Developer of the “XANA” metaverse & its NFT marketplace “XANALIA” (CEO: RIO TAKESHI KUBO) partnered with (CEO: Yukihiro Kanada), in collaboration with the Character Business Research Institute, Inc. and (President: Yuka Koshino) co-produced with Hiroko Koshino, Inc, to sell wearable NFTs that could be worn by XANA’s Metaverse avatars, with immediate effect.

This NFT project is the first avatar wearable NFT for both Parties, with 10 looks and 29 items from Hiroko Koshino’s 2022 Spring/Summer collection, a world-class top fashion designer. XANA has created 3D-wearables for avatars on the platform. This is the first avatar wearable NFT for both companies. The announcement of this project drew a great deal of attention in the fashion industry.

As soon as the pre-sale pre-orders began, applications from all over the world began pouring in. The limited edition of 500 NFT sold out in just 45 minutes upon sales. In addition, requests and inquiries for additional production poured in the support end, resulting in a very successful sale.

Through this project, XANA has proven the possibilities of the new field of “digital fashion,” to the market. It is a fusion of the fashion industry and the metaverse.

XANA will actively continue to collaborate with top international brands as well as outstanding independent designers to bring new business opportunities to the fashion world.

■ Comment by RIO, Founder of XANA

In the future, human beings will enjoy fashion every day, just as we enjoy fashion in the real world. In the metaverse, we will enjoy new self-expression by changing daily into NFT digital fashion, avatars, wearables for avatars, and so on. It is a great pleasure for me to be able to work with Mr. Koshino, a world-renowned Japanese designer, on this cutting-edge project, and to share it with you, the residents of Metaverse. As this is the first time for both of us to work together, it took several months of trial and error to complete the project. We have worked on the avatar fashions down to the smallest detail. Unlike the conventional Metaverse, one of the most appealing features of XANA is that it can reproduce fashion in a cute size. We will continue to bring the joy of digital fashion to all fashion lovers.

■ Hiroko Koshino Profile

Born in Kishiwada City, Osaka. While a student at Bunka Fashion College, he has presented his collections in Tokyo, Osaka, Paris, Rome, Shanghai, and Seoul, and also held events in Prague and Hamburg in collaboration with artists from different fields. In addition to the women’s wear brand HIROKO KOSHINO, she has designed many fashion items such as bags, accessories, lifestyle-related goods, and men’s wear. In recent years, she has had many opportunities to showcase her paintings and calligraphy, and opened KH Gallery Ashiya in 2013 as a space to showcase her work. In 2017, he published the book “HIROKO KOSHINO | it is as it is” to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the designer. From April to June 2021, he held a major “Hiroko Koshino Exhibition” at the Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art. She won the 15th Mainichi Fashion Grand Prix in 1997 and the Osaka Art Award in 2001.

■ Character Business Research Institute, Inc.

A creative company that aims for innovation in the character/IP business through a fusion of humor, creativity, and technology. As the first phase of the “e-fashion” project, which was launched to create fashion culture in the digital world, the company produced the Hiroko Koshino x NOBORDER.z project.

■ About XANA

XANA is an NFT-based metaverse with blockchain infrastructure. We provide various products, services, and technologies so that users, companies, and IPs can freely perform multiple activities on the Metaverse. It is currently one of the world’s most popular metaverse platforms, announcing amazing collaborations such as the Koto Heartfull Museum, which aims to promote the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, Milan Fashion Week in Italy, ULTRAMAN, Astro Boy x local government, and many more.

■ XANA Metaverse App(public alpha version)

■ About XANALIA

XANALIA is an NFT marketplace that has attracted global attention, ranking 8th in global trading volume in July 2021. It is ranked as the “No. 1 NFT Marketplace in Expectations” in Japan. It is developed by NOBORDER.z and operated by XANALIA Limited. It features (1) NFT, (2) linkage with the Metaverse, and (3) DeFi (decentralized finance) model, which is currently the fastest-growing area in the blockchain market, and The diluted potential market capitalization of XANALIA exceeded $1.4 billion (approximately ¥165 billion) within one month after its launch.

Together with Pony Canyon Planning Inc., Fujiland Inc., and Fuji Creative Corporation, the company is holding the “XANALIA NFTART AWARDS 2021” to discover and support creators from around the world.
From May 2022, the “CREATIVE X AWARD 2022 supported by Western Digital” is being held for creators specializing in action sports, together with ZETA Corporation, Fuel Media Corporation, and Dentsu Inc.

■ About NoBorderZ
NoborderZ is a next-generation entertainment technology company with a vision of “a world without borders” and operations in five countries worldwide, centered in New York, the USA and Dubai. The company operates a business that fuses entertainment and technology, including a metaverse based on blockchain technology and an NFT platform.

■ Contact Information

NOBORDER.z FZE (Representative: RIO TAKESHI KUBO; hereafter, NOBORDER.z), developer of the XANA metaverse, is participating in the 「XANALIA NFTART AWARDS 2021」 a competition organized and run by NOBORDER.z FZE, together with Pony Canyon Planning Inc. (President: Kazuya Maeda) and Fujiland Inc. (President: Yoichi Okabe), held an award ceremony in a 3D virtual space at 「XANA」 for the creative artists who were selected as the top three winners in the 「XANALIA NFTART AWARDS 2021」competition planned and organized by the three companies. The award ceremony was held at 「XANA」 in a 3D virtual space.

The XANA metaverse is currently attracting worldwide attention as a next-generation infrastructure and platform that allows any user to easily develop games and businesses in the metaverse.The Award 2021 ceremony was held in this metaverse “XANA” in real time.

The “XANALIA NFTART AWARDS 2021,” which began on September 1, 2020, received 1,248 entries from all over the world.Of the 479 nominated works, 50 were displayed in the “Meta Gallery,” including the winning entry, and the top three winners were awarded a total of $18,000.The winners were also able to participate in the “awards ceremony in virtual space” as avatars, and one of the winners from India was among those who took part in the event.After the event, the award winners and staff gathered for a ceremonial photograph.

The auction was also a great success, with the Gold Award winning piece selling for $11,700 on XANALIA, the NFT marketplace linked to XANA.Bidding for the auction is now closed, but you can still enjoy the works at any time in the “Metagallery.

■ Awards Ceremony

■ About the award-winning works

Gold Award:「カワウ型飛行都市 Great cormorant flying city」YUYA

Silver Award :「Zeus」Obliraj Krishnaraj

Bronze Award :「Square human alpha Rainbow」WINGLAY

Regarding Meta gallery

※When you look at the animated works up close, you can also see the dynamic movements.

※Here there are a total of 50 NFT works on display at the venue.

※There are many vividly colored works, many of which are a delight to the viewer are lined up in the exhibition hall.

■ Compatible mobile models and how to download the application

◉ iPhone

◉ Android

■ About XANA

NOBORDER.z has developed XANA as an NFT-based metaverse platform with blockchain infrastructure. We provide various products, services, and technologies so that users, companies, and IPs can freely perform multiple activities on the Metaverse. It is currently one of the world’s most popular metaverse platforms, announcing amazing collaborations such as the Koto Heartfull Museum, which aims to promote the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, Milan Fashion Week in Italy, ULTRAMAN, Astro Boy x local government, and many more.

■ XANA Metaverse App(public alpha version)

■ About XANALIA

XANALIA is an NFT marketplace that has attracted global attention, ranking 8th in global trading volume in July 2021 and “No. 1 NFT Marketplace in Expectations” in Japan, developed by NOBORDER.z and operated by XANALIA Limited. It features (1) NFT, (2) linkage with the Metaverse, and (3) DeFi (decentralized finance) model, which are currently the fastest growing areas in the blockchain market, and its diluted potential market capitalization exceeded $1.4 billion (approximately 165 billion yen) within one month after its launch.

Together with Pony Canyon Planning Inc., Fujiland Inc. and Fuji Creative Corporation, the company is holding the “XANALIA NFTART AWARDS 2021” to discover and support creators from around the world.

From May 2022, the “CREATIVE X AWARD 2022 supported by Western Digital” is being held for creators specializing in action sports, together with ZETA Corporation, Fuel Media Corporation, and Dentsu Inc.

■ About NoBorderZ
NoborderZ is a next-generation entertainment technology company with a vision of “a world without borders” and operations in five countries worldwide, centered in New York, the USA and Dubai. The company operates a business that fuses entertainment and technology, including a metaverse based on blockchain technology and an NFT platform.

■ Contact Information

NOBORDER.z FZE (CEO: RIO TAKESHI KUBO), the blockchain company developing the XANA metaverse, is pleased to announce that it is launching a campaign for YOKOHAMA URBAN SPORTS FESTIVAL 2022 NFTs. This campaign is to commemorate the inaugural by offering 100 lucky applicants the chance to win a limited-edition special NFT that captures the best scenes and superb skills of Japan’s top athletes, including medalists from X Games Chiba 2022 and the Tokyo Olympics.

NFT,” which has been called a “revolution in digital content” worldwide recently, has made it possible to distribute and add new value to digital content by using blockchain technology .NFT has enabled the distribution of digital content and the creation of new value by providing “proof of ownership” and “uniqueness = proof of authenticity,” and the market is expanding worldwide, particularly in the fields of art, sports, and games.

By creating digital novelties utilizing the NFT, we will try a new service called NFT novelties with the cooperation of various athletic organizations and athletes. The aim of this initiative is to propose opportunities for fans, including visitors, to enjoy new ways to enjoy the NFT, expand recognition of athletes and various sports, increase engagement with fans, and provide opportunities for fans who have never experienced the NFT to experience it.

■ Campaign Details

Application period: Thursday, May 26, 2022 to Sunday, June 12, 2022
Notification of winners: Late July 2022 (tentative) winners will be notified by e-mail
How to apply : Please use the following URL
https://sweepwidget.com/view/53663-94kyb6nz

■ MAIN CONTENTS   

Skateboarding

Japan is now at the top level of the skateboard competition scene in the world.
The best skaters in Japan, both for Mens and Womens, will be competing here in Yokohama with their best skills and “best tricks”.

BMX FLATLAND
This year marks the 10th year of the FLAT ARK BMX FLATLAND World Championships!
This year’s FLAT ARK is a special edition where Japan’s top riders will compete in a heated battle in Yokohama.Who will be the true champion in Japan, which has many riders who are active in the world?

Breakin
A domestic competition of “Freestyle Session,” a breakin’ battle that started in the U.S. in 1997, will be held.The world-class BBOYs and BGIRLs gather to compete in high-level battles.

DOUBLE DUTCH
DOUBLE DUTCH ONE’S FINAL 2022 [Jumper vs Jumper].The elite players who have won the annual qualifying rounds will compete in a 1-on-1 battle to determine the best in Japan.

Parkour
For the first time in Japan, a parkour match will be held in a battle format where participants will show their 10-second flows to each other one-on-one to determine the winner.Visitors will be able to see the power of parkour up close and vivid.

Kids Chase Tag
This is the ultimate tag sport, a competitive version of “play” that anyone can play, regardless of their expertise in the sport.Two players compete to see who can escape or be caught within a 20-second time limit.

■ What is URBAN SPORTS

Urban sports is a generic term for urban sports such as skateboarding, BMX, breaking, and parkour.It is not only a sport, but is closely connected with street culture such as music, fashion, and art.Skateboarding and BMX will become a major movement in 2021, and with the success of a Japanese skateboarder who won a gold medal in skateboarding, their popularity is increasing.With the background that the younger generation in Japan in particular is emerging and leading the world, we are holding this festival with the support of the Yokohama Civic Affairs Bureau to introduce these athletes and culture to the world from Yokohama.

■ Outline of the event

• Event Name：YOKOHAMA URBAN SPORTS FESTIVAL 2022 （Abb：YUSF）
• Place：Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse Event Plaza, Akarenga Park (Address: 1-1 Shinko, Naka-ku, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture)
• Date of the Event：Sat, June 4 and Sun, June 5, 2022
• Addmission fee：free
• Organizer：YOKOHAMA URBAN SPORTS FESTIVAL 2022 Executive Commitee
• Sponsors：GoPro / Rokko Butter Corporation / FIJI Water / Manhattan Portage / ChargeSPOT / KIBACOWORKS / BRIEFING / Casio Computer Co./ JOYSOUND
• Associate Sponsors：General Incorporated Association ARK LEAGUE / OVER THUMPZ / I AM Corporation / PKM Corporation / FINEPLAY / BEAMS SPORTS / Fanatics Japan G.K. / XANA
• Supported by: Yokohama City Citizens Bureau / J-WAVE 81.3FM
• Planning and Production: Yokohama Red Brick Co./ Shibuya Television Corporation / LAWSON ENTERTAINMENT, INC./Nomura Kogeisha Co/ Green Room Co. /ZETA Corporation

■ About XANA

NOBORDER.z has developed XANA as an NFT-based metaverse platform with blockchain infrastructure. We provide various products, services, and technologies so that users, companies, and IPs can freely perform multiple activities on the Metaverse. It is currently one of the world’s most popular metaverse platforms, announcing amazing collaborations such as the Koto Heartfull Museum, which aims to promote the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, Milan Fashion Week in Italy, ULTRAMAN, Astro Boy x local government, and many more.

■ XANA Metaverse App(public alpha version)

■ About XANALIA

XANALIA is an NFT marketplace that has attracted global attention, ranking 8th in global trading volume in July 2021 and “No. 1 NFT Marketplace in Expectations” in Japan, developed by NOBORDER.z and operated by XANALIA Limited. It features (1) NFT, (2) linkage with the Metaverse, and (3) DeFi (decentralized finance) model, which are currently the fastest growing areas in the blockchain market, and its diluted potential market capitalization exceeded $1.4 billion (approximately 165 billion yen) within one month after its launch.

Together with Pony Canyon Planning Inc., Fujiland Inc. and Fuji Creative Corporation, the company is holding the “XANALIA NFTART AWARDS 2021” to discover and support creators from around the world.

From May 2022, the “CREATIVE X AWARD 2022 supported by Western Digital” is being held for creators specializing in action sports, together with ZETA Corporation, Fuel Media Corporation, and Dentsu Inc.

■ About NoBorderZ

NoborderZ is a next-generation entertainment technology company with a vision of “a world without borders” and operations in five countries worldwide, centered in New York, the USA and Dubai. The company operates a business that fuses entertainment and technology, including a metaverse based on blockchain technology and an NFT platform.

■ Contact Information

XANA, a Web 3.0 metaverse project developed by NOBORDERz (CEO Rio Takeshi Kubo) is currently raising funds and further developing its community in collaboration with DAOMaker, the world’s number one crypto launchpad. DAO Maker is helping XANA promote, and get everything ready for the IDO. DAO Maker tailored a SHO (strong holder offering) styled IDO for XANA. A total of 3648 investors staking approximately $66 million USD in total funds on DAOMaker got to participate in the $500,000 (65 million yen) SHO designed for XANA. From all the qualifying SHO participants a group of 2,576 investors received the right to purchase $XETA, the XANA Metaverse’s official tokens. XANA’s IDO received the highest total number of qualifying SHO participants in the history of DAOMaker. DAO Maker has already successfully completed IDOs for 99 other projects in the past, and always manages to attract a great deal of attention.

DAOMaker is currently the world’s #1 IDO Launchpad (a platform to help launch projects) in terms of overall rating. DAOMaker has raised more than $40 million USD for 99 projects in the past. Most of these projects have performed well since they were listed. Some of the top projects have increased in price by 200 or even 300 times from the time they were offered.

(Reference Cryptorank research) https://cryptorank.io/fundraising-platforms

Most of the projects that performed a DAO Maker SHO saw great growth after they went public, and got listed. The most recent project, Step.App, attracted significant market attention with a maximum of 147x. XANA has even managed to surpass Step.App in terms of SHO participation, and the total amount of assets that were staked to enter the XANA SHO were also higher. XANA is currently DAOMaker’s best performing project.

The IDO is called the “DAO Round”, and it limits IDO participation only to those people who are staking DAO tokens. Only users holding and staking DAO Maker tokens can participate in this IDO, and the spots for this IDO round are reserved only for the largest stakers. After this round ended on June 1, the “Public Round” started on the same day. In the 12 hours since its opening, the number of participants has already reached a record number of approximately 4,000, and the total amount of participants’ assets staked to enter the XANA IDO has reached approximately $231,357,420 USD. These figures continue to grow even now, indicating the high level of attention that XANA is receiving in the global market.

■ XANA’s Founder RIO Comments

XANA is a one-stop platform that provides all the infrastructure necessary for the coming Web 3.0 type of metaverse. In order to realize our goal of a decentralized metaverse that is truly owned by users, rather than a traditional centralized social media corporation, traditional means of fundraising through the issuance of shares will simply not work. Traditional centralized companies always look after their major institutional shareholders, and board of directors because for them it takes precedence, even if it means they end up neglecting their user base as well as the community. The initiative XANA took with DAOMaker is ideal because it allows everyone to gradually become a part of the XANA Metaverse with minimal room for corporate favoritism, thus allowing everyone to create an independent future with their own hands. As a result of collaborating with DAO Maker for this IDO, in just a few days nearly 10,000 ordinary people from all over the world have already become involved with the XANA Metaverse not just as consumers, or investors, but as community members that are part of the project. I am convinced that a funding round such as this does not, and cannot exist with traditional centralized funding mechanisms. This sale highlighted the true form of Web 3.0 type funding, and autonomous decentralized community development that the world should look forward to.

I would like to express my deepest gratitude to DAOMaker, the participants, and above all to the XANA DAO (DAO = decentralized autonomous organization) community. The XANA DAO community continues to support XANA on a daily basis, so let’s use this as a starting point to move forward together toward the new world we are aiming for.

■ About DAOMaker

Based in the Czech Republic, DAOMaker is a new funding and project support platform called “Launchpad” for the Web 3.0 era with the concept of “reinventing venture capital for everyone”. In the past, the company has successfully raised a total of approximately $40 million USD for 99 projects. It is currently the world’s number one launchpad and IDO platform.

■ About XANA

NOBORDER.z has developed XANA as an NFT-based metaverse platform with blockchain infrastructure. We provide various products, services, and technologies so that users, companies, and IPs can freely perform multiple activities on the Metaverse. It is currently one of the world’s most popular metaverse platforms, announcing amazing collaborations such as the Koto Heartfull Museum, which aims to promote the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, Milan Fashion Week in Italy, ULTRAMAN, Astro Boy x local government, and many more.

■ XANA Metaverse App (Public Alpha Version)

■ About NoBorderZ

NoborderZ is a next-generation entertainment technology company with a vision of “a world without borders” and operations in five countries worldwide, centered in New York, the USA and Dubai. The company operates a business that fuses entertainment and technology, including a metaverse based on blockchain technology and an NFT platform.

■ Contact Information

NOBORDER.z FZE (CEO: RIO TAKESHI KUBO), a blockchain company developing the XANA metaverse, has partnered with Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, to acquire from Binance NFT, Tezuka Co. (President: Takayuki Matsutani), JTB Corporation and JCB Corporation, and J&J Business Creation Inc.(President: Masami Suzuki). With the cooperation with the mentioned companies, NoborderZ has announced the release of the Tottori Prefecture version of the NFT game card series “ASTROBOY x JAPAN (Local Atom) NFT”, a joint project with JTB and JCB, Inc. under the theme of regional development.

■ About「ASTROBOY x JAPAN（Local Atom）NFT」
This NFT project will bring together Tezuka Productions’ globally influential manga and anime content, the JTB Group’s network of tourism resources and local governments throughout Japan, XANA’s metaverse, and NFT games, in order to support the recovery of the regional economy and domestic tourism market that was severely damaged by the Corona disaster. The project aims to support the recovery by presenting NFTs that can be used in NFT games in the metaverse to the global market.At a press conference held by Tottori Prefecture Governor Shinji Hirai, the governor himself announced that Tottori Prefecture had become the first collaborator in the project, attracting a great deal of attention. This is the first time in Japan’s history that a local government has collaborated with an NFT game.

■ Details of this sale

This launch will include 20,000 regular NFT cards (pre-registration sales) from Binance NFT, 5,000 regular NFT cards (available for direct purchase) from Galler, a Binance Group company, and 2,100 first-run limited edition from XANA’s NFT marketplace, XANALIA Genesis NFT cards (pre-registration sales), followed by regular NFT cards, respectively. From Binance NFT, special NFTs will be sold on a pre-registration basis through a “staking page” as a major event.

■ Binance NFT

■ Galler NFT

■ XANA・XANALIA

■ Social Contribution of this Project

The project will donate a portion of the proceeds to each local industry for the purpose of promoting a renewed demand for after-corona inbound tourism, and to the 「Binance Lunch For Children」, a charity sponsored by Binance that delivers meals to children in countries suffering from starvation.

■ First Collaboration Region 「Tottori Prefecture」

As the first local collaboration in Japan, Tottori Prefecture will be involved in various prefecture-wide efforts to promote the space industry and be the first prefecture in Japan. The tie-up with Tottori Prefecture, which is also branding itself as “Hoshitori Prefecture” because it is the best city in Japan for continuously observing the starry sky, has been decided. The appeal of Tottori Prefecture’s various scenic spots, culture, and food will be promoted by fusing them with new technology.

■ About Astro Boy

「Astro Boy」 is a famous manga series created by Japanese cartoonist Osamu Tezuka. The plot is set in the future of the 21st century, where Atom, a kind-hearted 100,000-horsepower robot boy, uses his seven powers to significant effect. The story is loved not only in Japan but around the world.

■ About Tezuka Productions

Founded in 1968 by Osamu Tezuka himself as a manga and animation production company. The company has created many masterpieces that have gone down in the history of manga and animation around the world, including “Astro Boy,” “The Bird of Fire,” and “Black Jack. In addition to copyright control and animation production of Tezuka’s works, the company also manages the Osamu Tezuka Memorial Museum in Takarazuka City, Hyogo Prefecture.

■ About J&J Business Creation Inc.

A joint venture business development company jointly established by JTB Corporation and JCB Corporation (JCB). The company is engaged in cutting-edge project development and promotion utilizing the management resources of the two companies.

■ What is NFTDuel?

NFTDuel” is a trading card game, one of the world’s most popular game genres, that uses NFT technology to grant users true ownership of the cards themselves, allowing them to trade them freely on the global market.In addition, users themselves become avatars and can freely interact and compete with other users they meet in the NFT-constructed metaverse.In “NFTDuel: Local Atom Collection,” users can own NFTs filled with the charm and culture of various regions of Japan, play with them, create new cards by combining them with each other, and sell or trade the cards for profit.

■ About XANA

NOBORDER.z has developed XANA as an NFT-based metaverse platform with blockchain infrastructure. We provide various products, services, and technologies so that users, companies, and IPs can freely perform multiple activities on the Metaverse. It is currently one of the world’s most popular metaverse platforms, announcing amazing collaborations such as the Koto Heartfull Museum, which aims to promote the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, Milan Fashion Week in Italy, ULTRAMAN, Astro Boy x local government, and many more.

■ XANA Metaverse App (Public Alpha Version)

■ About XANALIA

XANALIA is an NFT marketplace that has attracted global attention, ranking 8th in global trading volume in July 2021 and “No. 1 NFT Marketplace in Expectations” in Japan, developed by NOBORDER.z and operated by XANALIA Limited. It features (1) NFT, (2) linkage with the Metaverse, and (3) DeFi (decentralized finance) model, which are currently the fastest growing areas in the blockchain market, and its diluted potential market capitalization exceeded $1.4 billion (approximately 165 billion yen) within one month after its launch.

Together with Pony Canyon Planning Inc., Fujiland Inc. and Fuji Creative Corporation, the company is holding the “XANALIA NFTART AWARDS 2021” to discover and support creators from around the world.

■ About NoBorderZ

NoborderZ is a next-generation entertainment technology company with a vision of “a world without borders” and operations in five countries worldwide, centered in New York, the USA and Dubai. The company operates a business that fuses entertainment and technology, including a metaverse based on blockchain technology and an NFT platform.

■ Contact Information

XANA Metaverse, developed by NoBorderZ (CEO: Rio Takeshi Kubo) in cooperation with ZETA Corporation, Fule Media Inc, and Dentsu Inc. has announced the “CREATIVE X AWARD 2022” supported by Western Digital. This is a creative award for NFT creators who are specialized in action sports NFTs. The entry submission for the entries has been started.

Action sports have been attracting more and more attention in recent years due to the rising success of domestic and foreign athletes and the support of the media around the world. The power of photographers, filmmakers, and other creators has played a significant role in supporting this trend. Globally, as top athletes and sports teams are adopting NFTs and advancing new developments, this award adopts a cutting-edge approach of accepting NFT applications, NFT creators, the NFT market, and the action sports market. This award will promote new possibilities for mutual development.

NFT submissions will be accepted on the XANALIA website, and those that pass the screening process will be published on XANALIA which is  XANA’s NFT marketplace.

XANA will promote the winning NFT in the global NFT marketplace, and the winning entry will be converted into a Metaverse compatible NFT. They will also receive XANA’s first original NFT collection and virtual land in the XANA Metaverse.

■ NFT Submission Page

https://www.xanalia.com/creative_x_award_2022

■ Award Prize

■ Outline of the Event

■ Outline of the Work

Jury Members

■ Screening Committee Chairman

Hitoshi Kajino

CEO, Fule Media Co.

He is a video producer and action sports journalist. He has directed numerous video productions for action sports brands and companies. He has also actively covered the world’s big contests, such as X-GAMES and Red Bull X-Fighters, and has been involved in action sports media both in Japan and abroad. In 2012, he established Fule Media Inc. to plan and produce a wide range of action sports content.

■ Judge

Satoshi Kuroda / Director

After working for a C.G. company, he joined P.I.C.S. in 2006. Currently belongs to P.I.C.S. management. In addition to video direction, he has also built a career in Art Direction, Motion Graphics, 3DCG production, etc. In addition to planning and directing commercials, music videos, and OOH, he has collaborated with musicians on videos and developed original works based on street culture and action sports themes. He is also active in various activities, including collaboration with musicians and original works based on street culture and action sports themes.

Hidenori Matsuoka / Creative Art Director

Hidenori Matsuoka has a deep knowledge of street culture, especially art, fashion, and action sports, and has published the free art and culture magazine “Hidden Champion” since 2003. He also publishes photography and art books and manages and curates art shows. His recent works include art direction for the skateboarding photo book “NIKE SB TSUMAMI (photo by Nobuo Izeki)”.

Yusuke Kashiwazaki / Cinematographer / Photographer

After studying under Roland Kirishima, Yusuke Kashiwazaki became independent in 2011 and is active in various genres, from TV commercials, web commercials, and advertising photography to short movies, music videos, and other film and graphic works. He has also produced many works with action sports as his subject.

Jason Halayko/Photographer

Jason Halayko has photographed a wide variety of action sports, including FMX, BMX, snowboarding, and breakdancing. In 2022, his work was published in RED BULL ILLUME, the authority on action sports photography.

■ About XANA

NOBORDER.z has developed XANA as an NFT-based metaverse platform with blockchain infrastructure. We provide various products, services, and technologies so that users, companies, and IPs can freely perform multiple activities on the Metaverse. It is currently one of the world’s most popular metaverse platforms, announcing amazing collaborations such as the Koto Heartfull Museum, which aims to promote the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, Milan Fashion Week in Italy, ULTRAMAN, Astro Boy x local government, and many more.

■ XANA Metaverse App (Public Alpha Version)

■ About XANALIA

XANALIA is an NFT marketplace that has attracted global attention, ranking 8th in global trading volume in July 2021 and “No. 1 NFT Marketplace in Expectations” in Japan, developed by NOBORDER.z and operated by XANALIA Limited. It features (1) NFT, (2) linkage with the Metaverse, and (3) DeFi (decentralized finance) model, which are currently the fastest growing areas in the blockchain market, and its diluted potential market capitalization exceeded $1.4 billion (approximately 165 billion yen) within one month after its launch.

Together with Pony Canyon Planning Inc., Fujiland Inc. and Fuji Creative Corporation, the company is holding the “XANALIA NFTART AWARDS 2021” to discover and support creators from around the world.

■ About NoBorderZ

NoborderZ is a next-generation entertainment technology company with a vision of “a world without borders” and operations in five countries worldwide, centered in New York, the USA and Dubai. The company operates a business that fuses entertainment and technology, including a metaverse based on blockchain technology and an NFT platform.

■ Contact Information

NOBORDER.z FZE (Representative: RIO TAKESHI KUBO / hereinafter referred to as NOBORDER.z) has partnered with Bybit, one of the world’s largest crypto asset exchanges, to sell NFT of “ULTRAMAN” (Eiichi Shimizu x Tomohiro Shimoguchi / Published by Heroes Inc.) for use in the NFT game “XANA” in the XANA metaverse.The NFT was sold out in just 10 seconds.

XANA, one of the world’s most popular blockchain-based metaverse platforms today, has partnered with Bybit, one of the world’s largest crypto asset exchanges with a daily trading volume of over 600 billion yen, to sell NFT game cards for “ULTRAMAN” as the first IP for NFTDuel, an NFT game in the XANA metaverse.A Bybit’s exclusive mystery box was sold for $50, and 20,000 NFT (4,000 packs)(25.6 million Japanese yen) sold out in 10 seconds!, making it one of the biggest successes in the history of Bybit NFT. The total secondary sales amounted to more than 60 million yen in two days.

The NFT released this time contains rare cards at three times the rate of the regular NFT packs of “NFTDuel” to be released by XANA in the future, and In addition, the NFT was a ByBit exclusive, containing a 1% chance of containing the top-ranked first-ranked “Genesis Card” series of limited edition cards, which are currently priced between 60,000 yen and 3 million yen on XANALIA, the NFT marketplace of XANA.The sale was instantaneous, with approximately 2,000 people able to get their hands on the packs, and the opening event was a great success in each community.

■ XANA’s comments

Bybit is one of the most successful platforms in the global crypto asset market and we are very pleased to be partnering with them as they have a large community of loyal users.NFT will create even more value by becoming a part of the Metaverse and will bring new business models to IP holders, creators, and the communities that support them. Together with Bybit, we plan to continue to bring great Japanese IP to the world in a new style.

■ Bybit’s comment

XANA is one of the most successful platforms in the field, excelling at creating content from attractive IP into a utility-rich metaverse using state-of-the-art methods.It is also well known for being very community oriented and is a very promising project.We look forward to have another great collaboration with them.”

■ NFTDUEL

NFT DUEL” is one of the most popular game genres in the world.It is a trading card game that uses NFT technology to grant users true ownership of the cards themselves, allowing them to trade them freely in the global marketplace.In addition, users themselves become avatars and can freely interact and compete with other users they meet in the metaverse created by the NFT.

■ About “ULTRAMAN” (Eiichi Shimizu and Tomohiro Shimoguchi)

ULTRAMAN – A Japanese manga series by Eiichi Shimizu and Tomohiro Shimoguchi released by Comiplex(https://viewer.heros-web.com/), is the comic series inspired by “Ultraman Series” – SFX Tokusatsu TVseries produced by Tsuburaya Productions. The story unfolds decades after the world depicted in Original “Ultraman” .The full 3DCG anime version has also been distributed worldwide over 192 countries exclusively by Netflix since April 2019 and has won first place in “What’s Hot? 2019: Top 10 Most Watched Anime (Japan)” by Netflix. The production of SEASON 2 has already been announced for spring of 2022. It has been translated into 11 languages

■ About XANA

NOBORDER.z is developing an NFT-based metaverse platform and blockchain infrastructure. It provides various products, services, and technologies that allow users, companies, and IPs to conduct various activities on the metaverse freely. It is currently one of the world’s most popular metaverse platforms, announcing collaborations such as the Koto Heartfull Museum, which aims to promote the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, Milan Fashion Week in Italy, ULTRAMAN, Astro Boy x local government, and many more.

XANA Metaverse App (public alpha version).

■ About XANALIA
XANALIA is an NFT marketplace that has attracted global attention, ranking 8th in global trading volume in July 2021 and “No. 1 NFT Marketplace in Expectations” in Japan, developed by NOBORDER.z and operated by XANALIA Limited. It features (1) NFT, (2) linkage with the Metaverse, and (3) DeFi (decentralized finance) model, which are currently the fastest growing areas in the blockchain market, and its diluted potential market capitalization exceeded $1.4 billion (approximately 165 billion yen) within one month after its launch.

Together with Pony Canyon Planning Inc., Fujiland Inc. and Fuji Creative Corporation, the company is holding the “XANALIA NFTART AWARDS 2021” to discover and support creators from around the world.

■ About NOBORDER.z
A next-generation entertainment technology company with a vision of “Wonderful world with Noborders” and operations in five countries around the world, centered in New York, USA and Dubai. The company operates a business that fuses entertainment and technology, including a metaverse based on blockchain technology and an NFT platform.

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NOBORDER.z FZE (Representative: RIO TAKESHI KUBO / hereafter referred to as NOBORDER.z) is pleased to announce that in the XANA metaverse and XANALIA NFT marketplace developed by NOBORDER.z, the company has launched an avatar NFT adapted to the Heroes, Inc. (President: Katsuya Shirai / hereafter “Heroes”) announces the metaverse-compatible avatar NFT adaptation of the comic ” (English name: ROOSTER FIGHTER)” (written by Shu Sakuratani). It achieved record sales of “100 million yen (267 ETH) in initial sales.”

ROOSTER FIGHTER is a manga work that takes on the unprecedented theme of “A rooster saves mankind in rooster battle action!”
XANA fell in love with the unconventional characters and setting, and as soon as the first volume of the manga was released in Japan, they applied for an NFT version.After months of deliberation on how to turn this groundbreaking content into an NFT for the Metaverse era.In addition to the PFP (Profile Avatar), which is currently the standard in the NFT world, XANA also developed

1. 3D avatars that can be used in the metaverse.
2. NFT game NFTDuel, an NFT game in the same metaverse.
3. Breeding functionality, which is popular in the NFT game market.

The plan was to make NFTs with the following utilities (uses), and a month-long pre-order event was held in various countries around the world.In China, the company collaborated with OKX, currently the second largest crypto exchange in the world (https://cryptorank.io/調べ), to set up a limited pre-order window.In South Korea, where NFTs are rapidly developing, we tied up with more than 40 influencers.Other similar promotions were conducted globally in Japan, Italy, Indonesia and Thailand.

As soon as it opened, there was a rush of accesses and the servers went down at times.Eventually, 3,000 NFT were purchased in the price range of 0.08 ETH to 0.1 ETH, and sales exceeded 100 million Japanese yen.

In the NFT market, which is growing explosively, mainly Overseas ,there are still only a few projects from Japan that have exceeded 100 million yen in initial sales, and this is the highest amount for an NFT, metaverse NFT or NFT game based on a Japanese manga.

XANA initially issued NFTs depicting three different patterns of “eggs” and prepared for the “hatching of the eggs” one week after the start of sales.The XANA community called it a ‘hatching’, and for several days users had been sending out numerous messages about how they were looking forward to seeing how their eggs would turn into Roosters.The time of the hatching took place on the night of 24 April, XANA discord server with 47,000 people, many users immediately changed their icons to Roosters with which they had obtained and the chat about the humorous Roosters created by Shu Sakuratani, which are unique, flowed at high speed within seconds, and was very exciting.

The proceeds will be used for the ongoing development of a 3D version of the avatar, the game function and the breeding function.Roosters that do not hatch this time will be born in the future through ‘breeding’, in which NFTs are crossbred.The Roosters sold for the first time this time will be differentiated from later generations in terms of functionality as the Zeroth Generation, making them extremely valuable, and their price has already more than trebled in the secondary distribution market in XANALIA.The pioneering breedable NFT ‘Axie Infinity’ has been sold for more than 10 million yen two years after the release of the initial rare character NFTs.

■ About the Rooster fighter

A manga work that explores the unprecedented theme of “A rooster saves humanity!”.
“One Rooster saves mankind, Rooster Battle Action!”. The protagonist is a wild and compassionate Rooster that loves women and sea urchins.He defeats his enemies with only his war cry “cock-a-doodle-doo” and his specialized kicks.With its powerful illustrations and tearful, funny plot twists, the manga continues to attract fans in Japan and abroad.

On 18 December 2020, just a few hours after the start of the series ” Episode 1: Zushuu Chou San”.More than 100,000 users from the USA – Central and South America – the Philippines and other countries visited the web comic distribution site “Comipre~Manga Theatre updated every Friday at 12:00” (https://viewer.heros-web.com/), the media for the series.

In recognition to this response, the author, Shu Sakuratani, distributed a free trial of the first three episodes (in Spanish) on his Twitter account for a limited period of time.The manga has received an unprecedented response, with the number of followers increasing from approximately 3,000 to 63,000, and the manga being translated and published in nine languages in approximately 35 countries around the world around the time the first volume of the manga was released in Japan.

■ Story

A deformed creature called “Kiju” suddenly appears and begins to attack mankind with overwhelming force. The town was destroyed and the people were in desperation. Just when everyone was about to give up, a shadow appears to stand up to the Kiju! ou guys, I’m in Tosaka! A small hope landed in front of humanity. It was a Rooster!

■ About the author: Shu Sakuraya

His best-known works include Rooster fighter and T-DRAGON.In T-DRAGON, he becomes a 1.8 cm body and steps into a microscopic world to fight against the threat of “bugs” in a “micro sci-fi action” film. He is an entertainer who is capable of creating a wide variety of works.Human love is always at the heart of his stories. Through Chicken Fighter, he has been supported by around 63,000 fans worldwide, for which he is very grateful. He is a cartoonist with a sense of duty and humanity, and is so grateful for this that he regularly produces original illustrations.

■ About Heroes Inc.

Engaged in the planning, operation and production of web comic sites and character contents.He runs the web comic distribution site “Comipre~Manga Theatre updated every Friday at 12:00” (https://viewer.heros-web.com/), which features a variety of popular works, including “ULTRAMAN”, “Kamen Rider Kuuga”, “Toshima Tanzaburo wa Kamen Rider ni naritai”, “Atom the Beginning”, “Double” Major shareholders are Kinoshita Group Inc and Shogakukan Creative Inc.

■ About XANA

NOBORDER.z is developing an NFT-based metaverse platform and blockchain infrastructure. It provides various products, services, and technologies that allow users, companies, and IPs to conduct various activities on the metaverse freely. It is currently one of the world’s most popular metaverse platforms, announcing collaborations such as the Koto Heartfull Museum, which aims to promote the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, Milan Fashion Week in Italy, ULTRAMAN, Astro Boy x local government, and many more.

XANA Metaverse App (public alpha version).

■ About XANALIA
XANALIA is an NFT marketplace that has attracted global attention, ranking 8th in global trading volume in July 2021 and “No. 1 NFT Marketplace in Expectations” in Japan, developed by NOBORDER.z and operated by XANALIA Limited. It features (1) NFT, (2) linkage with the Metaverse, and (3) DeFi (decentralized finance) model, which are currently the fastest growing areas in the blockchain market, and its diluted potential market capitalization exceeded $1.4 billion (approximately 165 billion yen) within one month after its launch.

Together with Pony Canyon Planning Inc., Fujiland Inc. and Fuji Creative Corporation, the company is holding the “XANALIA NFTART AWARDS 2021” to discover and support creators from around the world.

■ About NOBORDER.z
A next-generation entertainment technology company with a vision of “Wonderful world with Noborders” and operations in five countries around the world, centered in New York, USA and Dubai. The company operates a business that fuses entertainment and technology, including a metaverse based on blockchain technology and an NFT platform.

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NOBORDER.z FZE (CEO: RIO TAKESHI KUBO) held a successful fan meeting event, “Shinnosuke Tachibana Metaverse Fan Meeting”, at a special venue in the “XANA” metaverse developed by the company. The event was for overseas audiences, featuring one of Japan’s most popular voice actors, Shinnosuke Tachibana; he is one of Japan’s leading voice actors. A device was used to enclose Tachibana’s voice recorded on the day of the event in the NFT event ticket at a later date; the NFT was upgraded to include the voice, to the delight of those who purchased the ticket.

This NFT card has the utility of a ticket for live streaming of the fan meeting and entry to the meetup venue in the metaverse. In addition, after the event, Shinnosuke Tachibana himself recorded his live voice on the spot, and the purchaser’s NFT ticket was upgraded to an NFT ticket with voice. There were eight patterns of live voices, making this the first voice NFT by a leading Japanese voice actor and a very premium experience for fans.

The limited-sale NFT ticket holders could only view the live streaming. It was simultaneously related to a large monitor in the special XANA Metaverse world, where Tachibana could watch fans in the Metaverse dance, comment, and interact with other fan avatars in real-time, creating the event a great success.

■ Metaverse Live

Each avatar walked around the venue talking to and touching each other.

Avatar participants dancing in the hall and expressing their joy with their movements.

Some users’ bodies responded on their own, jambing in tandem with Tachibana’s intense gameplay.

In general, through this success, XANA and Shinnosuke Tachibana have presented the possibility of a new place of expression and products for voice actors in the coming NFT and metaverse era.

■ Shinnosuke Tachibana Profile

Voice actor and writer. Born 26 April 1978, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. Type A. He was the voice of Masamichi Takizawa in Tokyo Ghouls. Idolish Seven: Yuki Sen. God Begins”, “Mamoru Tomoe”, and
“The World’s First Love”, Chiaki Yoshino, Hikyuu! Morisuke Yaku,. The Kenshiro of the anime “DD Hokuto no Ken”, and Yuuki Tachimukai from Inazuma Eleven and many others.

■ About XANA

NOBORDER.z is developing an NFT-based metaverse platform and blockchain infrastructure. It provides various products, services, and technologies that allow users, companies, and IPs to conduct various activities on the metaverse freely. It is currently one of the world’s most popular metaverse platforms, announcing collaborations such as the Koto Heartfull Museum, which aims to promote the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, Milan Fashion Week in Italy, ULTRAMAN, Astro Boy x local government, and many more.

■ About XANALIA

XANALIA is an NFT marketplace that has attracted global attention, ranking 8th in global trading volume in July 2021 and “No. 1 NFT Marketplace in Expectations” in Japan, developed by NOBORDER.z and operated by XANALIA Limited. It features (1) NFT, (2) linkage with the Metaverse, and (3) DeFi (decentralized finance) model, which are currently the fastest growing areas in the blockchain market, and its diluted potential market capitalization exceeded $1.4 billion (approximately 165 billion yen) within one month after its launch.

Together with Pony Canyon Planning Inc., Fujiland Inc. and Fuji Creative Corporation, the company is holding the “XANALIA NFTART AWARDS 2021” to discover and support creators from around the world.

■ About NOBORDER.z

A next-generation entertainment technology company with a vision of “a world without borders” and expanding its business in five countries around the world, centered on New York and Dubai in the United States. It is a business that integrates entertainment and technology such as Metaverse based on blockchain technology and NFT platform.

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NOBORDER.z FZE CEO: RIO TAKESHI KUBO), together with Pony Canyon Planning Inc. (President: Kazuya Maeda) and Fuji Creative Corporation (President: Kazuya Maeda), will host the NFT exhibition at XANA Meta gallery. The top 50 works selected from the “XANALIA NFTART AWARDS 2021,” an awards competition to highlight new NFT creators from around the world, will be selected for the “XANA”. “Metagallery” museum, a 3D virtual space in the XANA metaverse developed by the company.

The “XANALIA NFTART AWARDS 2021” will exhibit 50 NFTs, including the winning entry, in the “Meta Gallery” from among 479 nominated entries out of 1248 NFTs submitted from all over the world.

The XANA metaverse is currently attracting worldwide attention as a next-generation infrastructure and platform that allows any user to easily develop games and businesses in the metaverse.

NFT works to be held within XANA’s “Metagallery” can be bid on through XANALIA, an NFT marketplace linked to XANA, which allows those who do not have cryptocurrency to bid with a credit card.

The deadline for bidding is Saturday, April 30, 2022, at 23:59, and the works will be available for enjoyment in the “Metagallery” at any time after the auction ends.

* If you look at the video work nearby, you can see the dynamic movement.

* A total of 50 NFT works are on display at the venue.

* There are many colorful works, and many works that entertain the viewer.

Mobile compatible models and how to download apps

◉ iPhone

◉ Android

■ About future schedule

■ About XANA

NOBORDER.z is developing an NFT-based metaverse platform and blockchain infrastructure. It provides various products, services, and technologies that allow users, companies, and IPs to conduct various activities on the metaverse freely. It is currently one of the world’s most popular metaverse platforms, announcing collaborations such as the Koto Heartfull Museum, which aims to promote the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, Milan Fashion Week in Italy, ULTRAMAN, Astro Boy x local government, and many more.

■ About XANALIA

XANALIA is an NFT marketplace that has attracted global attention, ranking 8th in global trading volume in July 2021 and “No. 1 NFT Marketplace in Expectations” in Japan, developed by NOBORDER.z and operated by XANALIA Limited. It features (1) NFT, (2) linkage with the Metaverse, and (3) DeFi (decentralized finance) model, which are currently the fastest growing areas in the blockchain market, and its diluted potential market capitalization exceeded $1.4 billion (approximately 165 billion yen) within one month after its launch.

Together with Pony Canyon Planning Inc., Fujiland Inc. and Fuji Creative Corporation, the company is holding the “XANALIA NFTART AWARDS 2021” to discover and support creators from around the world.

■ About NOBORDER.z

A next-generation entertainment technology company with a vision of “a world without borders” and operations in five countries around the world, centred in New York, USA and Dubai. The company operates a business that fuses entertainment and technology, including a metaverse based on blockchain technology and an NFT platform.

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