Tetsuro Kiyooka

Tetsuro Kiyooka (Japanese: 清岡 哲朗, Kiyooka Tetsuro, 30 July 1970) is a Japanese entrepreneur and former FIFA Players' Agent (Sports agent). Kiyooka is the founder and CEO of SpecTip.^[1] He holds Permanent residency in Canada. His ancestors are the Shizoku in Tosa Province, Japan, and he is a distant relative of Roy Kiyooka.

Tetsuro Kiyooka
清岡 哲朗
Kiyooka at the 2010 Maya Yoshida VVV-Venlo press conference in the Netherlands.
Born	(1970-07-30) 30 July 1970 (age 53) Kanagawa, Japan
Nationality	Japanese Canadian (PR)
Occupations	Entrepreneur businessman Sports Agent

SpecTip

In 2016, Kiyooka established SpecTip^[2] in Vancouver, Canada, and began the process of developing an online video platform with no advertisements. He was inspired to create an interactive online platform where users, including content creators and viewers, could share their creative content and express their appreciation.^[3] His statement reads, “SpecTip was born at the crosslines of technology and integrity. I don't believe in advertisements and price tags on the internet. So, I created this business model in which users have the freedom to pay tips spontaneously when and if they choose”.^[4]

Tip Rewards Patent

Kiyooka applied for multiple patents to the WIPO with the PCT international application in 2018, 2019 and 2020 of the new business model for an online video platform.^[5] The patents were granted in 2019, 2020 and 2021, and USPTO^[6][7][8] and JPO^[9][10][11] have granted multiple patents since then. The patent is called “Tip Reward Patent,” which defines Rewards that motivate users to tip and encourage them to pay it permanently, and Rewards on the internet (also known as a bonus) as something that money cannot buy.

Sports agent

In 2006, he passed the FIFA Players' Agent exam and registered with The Football Association (England), the Royal Dutch Football Association (Netherlands) and the Japan Football Association as an official agent. After that, he represented top Japanese players such as Keisuke Honda,^[12][13] Maya Yoshida^[14] and led them to the football clubs in European leagues.^[15][16]

Japan Pro-Footballers Association (JPFA)

In 2009, Kiyooka was designated as a chief operating officer of the Japan Pro-Footballers Association (JPFA, ja) by Toshiya Fujita, a chairman of the board. He repealed the unfair transfer regulations between the clubs of J.League and the professional players in 2009 and formed the organization as a trade union in 2011.^[17] Also, he represented the players of the Japan national football team^[18] to protect their rights and payments.^[19][20]

Web development

In 2005, Kiyooka collaborated with NTT Communications to create a football site called Nippon World Soccer^[21] on mobile internet services (i-mode, EZweb) in Japan. The mobile football site acquired over one million users a month in 2006 and became the biggest football mobile site in Japan at that time.

References

1. "Federal Corporation Information - 989936-7". Government of Canada. Retrieved 2016-09-08.
2. "SpecTip Communications Inc. (Corporation# 9899367) is a federal corporation entity registered with Corporations Canada. The incorporation date is September 8, 2016". federalcorporation.ca. Retrieved 2016-09-08.
3. "SpecTip Launches Free Video-Sharing Website with Patented Ad-Free Tipping & Reward System". Yahoo!finance. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
4. "SpecTip Launches Free Video-Sharing Website with Patented Ad-Free Tipping & Reward System". PRNewswire. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
5. "Video streaming playback system and method Patent. Application US16/894,391". Google Patents. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
6. "Video streaming playback system and method Patent number: 10,841,635". JUSTIA Patents. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
7. "Video streaming playback system and method Patent number: 10,863,243". JUSTIA Patents. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
8. "Video streaming playback system and method Patent number: 10,951,952". JUSTIA Patents. Retrieved 2021-03-16.
9. "ビデオストリーミング再生システム及び方法.特許第6574919号". 知財ポータルサイト IP Force. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
10. "ビデオストリーミング再生システム及び方法.特許第6661163号". 知財ポータルサイト IP Force. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
11. "ビデオストリーミング再生システム及び方法.特許第6681106号". 知財ポータルサイト IP Force. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
12. "Keisuke Honda to play for Dutch side VVV Venlo". soccerway.com. SOCCERWAY.
13. "Keisuke Honda is happy to play for VVV-Venlo". youtube.com. Venlo TV.
14. "Southampton to sign Japan defender, Maya Yoshida". telegraph.co.uk. The Telegraph UK.
15. Venlo chief eyes new Japanese talent, The Japan Times, 3 April 2014
16. Maya Yoshida: Japan’s Premier League Success Story
17. "Japanese association JPFA will form a union". FIFPro.
18. "Japan national team threatens boycott". independent.co.uk. INDEPENDENT UK.
19. "JFA President, Ogura dares players to boycott". japantimes.co.jp. The Japan Times.
20. "Players make cash demand to JFA". The Japan Times.
21. "NTT Communications 日本ワールドサッカーサービス開始". ntt.com. NTT Communications (in Japanese).

External links

• The Japan Pro-Footballers Association