International Disruptors: Toei President & CEO Fumio Yoshimura Unpacks Japanese Studio’s $2BN Global Expansion Strategy
deadline.comWelcome to Deadline’s International Disruptors, a feature where we shine a spotlight on key executives and companies outside of the U.S.
shaking up the offshore marketplace. This week, we’re talking to Toei Company President and CEO Fumio Yoshimura about the Japanese studio’s ambitious growth and global expansion plans, which include a slate of international projects and co-productions; ramping up international sales of its existing content; and upgrading its physical production facilities in Tokyo and Kyoto.
Deadline sat down with Yoshimura ahead of his trip to Los Angeles to meet with major Hollywood studios and streamers. One of Japan’s oldest studios, Toei Company has been producing film and TV content for more than 70 years, across multiple genres including historical samurai flicks, contemporary crime dramas and yakuza movies and its signature ‘tokusatsu’ (live-action special effects) genre, including the Kamen Rider, Super Sentai and Power Rangers franchises.
The studio has a library of 4,400 theatrical movies, 39,000 episodes of TV drama productions and more than 600 episodes of video streaming content, with recent movie releases including Oshi No Ko – The Final Act, a live-action adaptation of a popular manga, and period action thriller Muromachi Outsiders, directed by Yu Irie.
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