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Hello! I'm Ryan Nakata, a recent graduate at the University of California, Los Angeles. My degree was focused on Political Science and government, focusing on Race and Ethnicity within the United States. In addition, I minored in History and Asian Humanities focusing on East Asian studies. Additionally, I'm the former director for UCLA Esports, founder and advisor to Bruin Broadcasting, and former intern at Counter Logic Gaming and G4TV.I'm passionate about esports and knowledgeable about political science systems, eager to converse with others on how they interpret anything, and willing to work in teams or learn new skills that translate into marketing, communication, broadcast and production, problem-solving, and leadership.Also, I'm a big fighting game guy, so if you're ever looking to get smacked around a bit in Guilty Gear, feel free to drop by so we can lab out some combos with frame data!

PAST BROADCASTS

Since I entered esports as a digital content intern in 2020, I've transitioned to focusing on live broadcasting. Here is a few shows I've directed or had an executive broadcasting position in. In addition to this, I've held a development internship role with G4TV, and a broadcast producer role with CLG.Most recently, I worked from late 2023 to mid-2024 with Refinery29, which I worked as a Tech Director and Producer for many of their Twitch streams.I had the opportunity to work at EVO 2024 as well; as a part of LiquidDogs running Camera Operations and Production for the Community Main Stage.

  • EVO 2024 - Community Live Stage; Camera Operations (SteadiCam Utility, Handheld, and Freeroam, PA, Production).

  • Refinery 29 - Notable streams; Conversations with the former Surgeon General Dr. Nadine Burke-Harris, Most Wanted Takeover Beauty and Fashion stream.

  • Westwood Invitational - 2020, 2000+ unique viewers on Twitch.

  • Westwood Showdown - 2021, 10,000 total viewers on Twitch over three streams, 130 live attendees.

  • MKLEO x BruinGG - 2022, 1000+ unique viewers on Twitch, promoted by MKLEO. 50+ tournament entrees, 100+ live attendees.

  • California Rivalries - 2022, 1,400+ unique viewers on Twitch. 200 live attendees during the event.

  • UCEI - 2021, 2022, 6,000 total viewers over three streams. 200 live attendees in 2022 LAN.

  • CLG Broadcasts - Broadcast producer role in which I TD, produce, and creatively promote shows. Recent expenditures involve rebranding CLG broadcast content.

  • MissHarvey Invitational - Technical Director for the MissHarvey Invitational.

  • G4TV - Production assistant and creative development intern. Pitched multiple skits and activations.

WORK SPECIFICS

A few screen grabs from shows I have technical directed and produced. In addition, this page includes screens from pitches put forth to the G4TV production team during my time on development.Additionally, I have a few clips (featured on the bottom), of my work on cameras.

Digital content videos

In addition to focusing on broadcasts, I also engage in video editing as a side hobby. My youtube channel holds all of my edited projects, with some varying in artistic form (I like to meme). I have also produced video edits for my esports organization that differ from my personal content.

Contact

Feel free to reach out to me via social media or email! Available to discuss anything in further detail, since I couldn't include everything. Open to any business opportunities within production and broadcast, but keeping my door open for any other possibilities as well. Also open to arguing about movies, anime, or video games.
I am extremely knowledgeable in the esports realm, but have exceptional knowledge in marketing, PR, account managing, talent, creative, and production realms.