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Brand
Planning and sales of brands using materials derived from Africa
Event
Planning and operation of African-themed event such as Tokyo Africa Collection
Marketing Support
Overseas expansion support, marketing support, consulting, etc.
Stagebank, Inc was established as an organizer of fashion show with an African theme. In addition to hosting and co-sponsoring shows in Tokyo and Yokohama, we have also planned pop-up shops in Japan and Singapore.
The most recent “Tokyo Africa Collection 2019” was certified as a TICAD7 partner project by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, endorced by African embassies, JICA, JETRO, etc., and sponsored by Ethiopian Airlines, AAIC, etc., and we mobilized 600 people (full house) at Yurakucho Asahi Hall. Former AKB48 member Sayaka Akimoto serves as an ambassador, and brands from various African countries such as Rwanda, South Sudan and Nigeria participated. It was exposed in various media such as NHK, WWD, Japan Times, and Kyodo News.
Currently, in addition to running fashion shows and events related to Africa, we are developing various businesses such as planning our own consumer goods brand and marketing support using influencers.
CEO
LEO SUGO
In 2016, he launched the African-themed fashion show Tokyo Africa Collection, and has since served as its representative. In 2019, he incorporated Tokyo Africa Collection, Inc (currently Stagebank, Inc) and assumed the position of CEO.
He also worked at P&G (Marketing) from 2018 to 2022. He was mostly based in Singapore, where the Asian headquarter is located. He was in charge of the products under fabric softener brand Lenor and managed to achieve V-shaped recovery and double-digit growth for all products. Both as an individual and as a team, he won the highest award of the year, and was promoted to brand director at the fastest level in the history of new hire. He has strengths in concept development based on a deep understanding of consumers, and in designing and managing overall marketing activities.
He graduated from Waseda University and obtained master's degree from London School of Economics.