{"rewrite":{"id":"r_e329c7c653698c309b7cc11e","clusterId":"c_1fb9621338aaf44b42903da6","slug":"amanation-spins-off-creator-division-into-agency-aicon","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"AMANATION Spins Off Creator Division Into Agency AICON","summary":"AMANATION Inc. spun off its creator division and established AICON, a digital creator agency whose members work mainly on social media. The agency lists seven affiliated creators, among them Chiyuu with more than 5,000,000 followers, Hana no JK with more than 1,000,000, and Minahebi with more than 820,000. AICON draws on AMANATION's production staff, including illustrators and designers, for PR work.","whyItMatters":"The new agency bets that short-form social media followings, not TV or print exposure, are what companies will pay to attach to their product and event promotions, and AMANATION is structuring its creator business around that pitch.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eAMANATION Inc. set up AICON as a separate agency for creators whose followings live on social platforms. The roster spans TikTok and Instagram work: Chiyuu, Aoi, Kurumi Waribiki (Kurumin), Hana no JK, Maria, Marichan (Mogumuchi), and Minahebi. AMANATION says AICON will pair those creators with companies for product and event promotion, using in-house illustrators and designers alongside casting. Junya Kojima is representative director of AMANATION.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChiyuu\u003c/strong\u003e: more than 5,000,000 followers; known as \u0026#34;everyone\u0026#39;s big sister\u0026#34;\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAoi\u003c/strong\u003e: more than 120,000 followers; influencer and model on Instagram\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKurumi Waribiki (Kurumin)\u003c/strong\u003e: more than 340,000 followers; influencer and model on TikTok\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHana no JK\u003c/strong\u003e: more than 1,000,000 followers; emerged on TikTok\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaria\u003c/strong\u003e: more than 63,000 followers; influencer and gravure model\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMarichan (Mogumuchi)\u003c/strong\u003e: more than 160,000 followers; social media and gravure\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMinahebi\u003c/strong\u003e: more than 820,000 followers; social media and gravure\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","blueskyPost":"AICON staffs its PR work with AMANATION's own illustrators and designers, so a creator agency's promotion pipeline runs on in-house production talent rather than outside agencies.","twitterPost":"AICON pairs seven social-media creators with AMANATION's own illustrators and designers for PR work, keeping the agency's promotion in-house.","threadsPost":"AICON's roster is social-media native, but the PR work runs through AMANATION's illustrators and designers. That pairing is the operating model: creators supply the audience, the parent company's production staff supplies the brand work.","newsletterBlurb":"AMANATION Inc. has spun off its creator division into AICON, a digital creator agency built around creators who work mainly on social media. The agency names seven affiliated creators, among them Chiyuu with more than 5,000,000 followers. AICON says it will use AMANATION's production staff, including illustrators and designers, to offer PR beyond simple casting.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"ASCII.jp\",\"url\":\"https://ascii.jp/elem/000/004/442/4442657/?rss\",\"title\":\"Creator division spins off from AMANATION Inc. Next-generation digital creator agency \\\"AICON,\\\" creating new value on social media, launches\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4804,"outputTokens":818,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791975136,"createdAt":"2026-10-14T10:47:15.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-14T10:51:08.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-14T10:51:08.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_1fb9621338aaf44b42903da6","canonicalTitle":"株式会社AMANATIONからクリエイター部門が独立。SNSで新たな価値を生み出す次世代デジタルクリエイター事務所「AICON」が始動","representativeArticleId":"a_7220794c40db5c156beaf989","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[\"AMANATION\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"business\",\"domain\":\"industry\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-14T09:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-14T09:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-14T10:51:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"ASCII.jp","url":"https://ascii.jp/elem/000/004/442/4442657/?rss","title":"株式会社AMANATIONからクリエイター部門が独立。SNSで新たな価値を生み出す次世代デジタルクリエイター事務所「AICON」が始動"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":["AMANATION"],"people":[],"type":"business","domain":"industry","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}