Kohta's Kitchen
Development Executive
YouTube Originals (Google, Inc.)
2016-Present
Senior Creative Strategist
YouTube Spaces (Google, Inc.)
2012-2015
Director, Producer
Warner Bros. Digital (Telepictures)
2008-2010
Contact him at
Born and raised in NYC, Kohta Asakura is a Tokyo-based filmmaker and visual artist. He is currently a development executive for YouTube Originals at Google. He loves pizza, basketball, and the Mets.
FEATURED PROJECT
nonalog
An experimental series that uses Google and YouTube search data to tell the stories of an overly-connected generation.
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Series creator, director, co-writer. Dir. of Photography, VFX, editor.
2015-2016. Drama, mini-series
The_Hu man Al.go/rithm
.Who Are_You ?
What are you really searching for?
Human stories inspired by real data.
YouTube Originals
SERIES AND MOVIE DEVELOPMENT 2015-PRESENT
THE FAKE SHOW
Thriller Series
STALKING VAMPIRE
Horror Comedy Movie
BTS: BURN THE STAGE
Music Documentary Series
RE:IMAGINE
Music Documentary Series
TOP MANAGEMENT
Romantic Comedy Series
KOWN JI YONG (G-DRAGON)
Music Documentary Movie
IDOLISH7 VIBRATO
Anime Series
RUN, BIGBANG SCOUT!
Music Variety Series
Events @ Google
VIDEOS AND VISUALS
YouTube FanFest
YouTube Originals broadcast trailers (global livestream) and stage visuals (triple screens) for YouTube Japan FanFest. [2017-2018]
YouTube Stream
On-stage videos for the annual YouTube Stream global conference, including interactive, multi-screen videos. [2013-2018]
Google Business Org
Opening video for "Digitizing Japan" forum (2014) and the closing film for the annual Holiday Party (2013).
YouTube Spaces
Original productions showcasing the YouTube Space Tokyo studios, including the Opening Launch (2013) and Halloween (2014) promos.
Full Course Meal
WORK DIRECTED BY KOHTA ASAKURA 2008-2015
The Japan Lab
A millennial love story. What we search reveals what we seek.
2015. Series Pilot
Creator, Director, DP, VFX
There's an adage: "It takes a village to make a video." In this case, it took a trio. SPH is a creative collective founded by filmmaker/animator/visual artists Nikolai S. Antonie, Kohta Asakura, and Jimmy Sakai.
We Float
My First Earthquake
2011. MUSIC VIDEO
Constellations
Icarus and Co.
2011. COMMERCIAL
Spring Upon A City
Skinny Vinny
2011. PROMO VIDEO
In collaboration with composer Daniel Wohl, vocalist Julia Holter and the TRANSIT ensemble, CORPUS is one part of the multimedia performance "Corp Exquis".
Corpus
2011. Short Film, Multimedia
Produced by SPH
From the Margins,
This, Unmentioned
2011. Short Film, Multimedia
Produced by SPH
A troubled woman’s personal search for identity and redemption in a complex and oppressive world. Inspired by the original poems of Kat Mandeville, with an original score by Bryan Senti. Premiered as a multimedia opera and installation with live orchestration.
sweetlightcrude
Newspeak
New Amsterdam Records
2011. MUSIC VIDEO
SV: Femme
Skinny Vinny
2009. COMMERCIAL
SV: Homme
Skinny Vinny
2009. COMMERCIAL
I Don't Have Any Fun
Matt Marks
New Amsterdam Records
2009. MUSIC VIDEO
Dave, You Are Killing Me
Vagina Panther
Aqualamb Records
2008. MUSIC VIDEO
GLAAD.org: The F-Word
Starring Alan Cumming
2008. PSA
Cold-Hearted Town
New Atlantic
Warner Bros. Records
2008. MUSIC VIDEO
