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{{nihongo|'''Tohato Inc.'''||Kabushiki Gaisha Tōhato''}} is a [[Japan]]ese food company specialising in [[List of Japanese snacks|snack food]].
{{nihongo|'''Tohato Inc.'''||Kabushiki Gaisha Tōhato''}} is a [[Japan]]ese food company specialising in [[List of Japanese snacks|snack food]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=5561548|title=Company Overview of Tohato Inc.|website=bloomberg.com|publisher=Bloomberg|accessdate=August 18, 2016}}</ref>


==Products==
==Products==
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*[[Beano (Japanese snack)|Beano]]
*[[Beano (Japanese snack)|Beano]]
*[[Bōkun Habanero]]
*[[Bōkun Habanero]]
*[[Caramel corn]]<ref>http://archives.sfweekly.com/foodie/2009/04/20/snacktion-tohatos-caramel-corn</ref><ref>http://www.goodfood.com.au/eat-out/news/just-open-eat-asia-at-daiso-sydney-cbd-20151119-gkzuvy.html</ref><ref>http://sweets.seriouseats.com/2012/08/japanese-snacks-tohatos-choco-crunch-caramel-corn-review.html</ref>
*[[Caramel corn]]
*ふわ丸 ([[Fuwamaru]]) [[Ninja]] snack
*ふわ丸 ([[Fuwamaru]]) [[Ninja]] snack
*[[Harvest (Cookie)|Harvest]]
*[[Harvest (Cookie)|Harvest]]
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==Advertisement campaign==
==Advertisement campaign==


Tohato launched two new snacks brands, "Tyrant Habanero Burning [[Hell]] Hot" and "[[Satan]] Jorquia Bazooka Deadly Hot" in 2007 in an award-winning campaign which broke new ground in [[engagement marketing]], by combining multiplayer online gaming with advertising, on a mobile phone. Customers were encouraged to join nightly battles in a virtual game, on behalf of either snack brand, to determine the winner of the "World's Worst War". The games ran at 4 AM. The campaign was designed by Japanese ad agency Hakuhodo and won the Yellow Pencil award at the annual D&AD advertising awards ceremony where mobile ads were recognized for the first time in May 2008.
Tohato launched two new snacks brands, "Tyrant Habanero Burning [[Hell]] Hot" and "[[Satan]] Jorquia Bazooka Deadly Hot" in 2007 in an award-winning campaign which broke new ground in [[engagement marketing]], by combining multiplayer online gaming with advertising, on a mobile phone. Customers were encouraged to join nightly battles in a virtual game, on behalf of either snack brand, to determine the winner of the "World's Worst War". The games ran at 4 AM. The campaign was designed by Japanese ad agency Hakuhodo and won the Yellow Pencil award at the annual D&AD advertising awards ceremony where mobile ads were recognized for the first time in May 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wired.com/2008/05/spicy-snack-gam/|website=wired.com|publisher=Wired|title=Snack Armies Wage War in Mobile Game|last1=Snow|first1=Jean|accessdate=August 18, 2016}}</ref>


==External links==
==External links==

Revision as of 01:45, 19 August 2016

Tohato Inc. (Kabushiki Gaisha Tōhato) is a Japanese food company specialising in snack food.[1]

Products

Tohato launched two new snacks brands, "Tyrant Habanero Burning Hell Hot" and "Satan Jorquia Bazooka Deadly Hot" in 2007 in an award-winning campaign which broke new ground in engagement marketing, by combining multiplayer online gaming with advertising, on a mobile phone. Customers were encouraged to join nightly battles in a virtual game, on behalf of either snack brand, to determine the winner of the "World's Worst War". The games ran at 4 AM. The campaign was designed by Japanese ad agency Hakuhodo and won the Yellow Pencil award at the annual D&AD advertising awards ceremony where mobile ads were recognized for the first time in May 2008.[5]

  1. ^ "Company Overview of Tohato Inc". bloomberg.com. Bloomberg. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
  2. ^ http://archives.sfweekly.com/foodie/2009/04/20/snacktion-tohatos-caramel-corn
  3. ^ http://www.goodfood.com.au/eat-out/news/just-open-eat-asia-at-daiso-sydney-cbd-20151119-gkzuvy.html
  4. ^ http://sweets.seriouseats.com/2012/08/japanese-snacks-tohatos-choco-crunch-caramel-corn-review.html
  5. ^ Snow, Jean. "Snack Armies Wage War in Mobile Game". wired.com. Wired. Retrieved August 18, 2016.