XANA Hosts NFT Action Sports Award with the Japan’s Largest Institutions.

XANA | Metaverse
4 min readMay 13, 2022

CREATIVE X AWARD 2022 NFT Call for Entries Now Open!

XANA Metaverse, 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.

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