The Kyuzan Corporation (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director: Takumi Takahashi, hereinafter referred to as "Kyuzan") has announced that it has entered into a business partnership with KLKTN Limited (Headquarters: Hong Kong, CEO: Daisuke Iwase, hereinafter referred to as "KLKTN") to provide "Kollektion" (pronounced "collection," hereinafter referred to as "Kollektion"), a global platform that connects artists and fans through NFT, on August 3rd, 2022. By combining both companies' technical expertise in NFT development and international marketing capabilities, we will provide various solutions for Japanese companies interested in NFT development and distribution.

*NFT solution: Business related to NFT planning, development, operation, and marketing

Background of Business Partnership

Kyuzan, which develops and operates "MINT," a platform that makes it easy to build original NFT shops that can express unique brand concepts, has supported various projects such as Rhizomatiks NFT Experiment※1, which sold the first NFT art of Perfume, and AMBUSH POW®️ REBOOT series※2, which auctioned off 2,022 NFTs. KLKTN, which started its service in July 2021, has undertaken various development, operation, and sales of NFTs, mainly in music and manga, such as digitizing and selling all pages of a new manga series with Young Magazine※3, selling an Fender guitar NFT and NFTs to commemorate MIYAVI's 20th anniversary of his debut through "Month of MIYAVI"※4, and developing and selling the first NFTs for Warner Music Japan and Gesu no Kiwami Otome in July 2022※5.
Through this business partnership, we will use Kyuzan's knowledge and technical expertise and KLKTN's international marketing capabilities to deliver Japanese companies' content offerings to fans worldwide using the power of NFT. Both companies will provide various solutions for Japanese companies interested in NFT development and distribution in the future.

1. Rhizomatiks NFT Experiment: Jointly developed by Rhizomatiks and Kyuzan, with Rhizomatiks in charge of the front end and Kyuzan in charge of the blockchain back end

2. AMBUSH POW®️ REBOOT series: The first NFT items in the brand's history, released as accessories/jewelry from "AMBUSH" started by VERBAL and YOON in 2008

3. Alpha version of the project using manga works on the NFT platform "Kollektion" has been launched. https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000003.000085074.html

4. "Month of MIYAVI," which sells NFTs for MIYAVI's 20th anniversary of his debut, has been decided to be held on the NFT platform "Kollektion." https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000004.000085074.html

5. "[Gesu no Kiwami Otome x Kollektion] NFTs are sold as music and art works called "Maru," which digitizes the "." obtained by renaming the band." https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000012.000085074.html
   This business partnership was established to combine Kyuzan's knowledge and technical expertise and KLKTN's international marketing capabilities in order to deliver the attractiveness of Japanese companies' content offerings to fans worldwide using the power of NFT. Both companies will provide various solutions for Japanese companies interested in NFT development and distribution in the future.

If you are interested in NFT solutions offered by either company, please contact us at the following URL:
URL: https://kyuzan.com

Overview of KLKTN

KLKTN was founded by Jeff Miyahara, Fabiano Soriani, and Daisuke Iwase, and operates a new digital platform called "Kollektion" designed for fandom in the new era. It aims to enrich ties between artists and fans by allowing creators and artists to share their backstage content and creative processes and make some of it available for purchase.

Company name: KLKTN Limited
Representative: Daisuke Iwase
Established: March 31, 2021
URL: https://klktn.com/ja
Business: Planning, development, and provision of NFT-related services

Overview of Kyuzan Corporation

Kyuzan Corporation is a blockchain startup that develops NFT services and blockchain development infrastructure. "EGGRYPTO," the world's easiest blockchain game developed in collaboration with GameWith, has the world's largest active user base. Kyuzan has started providing "Mint," an NFT platform that makes it easy to build original NFT shops that can express unique brand concepts.

Company Name: Kyuzan Corporation
Location: WeWork Shibuya 2-24-12 Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-6139
Representative: Takumi Takahashi
Established: April 4, 2018
URL: https://kyuzan.com/
Business: Planning, development, and operation of blockchain services