On September 30th, DJ RIO (Araki Eiji), CEO of REALITY Inc., announced his resignation. This announcement was posted on their official note account.
DJ RIO is the person who launched the REALITY service and company in 2018. For the past eight years, as the company’s president, he has guided the service’s direction and future features with his team, guided by the vision of “Living life as the person you want to be.” About 20 years ago, he worked on the avatar function for the social networking service GREE.
This resignation coincides with the end of his term at the parent company, GREE Group. REALITY celebrated its 8th anniversary this year and has surpassed 20 million downloads worldwide. He explained that the business has become self-sufficient and that a team capable of moving the service forward on their own has grown. Furthermore, he believes that REALITY will become more interesting if the next generation takes the lead rather than the founder remaining at the center. With that in mind, he decided to step down at this time.
Starting in October, IKURA, Manager Product and Manager Community, will be speaking directly to users and communicating REALITY’s policies. As for the company, current director Mori Kohei will take over as the new president, and DJ RIO himself intends to continue using REALITY as a user even after stepping down. He has also stated that he would like to attend REALITY CON, which will be held at Messe Makuhari on October 17th, as a participant.
This article is an English translation of an original Japanese article, translated by the Mogura VR editorial team.
Reference
https://x.com/reality_app/status/2105180091949138382
https://note.com/reality_official/n/nf5dcb7ad0a34
