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Hayato “Kevin” Mitsuishi is Producer and CEO of Kevin’s Entertainment, a film production company based in Los Angeles.

Many of his films include Japanese elements such as theme, talent, director, or location. This is due to his cultural background and ties to the country.

Hayato was born and raised in Toronto, Canada to Japanese parents, went to New York for high school, then to Tokyo, Japan for college.

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After graduating from college, Hayato joined a Japanese trading company working in the Accounting and Business development divisions. 

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He then came to Los Angeles to pursue his MBA and career in entertainment.

 

After graduating from business school, he worked at 20th Century Fox as an international market consultant. The following year, he founded Kevin's Entertainment and offered film production, talent management, and consulting services to his US and Japanese clientele. 

Through his endeavors to promote mutual appreciation between Japan and Hollywood, Hayato co-founded the Japan Film Society, a non-profit organization established to promote Japanese film and culture in the United States. He then founded LA EigaFest, a Japanese film festival in Los Angeles that ran from 2011 - 2015.

Hayato received his MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management in Los Angeles and holds a BA in Business and Commerce from Keio University in Tokyo, Japan.