村上隆さんのインスタグラム写真 - (村上隆Instagram)「Mr. Hirohisa Tamonoki (a.k.a. Tamosan @tamonoki ) has assumed the position of Advisor to Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. as of October 1, 2023. My relationship with Mr. Tamonoki goes back to his days at Pixiv, where he worked before Mercari @mercari_jp . He was in charge of the cosplay business there, and he operated a gallery as a joint project with Kaikai Kiki. When I had my The 500 Arhats exhibition at the Mori Art Museum in 2015, Perrotin Gallery @perrotin organized a party on a boat in Basel, Switzerland, to promote the exhibition outside of Japan, during which there was an event where cosplayers dressed up in the style evoking the Arhats. Tamosan lead the pack himself, shedding 20 kg of his body weight in order to do a super cosplay that involved him being close to naked. When I heard a rumor that he was leaving Pixiv (Animate), I immediately contacted him and asked if he would be interested in working for my company, but, unfortunately for us, he moved on to Mercari at that time. He was also an art collector and a customer of ours, however, so we kept in touch. At the beginning of the pandemic, when my company was about to go under and I was feeling down, Tamosan came to our gallery opening and I asked him if he could help me manage the company. He said that he would be willing to do so as a volunteer and, starting around September 2021, he has been advising us on HR matters, among other things. During the period since, he has advised us on the launch of our NFT business, HR reform operations in general, and most recently, he helped us bring in Shohei Sasaki, former CFO of CrowdWorks, as our COO. The art business has expanded greatly beyond anyone's expectations during and since the pandemic. I would like to evolve Kaikai Kiki digitally under Tamosan's direction in order to create a powerful point of contact where we can meet the needs of society. With Tamosan officially joining our company now, I hope that an increasing number of IT people will join us in our endeavor.」10月25日 0時33分