Beth Kawasaki, previously VP of Content material and Advertising and marketing at Media Do, has joined Kodansha USA Publishing as their new VP of Model and Advertising and marketing.

“Beth brings to Kodansha a multifaceted background from the worlds of storytelling and leisure, simply as the recognition of manga continues to speed up throughout international markets and Kodansha expands its operations on a number of fronts within the English-language world,” Alvin Lu, President and CEO of Kodansha USA Publishing, mentioned in a press release accompanying the announcement.

Kawasaki joined Media Do in 2021 as Government Director of Content material and Advertising and marketing (see “ICv2 Interview: Beth Kawasaki and Daihei Shiohama”) and was promoted to VP of Content material in Advertising and marketing in January 2026. A graduate of Arizona State College, she was at VIZ Media for 12 years, beginning as Managing Editor of the Shonen Leap imprint and rising to Senior Editorial Director. She left in 2017 for a stint at Loot Crate, the place she was Senior Director, Product & Model Administration, then in 2019 went to Funimation, the place she was Government Director, Model.