PRESS RELEASE
2023.02.14
Announcement on “IPSILON WEST” Project Launch
The event planning/production company Glitter Agency (Headquarters: Naka-ku, Nagoya; Representative Director: Tetsuya Okamura) has formed a business alliance with the ever-evolving model agency IPSILON with a long history (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Hideki Sakai) to launch the “IPSILON WEST” project.
IPSILON WEST is a project to discover models from Japan and abroad who aim to beak onto the global fashion scene and connect them with Tokyo and the rest of the world. As the first step of the project, the “GO RUNWAY” audition, a public audition to find “Sporty Models” who have a healthy and sporty mindset, will be held. It will take place at the world’s largest women’s marathon, the Nagoya Women’s Marathon’s Expo site.
Those selected as “Sporty Models” will not only be featured in the main visual for the Nagoya Women’s Marathon 2024 (to be held in March 2024), but will also be introduced to partner corporations, listed as models with a leading modeling agency in Japan, and receive professional training that will pave the way for a leap onto the world stage (RUNWAY).
At the Nagoya Women’s Marathon 2024, a health and sports-themed fashion show, “GO WOMEN x GO RUNWAY,” will be held. It will be a great promotional opportunity to attract domestic and international media from the approximately 90-meter runway, which will also serve as the stage for the world’s top athletes’ competition and Japan’s national marathon team trials.
Audition Outline
- Winners
- A limited number of winners will be selected.
- Applicant Eligibility
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・No professional experience is required.
・Those who sympathize with the project concept.
・Those who are able to perform modeling activities.
・Those who are able to participate in the face-to-face audition on Saturday, March 11, 2023.
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*Please consult with us if you already belong to a modeling agency.
*Those who work for stock photography, etc., and waive their portrait rights are not eligible to apply for this audition.
*Applicants under the age of 18 must obtain the consent of a parent or guardian.
- Audition Process
- Application >> Document screening >> Selection at a face-to-face audition
- Document Screening
- Please send your profile and promotional photos to the application address below.
- Application Period
- Tuesday, February 14, 2023 – Tuesday, March 7, 2023
- Final Screening
- The final screening will be held in-person on March 11at the Nagoya Women’s Marathon Expo site.
For inquiries and application for this event, please contact:
“GO WOMEN × GO RUNWAY” Model Audition Management Office
IPSILON WEST Project Partner
■ IPSILON Inc.
( https://www.ipsilon-japan.com/ )
IPSILON Inc. is a Tokyo-based modeling agency with a long history, celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. It has a large number of models who have appeared in the Paris and Milan collections, as well as in Vogue and other leading fashion magazines. In addition, the agency has many models from different generations who have appeared in commercials for cars, interiors, home appliances, and other products that enrich people’s lives and are expanding their fields of activity. It also supports businesses with its multidiscipline network by casting members that fit the purpose and theme, such as fashion, beauty, luxury, and lifestyle, and by building unique teams that best serve the purpose, such as product development, marketing, and branding proposals/supervision that cannot be replicated by others.
IPSILON WEST Project Company
■ Glitter Agency, Inc.
( https://glitter-agency.co.jp/en/ )
Glitter Agency, Inc. is a project/brand production company that creates new content and brightens people’s lives through the combination of the Agency Sector, which supports models and athletes, and the Communication Sector, which provides planning, production, and marketing services.