Wataru Sasaki

Wataru Sasaki

Wataru Sasaki (born 1979) of Crypton Future Media, Inc.* is the creator of the virtual singer software “Hatsune Miku.” Since it was released 2007, a new creative culture has swept the Internet as huge numbers of users began uploading new Hatsune Miku songs and videos they created with it. This new culture has spread with the birth of various types of collaborative productions, including even concerts where fans can go to hear Hatsune Miku perform “live” on stage, and to disseminate this creative culture the “MAGICAL MIRAI” event has been held annually since 2013. In 2017 it drew a largest-ever number of visitors at 30,000.