| Title | TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES OPENING CEREMONY / LET THE GAMES BEGIN |
| Brand | TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES |
| Product / Service | OLYMPIC OPENING CEREMONY |
| Category | B03. Sound Design |
| Entrant | GEEK PICTURES INC. Tokyo, JAPAN |
| Idea Creation | DENTSU INC. Tokyo, JAPAN |
| Production | GEEK PICTURES INC. Tokyo, JAPAN |
| Name | Company | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Akihiro Hamabe | WATCH Inc. | Art Director |
| Takayuki Hioki | The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games | Executive Producer |
| Takuji Higuchi | N/A | Writer |
| Akihiro Fukube | CATCH Inc. | Creative Advisor |
| Taito Ide | DENTSU INC. | CREATIVE |
| Kimihiro Takano | PARTY Inc. | CREATIVE |
| Shun Aoki | DENTSU LIVE INC. | CREATIVE |
| Hiroki Gedo | DENTSU LIVE INC. | CREATIVE |
| Tou Yamamoto | DENTSU LIVE INC. | SUPERVISON |
| Miwako Hosokawa | DENTSU INC. | CONCEPT |
| Anzu Kawano | DENTSU INC. | CONCEPT |
| Tokuro Maeda | DENTSU INC. | Agency Prpducer |
| Takashi Teguri | DENTSU INC. | Agency Prpducer |
| Masahiro Miyata | DENTSU INC. | Agency Prpducer |
| Kota Iguchi | N/A | Director |
| Kazuhiko Hiramaki | GEEK PICTURES INC. | Director |
| Naoki Ishizaka | N/A | Cinematographer |
| Masaya Nakahara | N/A | Cinematographer |
| Naoki Ishizaka | N/A | Gaffer |
| Keiko Hudson | N/A | Production Designer |
| Takuya Okada | N/A | Production Designer |
| Teruki Murakami | GEEK PICTURES INC. | Executive Producer |
| Hiroki Nakasone | GEEK PICTURES INC. | Film Producer |
| Masahiko Narita | HIBI inc. | Film Producer |
| Shiori Miyazu | GEEK PICTURES INC. | Production Manager |
| Hitomi Iwanaga | N/A | Production Manager |
| Kazuo Dan | N/A | Grip |
| Hori Hori | N/A | Hair & Make up |
| Hideyuki Kanemitsu | N/A | Stylist |
| Kota Iguchi | N/A | Editor |
| Kazuhiko Hiramaki | N/A | Editor |
| Yoichi Ishikawa | N/A | Colorist |
| Yasutaka Ishihara | N/A | Colorist |
| Endo Shunsuke | N/A | Flame Artist |
| Sangyom Kim | N/A | Visual Effects |
| Yusuke Toh | N/A | Visual Effects |
| Teppei Maki | N/A | Animator |
| Makoto Kubota | N/A | Animator |
| Tetsuya Tatamitani | N/A | Animator |
| Tatro Mikami | N/A | Special Effects Producer |
| Tatsuro Hayashi | N/A | Special Effects Producer |
| Atsushi Boda | N/A | Stop Motion |
| Tsunao Harada | N/A | Illustration |
| Ryu Mieno | N/A | Typography & GraphicDesign |
| Tomoyuki Tanaka | KiKi inc. | Sound Designer/Music Composer/Music Arranger |
| Hiroshi Nakamura | N/A | Music Composer/Music Arranger |
For the Tokyo 1964 Olympic Games, Japan devised a set of sport pictograms with the intent of creating a universal design that could be easily understood by anyone. These pictograms became a standard component of every Olympic Games since. For this year’s Games, the pictograms have been updated to become a set of “kinetic sport pictograms”, and in the ceremony, three pantomime performers will act out the 50 pictograms to introduce each of the Olympic sports and events. Their dynamic performance will intensify anticipation for each of the events of the Tokyo 2020 Games.
The TOKYO 2020 Olympics were held after a one-year postponement by COVID-19. It was broadcast all over the world as a production video of the opening ceremony.