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Yuki Tanaka
Founder & Creative Director · 14y exp
Former senior producer at Dentsu Digital. Built Kinetic to be the team global brands actually want on the ground in Tokyo.
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ What clients say
"Kinetic delivered our Japan launch in 90 days, content, retail, the lot. Three retailers listed us off the back of organic JP traction alone."
Camille Roussel
Brand Director, Maison Aurelia
"Direct bookings nearly tripled in a year. We finally broke our OTA dependency and saved tens of millions of yen in commission."
Hiroshi Sato
GM, Sora Hotels Group
"We had run JP ads for 8 months at 1.1x ROAS. Kinetic took us to 6.2x in a single quarter by rebuilding the creative for the actual market."
Olivia Hayes
Head of International, Glasshouse Skincare
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Kinetic Collective — Instagram Marketing Agency in Tokyo
Bilingual content for brands entering Japan
Tokyo, Japan · JP localization + native Instagram content
16+
Clients served
3
Years active
3.8x
Average ROI
JPY 1.6B+
Revenue generated
85k+ qualified
Leads delivered
9
Active retainers
About Kinetic Collective
Kinetic Collective is your team on the ground in Japan. They translate global brand campaigns into culturally-resonant Japanese content and run native creator programs across Instagram and TikTok JP.
What sets them apart
Kinetic Collective sits inside the actual Tokyo creator economy, not above it. The team includes native producers, hair and makeup artists, and a roster of 220 vetted JP-Instagram and TikTok JP creators across beauty, lifestyle, and travel. Their core service is not translation, it is transcreation: rebuilding scripts, hooks, and pacing for the JP feed where dwell-time, on-screen text density, and product POV are very different from US or EU markets. They handle Japanese consumer-protection compliance (Keihyou Hou, Yakkihou) so global brands do not get pulled offline a week into a launch.
Industries served
- Beauty
- Lifestyle
- Travel
Services
- JP localization
- Native content production
- Influencer partnerships
- Tokyo creator network
Meet the team
The people who'll be running your account. Names with are Inflowave-verified.
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Sho Nakamura
Head of Creator Network · 10y exp
Manages relationships with 220 vetted JP creators across beauty, lifestyle, and travel. Speaks the language of both brands and talent agencies.
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Emi Watanabe
Compliance & Localization Lead · 8y exp
Trained in Yakkihou and Keihyou Hou compliance. Reviews every brand claim before it leaves the studio.
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James Holloway
International Account Director · 12y exp
British, Tokyo-based for 9 years. Translates between Western brand HQs and Japanese production teams without anything lost in the gap.
Qualifications & certifications
Meta Business Partner
Meta · 2024
TikTok Marketing Partner (Japan)
TikTok · 2024
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LINE Biz Partner
LINE · 2025
Inflowave Verified Agency
Inflowave · 2026
Notable clients
- M Maison Aurelia (FR beauty, JP launch)
- N Northpoint Outerwear (US)
- S Sora Hotels Group
- G Glasshouse Skincare AU
Case studies
Real client engagements with measurable outcomes — swipe or use the arrows.
French beauty brand hit JPY 240M Japan revenue in 6 months from cold start
BeautyClient: Maison Aurelia
JPY 240M revenue
142k JP followers
3 retailer listings
Challenge
A Paris-based beauty brand had zero Japan presence and a global English-first content library that tested poorly in JP focus groups. Tokyo retail buyers demanded local social proof before listing.
Approach
Kinetic produced 80 native JP Reels in the first 90 days, ran a 24-creator seeding program across Tokyo and Osaka, and built a Japanese-only Instagram account with native voiceover. Coordinated Yakkihou compliance review on every claim before publishing.
Result
Reached JPY 240M in DTC revenue in the first 6 months. Three major retailers (Isetan, Loft, @cosme) listed the line off the back of organic JP traction. JP follower count went from 0 to 142k in the same window.
Sora Hotels grew direct bookings 2.8x via Tokyo creator program
TravelClient: Sora Hotels Group
+2.8x direct bookings
-27pt OTA dependency
JPY 38M saved
Challenge
A 4-property boutique hotel group in Kyoto and Tokyo was 78% reliant on OTAs (Booking, Expedia, Rakuten Travel) and paying 18% commission on every stay.
Approach
Built a year-long content partnership with 30 Japanese travel and lifestyle creators, each producing 2-3 stays per quarter. Layered an Instagram-DM booking flow in JP and EN with same-day room availability, deposit handling, and concierge handoff.
Result
Direct bookings grew 2.8x in 12 months. OTA dependency dropped from 78% to 51%. Saved approximately JPY 38M in commission across the year.
AU skincare brand opened JP market with 6.2x ROAS
BeautyClient: Glasshouse Skincare AU
6.2x ROAS
+5.25x CTR
JP = #2 market
Challenge
An Australian skincare brand had run JP Meta ads in-house for 8 months with a 1.1x ROAS and a 0.4% CTR. Creative was English-language repurposed.
Approach
Reproduced the top-3 SKUs with native Tokyo creators, JP voiceover, and on-screen kanji captions. Rebuilt the landing page in Japanese with JCB and konbini payment options. Switched ad targeting from interest stacks to JP lookalikes from the new email file.
Result
ROAS climbed from 1.1x to 6.2x in 90 days. CTR moved from 0.4% to 2.1%. JP became the brand's second-largest market behind AU within a year.
Frequently asked questions
How much does a instagram marketing agency in Tokyo cost? +
Kinetic Collective works on a project + retainer (jpy 1.5m-6m/mo, project minimums jpy 3m) model. Most instagram marketing engagements in Tokyo run as monthly retainers — request a quote for exact numbers based on your goals.
What does Kinetic Collective specialize in? +
Kinetic Collective is a Tokyo, Japan agency specializing in JP localization + native Instagram content. They serve Beauty, Lifestyle, Travel.
Is Kinetic Collective a good fit for my business? +
Kinetic Collective works best with Beauty, Lifestyle, Travel brands and has served 16+ clients. If you need jp localization, native content production, influencer partnerships, they're worth a conversation.
How is Kinetic Collective vetted? +
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