Hidetoshi Kuranari

Hidetoshi’s career began in Dentsu Inc.’s Creative division, in 2000. In less than a year he had already won four major international awards including Cannes,NYADC and three domestic awards along side creating various products with his colleagues. In 2007 he moved to Barcelona to join Marti Guixe’s studio as a product design planner. Suitably qualified as Guixe’s first ever Japanese “Ex-Designer”, he then returned to Tokyo to put his creative skills in advertisement and communication to use in a number of creative projects. As a creative producer he has provided support for the APEC 2010 conference, Tokyo Motor Show (2011), IMF-World Bank conference Tokyo (2012), Arita Porcelain Revitalization project (2016), as well as collaborated with many other incubation divisions of clients. He founded Dentsu team B,which has 56 members,each of them have personal B-sides besides making advertisement (=A-side), and continues to generate new innovative projects with clients, using original alternative approach. He also founded experiential education labo  to make education more creative applying creative skill in advertisement industry. 

Award

Awards: Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity (2 Silver, Bronze, Media Category Award); New York Art Directors Club Awards (Silver, 2 Bronze); New York Festivals (Bronze); Tokyo ADC Award (Grand Prix); Good Design Award (Jury Awards 2008, 2009; Best 100 in 2013, 2015, 2016, 2020 ×3, and 2025; Gold Award & Best 100 in 2017); Kids Design Award (×2); ACC Awards (4 Gold, Silver, Bronze, Jury President’s Award); Yomiuri Advertising Award (Grand Prix); Mainichi Advertising Award (Grand Award); Asahi Advertising Award (Excellence); Tokyo Copywriters Club Rookie Award; AdStars Korea (Gold); Times Asia-Pacific Advertising Awards (Silver); AdFest (Silver, Bronze); Spikes Asia (Gold, Silver); AD&D Awards; Consumer-Oriented Advertising Award (Gold); Japan Tourism Agency Omiyage Grand Prix (France Award); Eibunren Awards (Excellence in Planning); and Press Release Awards 2023  and more

Media

Forbes Japan

https://forbesjapan.com/articles/detail/6674

https://forbesjapan.com/articles/detail/14645/2/1/1

https://forbesjapan.com/articles/detail/20412

https://forbesjapan.com/articles/detail/13492

https://forbesjapan.com/articles/detail/26530

https://forbesjapan.com/articles/detail/28339

Nikkei

https://style.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO47179580Q9A710C1000000/

https://bizgate.nikkei.co.jp/article/DGXMZO2843693022032018000000

https://reskill.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOLM142GH0U4A310C2000000/

https://reskill.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOLM143EN0U4A011C2000000/

https://reskill.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOLM180GE0Y5A310C2000000/

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