Chikara Kasahara

Chikara Kasahara is a Tokyo-based freelance global marketeer and artist manager bridging Asian and international music markets. Formerly at Universal Music Japan, he led campaigns for artists including Conan Gray, Rina Sawayama and more. Now with Made Management, home to AURORA, Sigrid, and ena mori, he oversees the activities in Asia while separately partnering with Chorus Asia on Japan releases for acts like Japanese Breakfast, Balming Tiger, and Jackson Wang.

About Made Management
Made Management is one of Norway’s leading music managements and exporters of talent. Since the startup in 2009, the company has helped building some of the country’s internationally best- known artists and producers.

In addition to the main office in Bergen, Norway, Made Management also has offices in Oslo and London (Made Entertainment UK) , and we recently started our own branch of the company in Latin America: Made Entertainment Americas. Together, Made Management and Made Entertainment constitutes an international driving force that provides help with management, booking, publishing, recording and PR through our own offices as well as through our partners all over the world. We cooperate with some of the largest and most important labels, agencies and publishers in the music business, yet we take pride in keeping a close and personal relationship with all our artists.

With a current roster consisting of both international flagships as well as up-and-coming new talent, we are ready to start a new and exciting chapter on the global music scene!