TOKAI MEANS
TOKAI (渡海) means "crossing the seas" in Japanese.
As a passionate sailor, I crossed the Atlantic by sailboat from the Canary Islands to the Caribbean in 2018 and 2020. Always sailing toward the horizon, reaching the destination takes teamwork, care, preparation, and both physical and mental strength.
Sailing is a great adventure, rewarding in its discovery of new worlds.
Let's be ambitious! Let's be pioneers!
In Japanese, TOKAI can also mean a big city (都会), like Tokyo, where I was born and raised.
I love big cities like Tokyo, Paris, London, and New York—diverse places where cultural and sporting events thrive.
TOKAI can also stand for TOshie KAmada International.
I aspire to be a world citizen.
I love the adventure of creation.
Toshie KAMADA, Founder
ABOUT COMPANY
Toshie KAMADA, the Japanese-born founder of TOKAI Production, has been living in Paris since 1998.
She holds degrees in Political Science from Yokohama City University (Japan), Southern Illinois University (USA), and Paris VIII University (France).
After working for a publishing company in Tokyo, she moved to Paris in 1998. Since then, she has been proposing topics and coordinating filming and photography for French and Japanese media, including television, magazines, websites, and radio.
TOKAI Productions was founded in 2022.