tofuNFT, NFT marketplace, builds a white label partnership with “CANDY GIRL”, NFT collection on AstarNetwork. It provides a single source of customer and technology infrastructure.
tofuNFT has partnered with “CANDY GIRL” as the first case of White label, which provides the customer and technology infrastructure together with X2Y2. The goal is to create an environment that facilitates the entry of Japanese artists and IPs into the NFT ecosystem.
tofuNFT announces that it has entered into a strategic partnership with “CANDY GIRL”, the first NFT virtual artist project by Mr. Yoshitaka Amano, a famous artist in the world. tofuNFT is one of the largest multi-chain NFT marketplaces and is handling multiple blockchains including Astar, a public blockchain from Japan. This project, “CANDY GIRL ‘’, is the first NFT project to realize a creator ecosystem in the web3 market. It is conducted by Twin Planet Corporation, which has produced numerous IPs, and AstarNetwork, a leading public blockchain in Japan.
With the full support of tofuNFT, which has the largest volume of secondary NFT transactions on Astar, the project will establish a creator economy in the web3 market and create an environment for Japanese artists and IP contents to expand globally in the future.
tofuNFT announced a strategic alliance with X2Y2, which also operates the NFT Marketplace, on September 13, and is focusing on joint development of the NFT Marketplace’s technology platform and collaboration in regional development. As the first step of this partnership, we are pleased to announce a partnership between AstarNetwork and “CANDY GIRL,” which is expected to become one of Japan’s leading NFT projects. We will contribute to expanding the presence of the project in Japan and helping the domestic project become active in the web3 ecosystem.
Through this technical alliance, we recreate the project’s worldview in the marketplace UI and we plan to provide a white label service that enables a more immersive and seamless user experience. We also plan to implement features such as credit card payment support and bulk purchase functionality.
Starting with this “CANDY GIRL” project, we will promote the development of a white-label service in Japan that allows projects to have their own NFT marketplace. With this step, we aim to further activate examples of NFT use in Japan, and will strive to return the knowledge and other resources that tofuNFT has developed as a multi-chain NFT marketplace to the domestic marketplace.
In the NFT ecosystem of AstarNetwork originated in Japan, web3IP from Japan including AstarCats, one of the most popular NFT collections in Asia, and overseas projects such as AstarDegen are gaining momentum. We will continue our efforts to make it easier for domestic IP and famous artists to launch their products in the future.
About the parties involved in this case
-Mr. Masayuki Fukuyama, COO of TWIN PLANET Co., Ltd
Mr. Masayuki Fukuyama is the Executive Vice President of TWIN PLANET Co., Ltd. After working at an advertising agency and as an event producer, he has been involved in product planning, development, promotion, and branding, and has been involved in the entertainment business. He was also involved in the collaboration of Isetan Mitsukoshi “DISCOVER TOKYO” and “Tokyo Girls Collection”, and later opened CANDYGIRL’s flagship store “KIKKAGALLERY” in Omotesando, Tokyo. He has also launched an illustrator art culture “pixiv WAEN GALLERY”,with pixiv, the world’s largest creator platform. The gold leaf art exhibition, celebrating 70th anniversary of Mr. Yoshitaka Amano, will be held at Myoshinji temple in Kyoto fall of 2022.
- Mr. Masaki Minamide, a.k.a Masa, Co-founder of ODENDAO
He has been in the crypto scene as a blockchain engineer in Berlin since 2017, and is currently working on numerous NFT/GameFi projects as a founder and as an advisor. Since 2021, he has gone through Mod, Admin, and Collaboration Manager roles in several large international projects, then founded AstarCats in April. AstarCats has become one of the most popular NFT projects in Asia that sold out in 2 minutes. He is the Director/PM of the CANDY GIRL project.
-Mr. Sota Watanabe, Founder of AstarNetwork
Founder of Astar Network, Japan’s first public blockchain. CEO of STAKE TECHNOLOGIES Pte Ltd. A board member of Japan Blockchain Association. An advisor to Marui Group, GMO Web3, Dentsu web3 Club, etc. In 2022, he was selected by Forbes magazine as one of Asia’s 30 under 30 in the technology category.
-Mr. Yu Numazaki, Co-founder of tofuNFT
Co-founder of COINJINJ, Inc. He released Coin Quotes in 2017, which became one of the largest virtual currency apps in Japan with 1 million downloads. tofuNFT started operations in 2021 targeting overseas markets. It has become the world’s largest multi-chain NFT marketplace, with support for over 30 chains and the largest volume of transactions on multiple chains.
About CANDY GIRL
CANDY GIRL is a fine art work featuring 108 angels that Mr. Yoshitaka Amano, the creator of Final Fantasy and many other iconic Japanese illustrations, has been working on recently.
Twin Planet, Inc. and Astar Network, a Japanese public blockchain, have formed a business alliance to establish a creator economy in the web3 market and to develop Japanese content on a global scale. As the first step of this alliance, this CANDY GIRL NFT project was launched to transfer CANDY GIRLs from the world of fine art to the web3 market as virtual artists.
The 5-year roadmap of VIRTUAL BROADWAY is planned to cross art, music, story, fashion, food, and digital in global entertainment, and NFT holders will be able to gain various utilities.
■Twitter: https://twitter.com/candygirl_nft
■Discord: https://discord.gg/candygirl
About tofuNFT
tofuNFT is the world’s largest multi-chain NFT marketplace for over 30 EVM compatible chains. Most of the transaction volume consists of blockchain games and GameFi. TofuNFT launched on BSC in October 2021 and has grown to become the largest NFT marketplace on the same chain since December. It is also already the largest NFT marketplace on Arbitrum, Metis, Boba, Aurora, Moonbeam, and Astar, and is within the top 3 on Avalanche, Polygon, Fantom, Cronos, Optimism, and other chains. In September 2022, the company announced a partnership with X2Y2, the world’s highest volume NFT marketplace.
■Website: https://tofunft.com/
■Twitter: https://twitter.com/tofuNFT
■Discord: https://discord.com/invite/3wFUTZmTm7
■Telegram: https://t.me/tofuNFT
