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TBWA\HAKUHODO also awarded Japan/Korea Best Culture Gold for the fourth consecutive year at Campaign’s Agency of the Year 2022

Tokyo—December 22, 2022—Hakuhodo Inc., the world’s second largest advertising company, is pleased to announce that Philippines-based Hakuhodo Group company IdeasXMachina Group, Thailand-based Wolf BKK, and Malaysia-based Kingdom Digital Solutions have won awards at the Campaign Agency of the Year 2022 Southeast Asia awards presentation.

In addition, TBWA\HAKUHODO won Japan/Korea Best Culture Gold for the fourth time and seven other awards, including four in the Agency categories and three in People categories.

In the Southeast Asia region, the Group’s IdeasXMachina Advertising, Inc. (Philippines) won one Gold in the Agency categories for Southeast Asia Best Culture, one Silver for Southeast Asia Talent Development Program of the Year, and one Bronze for Southeast Asia Production Company of the Year via IdeasXMachina Group company FART: Visibles & Final Art Production; Wolf BKK (Thailand) won Thailand Creative Agency of the Year Bronze; and Kingdom Digital Solutions (Malaysia) won Malaysia Independent Agency of the Year Bronze.*

Campaign’s Agency of the Year recognizes outstanding business performance in advertising and communications in awards for Australia/New Zealand, Greater China, Japan/Korea, South Asia, Southeast Asia and Asia-Pacific. Scores are awarded independently by Campaign Asia-Pacific magazine.

Awards won

Southeast Asia: Agency
・Gold, Southeast Asia Best Culture: IdeasXMachina Advertising, Inc. (Philippines)
・Silver, Southeast Asia Talent Development Program of the Year: IdeasXMachina Advertising, Inc. (Philippines)
・Bronze, Southeast Asia Production Company of the Year: FART: Visibles & Final Art Production (a IdeasXMachina Group company) (Philippines)
・Bronze, Thailand Creative Agency of the Year: Wolf BKK (Thailand)
・Bronze, Malaysia Independent Agency of the Year: Kingdom Digital Solutions (Malaysia)

Southeast Asia: People
・Southeast Asia Young Business Leader of the Year: Jade “Jedd” Ilagan, IdeasXMachina Advertising, Inc. (Philippines)

Japan/Korea: Agency
・Gold, Japan/Korea Best Culture: TBWA\HAKUHODO (Japan)
・Silver, Japan/Korea Brand Experience Agency of the Year: TBWA\HAKUHODO (Japan)
・Silver, Japan/Korea Production Company of the Year: TBWA\HAKUHODO (Japan)
・Bronze, Japan Creative Agency of the Year: TBWA\HAKUHODO (Japan)
・Bronze, Japan/Korea Social Media Agency of the Year: TBWA\HAKUHODO (Japan)

Japan/Korea: People
・Japan/Korea Account Person of the Year: Shun Ozawa, TBWA\HAKUHODO (Japan)
・Japan/Korea Strategic/Brand Planner of the Year: Emi Fujita, TBWA\HAKUHODO (Japan)
・Japan/Korea Young Achiever of the Year: Misa Masuda, TBWA\HAKUHODO (Japan)

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