Hasta La Creative!

Insights, Strategy and the Idea:
Euglena is a new brand of nutritious food and drink. Though their products are superior to competitors, their sales didn’t rise because consumers weren’t aware of their name. So, we and Euglena decided to buy the naming rights, not of a building, but the naming rights of ‘an
individual,’ known as a popular basketball commentator on radio.

Creative Execution:
Euglena bought the naming rights of Mr.Jose, who is a popular basketball commentator on radio, and changed his name to ‘Mr. Euglena.’ And then, he commented on live radio program of a basketball game, which Euglena sponsored. Between the quarters of the game, Mr.Euglena also appeared on several radio commercials of Euglena’s products.

Results and Effectiveness:
As a result, ‘Euglena’ dominated the whole game. During the 120 minute-radio program, ‘Euglena’ was called 54 times. Also they talked about Euglena for approximately 11 minutes in total. This helped pushing up the sales of Euglena products by more than 50% from the previous year.

Advertising Agency: Dentsu, Tokyo, Japan
Creative Director: Yoji Sakamoto
Copywriter: Hirofumi Hayashi
Advertiser’s Supervisor: Akihiko Nagata
Account Manager: Satoshi Takasugi
Art Director: Yoshikatsu Miyasaka, Taiki Kawase
Strategist: Norihito Sako, Kazuki Tsuburaku
Director: Yuichiro Nakamura (Rok)
Production Company: Rok