Takeya Kitō

Takeya Kitō
Occupation	Executive

Takeya Kitō (鬼頭武也) — Takeya Kitō (鬼頭 武也) is responsible for YouTube's music team in Japan. He has been in charge of YouTube music since around 2015. He currently serves as Head of Japan Music Partnerships at Google Japan. In an interview with Real Sound Tech, Kitō discussed Fujii Kaze's YouTube usage as a 'success case', noting that Fujii Kaze uses YouTube very three-dimensionally — not just releasing MVs but constantly publishing various kinds of content, growing the channel through diverse activities.