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Tokyo—December 8, 2017—Hakuhodo Inc. (Minato-ku, Tokyo; Masayuki Mizushima, President & CEO), Japan’s second largest advertising company, is pleased to announce that Hakuhodo Group company TBWA\HAKUHODO has won 8 awards—including Japan/Korea Agency Head of the Year—at the 2017 Agency of the Year Awards held by Asia’s premier advertising journal, Campaign Asia Pacific.

TBWA\HAKUHODO also won Japan Creative Agency of the Year Silver, and in the Japan/Korea people categories won awards in the Account Person, Agency Head, New Business Development Person/Team and Young Achiever categories. Digital Arts Network Tokyo, TBWA\HAKUHODO’s digital arm, won the Japan Digital Agency of the Year Bronze.

Hakuhodo’s Yuta Okuyama was named Japan/Korea Creative Person of the Year Runner-up.

The Agency of the Year awards recognize results in advertising and communication in the five regions Southeast Asia, Japan/Korea, Greater China, South Asia and Australia/New Zealand and are judged independently by Campaign Asia Pacific.

Awards won

Agency awards

• Silver, Japan Creative Agency of the Year: TBWA\HAKUHODO Inc.

• Bronze, Japan Digital Agency of the Year: TBWA\HAKUHODO / Digital Arts Network Tokyo

Person/Team awards

• Winner, Japan/Korea Account Person of the Year: Sayaka Ohno, TBWA\HAKUHODO Inc.

• Winner, Japan/Korea Agency Head of the Year Winner: Akihiko Imai, TBWA\HAKUHODO Inc.

• Winner, Japan/Korea New Business Development Team of the Year: Sayaka’s Team, TBWA\HAKUHODO Inc.

• Winner, Japan/Korea Strategic/Brand Planner of the Year: Wataru Yamamoto, TBWA\HAKUHODO Inc.

• Winner, Japan/Korea Talent Management Person/Team of the Year: Hirotaka Fukatsu, TBWA\HAKUHODO Inc.

• Winner, Japan/Korea Young Achiever of the Year: Saiko Nakamura, TBWA\HAKUHODO Inc.

• Runner-up, Japan/Korea Creative Person of the Year: Yuta Okuyama, Hakuhodo Inc./SIX Inc.

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