NHK, Japanese national television “Mr. ZUNO”

ABSTRACT

We are working on a project to challenge Japanese Professional Baseball commentary using deep learning and data mining.

Phase 1 involved the learning of data that included in excess of 3 million pitches recorded in official professional baseball pitching data from 2004 to develop a digital sports commentator called Mr. ZUNO.

This system predicts the combination of deliveries, victory (or defeat) and ranking etc. using deep learning, and utilizes data mining to analyze pitching according to player tendencies and the state of play which human commentators have been unable to determine to date.

Looking towards the future, we will adapt this system to sports other than baseball and tackle the development of ways to enjoy sports from a variety of perspectives.

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CREDITS

Total Planning

• Creative Direction

  Naoki Tanaka (Dentsu Lab Tokyo)

• Creative Technologist

  Kaoru Sugano (Dentsu Lab Tokyo)

• Creative Advisor

  Ryuichiro Akamatsu (Dentsu)

• Copy Writing / Planning

  Moe Goto (Dentsu Lab Tokyo), Yuki Otsu (Dentsu)

• Producer

  Ai Kohei (Dentsu Lab Tokyo), Kazuki Sakurai (Dentsu Tech), Shotaro Kamoto (Dentsu), Atsuko Okada (puzzle)

• Project Management

  Yosuke Wakita (puzzle)

Data Cooperation

• Producer

  Kenichiro Takase (Data Stadium)

• Coordinator

  Hiroyuki Nagamatsu (Data Stadium)

• Executive Analyst

  Kei Kanazawa (Data Stadium)

• Analyst

  Kyohei Okawa (Data Stadium), Sagiri Uehara (Data Stadium)

Software

• Technical Direction / Deep Learning

  Nao Tokui (Qosmo, Inc.)

• Data Analyst

  Kouki Yamada

• Visualization

  Shoya Dozono (Qosmo, Inc.)

• UI Design / Art Direction

  Ryuta Motegi (TWOTONE)

• UI Design / Design

  Yuri Matsumura (TWOTONE), Ken Hirose (TWOTONE)

• Project Management

  Miyu Hosoi (Qosmo, Inc.)

Hardware

• Art Direction

  Yusuke Koyanagi (Dentsu)

• Technical Producer / Direction

  Toshiyuki Hashimoto (aircord)

• Device Engineering

  Seiya Nakano (aircord)

• Design

  Yumi Fukuyoshi (Taki corporation)

• Art

  Yasuhide Kobayashi (Beard)

Concept Movie

• Direction

  Yusuke Nishida (Dentsu Lab Tokyo)

• Producer

  Yukimasa Okada (puzzle)

• Project Management

  Isao Ando (puzzle)

• Camera

  Shinya Matsuo

• Editor

  Ken Hirose (TWOTONE), Takuto Katayama (TWOTONE)

• Sound

  Isao Yamazaki (PINTON Co., Ltd.)

Graphic

• Art Direction

  Yusuke Koyanagi (Dentsu)

• Camera

  Nobuto Osakabe

• Retouch

  Kazuki Hoshi (The Elves and the Shoemaker)