AI Creators Community Members Shine at Japan’s Largest AI Contest
In September 2025, members registered with AI Creators achieved remarkable success at “COLOTEK,” a next-generation AI creative contest hosted by Nippon Columbia, winning multiple awards.
The Grand Prize went to AoKi¹⁰⁴’s “ShowMeBeast,” while takahashi hiromu’s “THE EYES” won both the Excellence Award and the AI Colo-chan Award, drawing nationwide attention to the creative talent of registered creators.
Additionally, kasamacura and aratama 璞 also advanced to the finals, captivating audiences with their diverse expressions utilizing generative AI.
What is “COLOTEK”?
COLOTEK is an AI creative contest hosted by Nippon Columbia that discovers and supports creators pursuing new forms of expression across AI music, video, and art domains.
The 2025 theme was “Visualize the Monster Within You.” Based on the challenge song “Party of Monsters,” original video works called “Capsule Movies™” utilizing AI technology were submitted from across Japan.
Judging was conducted by “AI Colo-chan,” an AI judge, along with experts in music, video, and technology fields. Out of approximately 100 applicants, 28 teams comprising 55 individuals advanced to the finals, where intense competition unfolded at BAROOM in Minami-Aoyama, Tokyo.
Award Results
Grand Prize: AoKi¹⁰⁴ ShowMeBeast (Co-produced with Team LUCY)
Excellence Award (Runner-up): takahashi hiromu THE EYES
AI Colo-chan Award: takahashi hiromu THE EYES (Double Award)
Direction Award: Cyber Enka ENKA EVOLUTION
Special Award (Party of Monsters Award): yamada akari PARTY OF MONSTER
AI Creators registered members AoKi¹⁰⁴ and takahashi hiromu dominated the major awards, marking a memorable achievement for the entire community.
The Grand Prize-winning “ShowMeBeast” depicts the “animalistic nature” and “creativity” lurking within the human psyche through a unique visual presentation that fuses photorealistic AI with character AI. The visuals that transform in sync with the music’s beat create intense immersion by leveraging the precision of AI generation technology while incorporating manual direction and composition.
Multiple generative tools were utilized in production, presenting new possibilities for AI art from both visual and auditory perspectives.
“THE EYES,” which won both the Excellence Award and AI Colo-chan Award, is a video work themed around “the gaze of the observer” lurking between silence and madness.
The relationship between the “watching entity” and “watched entity” created by AI in the video is expressed through delicate direction, earning high praise from judges who noted it “opened new frontiers in the lyricism of AI video.”
Among other AI Creators registered members, kasamacura and aratama 璞 also appeared in the finals with works employing unique AI expressions.
Kasamacura garnered attention with photorealistic art elements that viewers want to watch repeatedly, while aratama 璞 captured interest with anime-style visual art and character design depicting psychological fantasy worlds, presenting possibilities for lyricism and narrative in AI video.
The competition adopted a judging policy that questioned not only technical proficiency with tools but also the artist’s stance on “how to co-create with AI.”
Judging and Event Highlights
Judging was conducted by AI Colo-chan (an AI judging model powered by NeuroAI® D-Planner®), along with video directors, music producers, and other judges.
This unique format evaluating creativity from both AI and human perspectives generated considerable buzz.
The venue also saw active interaction among participating creators, making it an event that conveyed the stirrings of a new art scene in the AI era.
AI Creators and the Significance of These Awards
AI Creators has been conducting initiatives to support the dissemination and work development of registered creators, and these awards symbolize the results of those activities.
Through participation in domestic and international AI creative events and PR support, the organization plans to continue discovering and supporting next-generation AI artists.
These award achievements represent a first step for AI Creators in communicating AI art as “expression” rather than “technology” to the world.
Summary
COLOTEK 2025 became an event that redefined the possibilities of AI creativity, with AI Creators registered members leaving significant achievements at its center.
In an era where generative AI expands individual expression, these awards demonstrate that “human-AI collaboration” creates new forms of art.
AI Creators, as a platform supporting such challenges, will continue to pioneer new creative horizons together with creators.
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COLOTEK Official Page (Nippon Columbia)COLOTEK Official Note Report
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Judging was conducted by AI Colo-chan (an AI judging model powered by NeuroAI® D-Planner®), along with video directors, music producers, and other judges.
This unique format evaluating creativity from both AI and human perspectives generated considerable buzz.
The venue also saw active interaction among participating creators, making it an event that conveyed the stirrings of a new art scene in the AI era.
