Summary
Yudai Watanabe is an Account Manager APAC with eight years’ experience building digital and commercial partnerships across Asia-Pacific sports media. Leveraging an MS in International Sport Management and exchange study with Real Madrid’s program, he specializes in multi-language social strategies and original video formats that engage youth football audiences in Japanese, Korean and Chinese markets. At Footballco he leads APAC client services and has driven data-led campaigns and content for major clubs and regional platforms, producing measurable impressions and commercial outcomes. His background spans social strategy for elite clubs at Mailman and event partnership management in Japan, giving him a rare blend of on-the-ground hospitality, market insight and digital product thinking. Notably, he combines content creation instincts with regional linguistic fluency to unlock audience growth in diverse APAC markets.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Communication and Media Studies, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Communication and Media Studies at Fudan University
Master of Science - MS, International Sport Management, Master of Science - MS, International Sport Management at UCFB
Diploma of Education, Sport Management (Graduate Exchange Program), Diploma of Education, Sport Management (Graduate Exchange Program) at Escuela Universitaria Real Madrid Universidad Europea
Korean, Japanese, Chinese, English