User:Mikeintokyo/Koji Kamibayashi

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Koji Kamibayashi (born October 10, 1960 in Sapporo, Japan), was the founder and CEO of TV Tokyo Broadband. "[http://smart-grid.tmcnet.com/news/2006/02/23/1400116.htm TV Tokyo affiliate to become biggest shareholder in FM Inter-Wave]", TV Tokyo Broadband is also know as TXBB, "[http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/companyProfile?symbol=3786.T Reuters: TV TOKYO BROADBAND ENTERTAINMENT,INC.]", which went public on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 2005 (3786:Tokyo)."[http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot.asp?ticker=3786:JP businessweek.com TXBB]", He also was the largest shareholder of InterFM (officially: FM Inter-Wave) in Tokyo, Japan.

As CEO of TXBB, he was responsible for bringing many famous animations such as Peanuts, Snoopy and Woodstock, France's Miffy, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Russia's Cheburashka, among others, to Japan. "[http://www.dexigner.com/design_news/5680.html Cheburash: Animation Phenomenon Goes to TV Tokyo Broadband]", He also revived the fortunes of the children's program Sesame Street"[http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-20864494_ITM 5 Firms to Set Up Consortium for Sesame Street Biz in Japan]", when he created a consortium to control the shows fortunes in Japan after NHK dropped it; the consortium soon turned it around and made Sesame Street into a successful program in Japan.