Beth Kawasaki, formerly VP of Content and Marketing at Media Do, has joined Kodansha USA Publishing as their new VP of Brand and Marketing.
“Beth brings to Kodansha a multifaceted background from the worlds of storytelling and entertainment, just as the popularity of manga continues to accelerate across global markets and Kodansha expands its operations on multiple fronts in the English-language world,” Alvin Lu, President and CEO of Kodansha USA Publishing, said in a statement accompanying the announcement.
Kawasaki joined Media Do in 2021 as Executive Director of Content and Marketing (see “ICv2 Interview: Beth Kawasaki and Daihei Shiohama“) and was promoted to VP of Content in Marketing in January 2026. A graduate of Arizona State University, she was at VIZ Media for 12 years, starting as Managing Editor of the Shonen Jump imprint and rising to Senior Editorial Director. She left in 2017 for a stint at Loot Crate, where she was Senior Director, Product & Brand Management, then in 2019 went to Funimation, where she was Executive Director, Brand.
Source: ICV2
