument & software makers
Representation, marketing optimization and giveaways for a music-tech brand in Japan.
+25%visibility through marketing optimization
04Capabilities
Strategy, design, product and marketing — under one roof.
Most clients use two or three of these together. That's the point: one team and one standard, from the first idea to the market.
All capabilitiesStrategy & market entry
Market studies, partners, distribution and day-to-day operations — into Japan, or from Japan to the world.
- Japan Entry Plan
- Representation & distribution
- Operations & grants
Brand & design
Identity, packaging, web and product UX, motion and video — Japanese minimalism with international standards.
- Brand identity & packaging
- Web & product UX
- Motion & video
Product development
From product strategy to manufactured hardware and shipped software. We built akioto, our own audio brand, end to end.
- Product strategy & UX
- Hardware & manufacturing
- Software & AI — Medusa Apps
Marketing & launch
Campaigns, creators, press and giveaways — the work behind +35% for game publishers and +25% for music-tech brands.
- Campaigns & creators
- PR & press
- Giveaways & community
05About
Founded in Osaka. Working with the world.
Medusa Japan started by helping brands like Arturia, ZeptoLab and Squarp Instruments localize and grow in Japan. Today a core team of ten — five Western, five Japanese — works with about 50 contractors across Japan to design, build and launch brands, products and campaigns, in Japan and around the world.
Working languages
English · 日本語 · Français · Italiano · Deutsch
About Medusa Japan06Blog
Japan market notes, every week.
07Start a project
Tell us where you want to go.
Send us the brief — a brand, a product, a launch or a market. You get a personal reply and an honest first read before anything is signed.
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