Studio ENTRE Inc.

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Studio ENTRE Inc. (Studio ENTRE 株式会社) is a startup studio aimed at creating new businesses in the entertainment industry. It advertises itself as a community that continues to produce service startups "one after another", similar to how Hollywood movie studios create their works. As an organization that is responsible for the earliest stage of the startup ecosystem, it aims to "develop businesses from 0 to 1 together with individual aspiring entrepreneurs." The organization is responsible for the earliest stages of the startup ecosystem and works with individual entrepreneurial candidates who aspire to startups to develop 0-to-1 businesses. ^[1]

About[]

Studio ENTRE Inc. focuses on the areas of creator economy, toC (Theory of constraints) services, media, and content, with the primary goal of creating the entertainment of the future. Studio ENTRE Inc. holds the belief that entertainment will become even more important in the so-called Web3 area, such as the metaverse and NFT technologies, and the company is currently developing a variety of mechanisms. The company has created startup companies based on community activities through the testing of hypotheses within the studio, claiming to be able to open a new startup within six months with an initial funding of 5 million yen (¥5,000,000.00). If a certain level of success is achieved, the studio notes itself as being able to incorporate the project, raise funds from outside investors, and begin full-scale service operation.^[2]

On August 5, 2024, a collaboration project between Studio ENTRE Inc. and the Japanese animation studio GONZO K.K., announced the formation of a new A.I. singer label, "GEMVOX". GEMVOX was announced to be a next-generation label that includes A.I. singers, all named after gemstones, developed using the latest voice synthesizer technology aimed with the goal of having new works created daily by various creators and to provide a series of captivating "AI Singers"^[3] that inspire creators' imagination, curate the works produced, and encourage collaboration among creators. The project was launched together with Shinichiro Ishikawa, president of GONZO, who continues to pioneer the use of technology in the anime industry, while also taking advantage of the activities of the AI research group "ARS" (AI Resonate Society). The first announced vocalist of the company was Shimon Topaz, a mysterious girl with a dark appearance who has a beautiful and clear voice and is trilingual, fluent in Japanese, English, and Korean. At the time, it was not specified which synthesizer Topaz would be developed for. Topaz was also announced to be featured as the main vocalist for the theme song for the upcoming anime PV, "Gloria".^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

Key people[]

	Norikazu Yamaguchi (山口哲一). WIP note Twitter (@yamabug)
	Hidenori Nakai (中井秀範). WIP note
	Yasuki Miki (三木靖城). WIP note
	Hiroki Nakamura (中村ひろき). WIP note Twitter (@hiro_9yards)
	maishilo (まいしろ). WIP note Twitter (@_maishilo_)