360Channel Deploys AI Character Sakimai Ichika at SIX WAKE ROPPONGI
The project's stated handling of creator rights, where all visuals are newly drawn by lack and no generative AI is used in the CG conversion, sets the character apart from AI-driven productions that draw on existing material.
Key Facts
- Sakimai Ichika appears at SIX WAKE ROPPONGI in Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, from Thursday, October 1, 2026.
- 360Channel Inc., a Colopl Group company, handled planning, production, and direction of Sakimai Ichika.
- Illustrator lack designed Sakimai Ichika, and all of the character's visuals are newly drawn with no image-generation AI used in the 3D/CG conversion.
- Sakimai Ichika's functions include answering boat racing questions, introducing racers, everyday conversation, and commemorative photos.
- SIX WAKE ROPPONGI operates weekdays from 10:00 to 17:00.
Reporting from 2 sources: GameBusiness.jp, PANORA.
360Channel Inc., a Colopl Group company based in Tokyo, handled the planning, production, and direction of an interactive information character named Sakimai Ichika for SIX WAKE ROPPONGI, a boat racing information hub in Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo. The character appears at the facility starting Thursday, October 1, 2026. Illustrator lack designed the character, whose visuals are entirely newly drawn, with no generative AI used in the CG conversion. Sakimai Ichika runs on a conversational AI system and is set as a rookie announcer who publicizes boat racing from the facility. She answers questions about boat racing, introduces racers, handles everyday conversation, and supports commemorative photos. Her backstory describes a serious hard worker whose enthusiasm sometimes causes stumbles, and whose goal is to handle commentary for an SG (Special Grade) race. The stated aims are improving visitor satisfaction at SIX WAKE ROPPONGI and communicating boat racing's appeal to new fans.
lack's design work covers trading card games, social games, light novels, and VTubers, in addition to the Fate/Grand Order and Touken Ranbu credits cited elsewhere. 360Channel describes the experience as "unprecedented," built by combining that newly drawn character with its own production capabilities, character design, UI/UX design and gamification know-how, and AI development capabilities, according to PANORA.
The backstory gives Sakimai Ichika specific habits. When she gets too fired up she stumbles over her words during live broadcasts, or takes a spectacular fall on flat ground, and she often gets discouraged by such small mistakes with an "auu..." Her stated charm is her positivity, which lets her look forward no matter what wall she hits. She is based at SIX WAKE ROPPONGI and works every day to communicate boat racing information.
SIX WAKE ROPPONGI sits at 5-16-7 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo. It is a five minute walk from Roppongi Station on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line and Oedo Line, and eight minutes on foot from Roppongi-itchome Station on the Namboku Line. The facility is equipped with an event space and a broadcasting studio, and runs weekdays from 10:00 to 17:00. It may close temporarily without prior notice.
360Channel was established on November 2, 2015, with capital of 288 million yen including capital reserve, and is led by Representative Director and President Keiji Komatsu. Its business spans XR production, 360-degree video, spatial data, AI, and the metaverse.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.