Influencer casting for Korean cosmetics brands in the Japanese market. We build campaigns backwards from major sale periods such as Qoo10 Mega-Wari, create launch momentum for Japan debuts, and plan and escort press tours that bring talent and influencers to your Korean headquarters and flagship stores.
HOW WE CHOOSE
K-beauty sales concentrate in a few peak periods a year, and posts that miss the window lose much of their impact. We fix the schedule first — casting outreach, PR review, shooting, posting — counting backwards from the peak.
The most common failure in this category is a gap between headquarters' intent and Japanese social-media context. We prepare candidate materials built for HQ approval, articulate casting rationale, and go as far as escorting talent to your Korean headquarters so they experience the brand first-hand.
A native Korean speaker is on our team full-time, so everything — inquiries, candidate proposals, campaign management, reporting — can run in Korean. No translation layer between us and your HQ team means less lost intent and nuance.
We bring the selection standards and post-rate track record built in luxury beauty, including department-store cosmetics. We choose people trusted in the beauty context — not by follower count.
PLATFORMS
Swatches & comparisons
Suits information-type posts people save and revisit — swatches, before-and-afters, comparisons with familiar items. Getting onto pre-sale shopping-list content translates directly into sale-period revenue.
Fast reach to younger buyers
The fastest route to K-beauty's core younger buyers. Its culture rewards brisk, honest reviews, making it right for pre-sale awareness building and launch buzz in Japan.
Depth on daily use
Right for products whose value shows through continued use, like skincare. Long-form room to show real usage and routines builds understanding of and trust in the brand.
SCOPE
Planned backward from Mega-Wari
Awareness before the saleOnto pre-sale shopping lists
Recall during the sale
The later preparation starts, the narrower the casting options
Campaigns designed around K-beauty's signature sale periods such as Qoo10 Mega-Wari. We structure casting and scheduling so posts land exactly when demand peaks — awareness before the sale, recall during it.
Creating momentum for Japan debuts and new-product releases: casting that understands the brand's world, and schedule management that lines up posts on launch day.
Bringing talent and influencers to your Korean headquarters, flagship stores, and production sites. We handle planning, agency negotiation, travel coordination, on-site attendance, and the post-tour content plan as one continuous engagement.
BY THE NUMBERS
880+
CAMPAIGNS
SINCE 2021
240+
BRANDS
PARTNERS SERVED
3,200+
CASTS
TALENTS MATCHED
91%
Gifting post rate
n=342 · 44 projects · last 4 years
Source: STATS internal research (44 projects, 342 people, last 4 years). Full detail is published in our INSIGHT reports.
BRANDS
K-Beauty / Korean Cosmetics— a selection of the brands we've worked with in this category.
FAQ
Yes. Landing posts inside a sale window does require lead time for casting outreach and product logistics, so the earlier you start counting back from the next sale, the wider your casting options. We will do what we can on short notice as well.
Planning, agency negotiation, travel scheduling, on-site attendance, and the post-tour content plan — as one engagement. Visits to headquarters, labs, and flagships translate directly into the energy of the resulting posts, so we design the itinerary backwards from what participants will bring home and publish.
Yes. We start from casting and communication design for the Japanese market: pre-launch awareness, launch momentum, then sale-period campaigns, built up phase by phase. We are used to working with overseas brands, so feel free to work with us in languages other than Japanese.
Yes. A native Korean staff member is on our team full-time, and everything from the first inquiry to campaign management and reporting can run in Korean. We can also split channels — Korean with your HQ team, Japanese with your Japan-side team.
Yes. We handle agency negotiation, contract terms, and secondary-usage design. We can also combine talent casting with a press tour to your Korean headquarters.
The biggest one is not importing what worked in Korea as-is. Headquarters' intent and the Japanese social-media context often diverge, so the story has to be retold in the context and language of everyday life in Japan. In practice you also need to schedule backward so posts land inside sales peaks like Mega Sale, and to reconcile head-office approval with Japanese expression guidelines. A team that can coordinate with headquarters in Korean while managing the Japanese market side keeps this fast.
Guide ・ 1 min read
K-beauty influencer marketing means landing posts from creators trusted in the beauty context, timed deliberately to sale periods and launches, to drive awareness and purchase in the Japanese market.
Because sales concentrate in mega-sale windows such as Qoo10's Mega-Wari, whether posts land inside that window changes the outcome dramatically. And what most defines this category: standing between Korean HQ's intent and Japanese social-media context, and running the campaign on a schedule built for HQ approval.
Keys to Casting and Planning
Count back through outreach, PR review, product logistics, shooting, and posting so posts land at the peak — Mega-Wari and beyond. The later preparation starts, the narrower the casting options.
Choose by how a creator talks about beauty and how their followers trust them — not follower count. Ingredient-level analysis or world-of-the-brand visuals: confirm the match with what the brand wants to convey.
We prepare candidate materials built for HQ approval and articulate casting rationale, while designing posts for Japanese social-media context in parallel. A native Korean staff member works on-site at STATS, so HQ coordination runs in Korean throughout.
Cosmetics efficacy claims are regulated under Japan's Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Act. Pre-publication expression checks and regulation alignment are built into our workflow, protecting both brand and creator.
INSIGHT
Primary-source reports drawn from our own campaign records, plus field notes on how the work actually gets done. Where the industry deals in impressions, we answer in numbers.
GENRE
Start by requesting materials covering our track record and process. If you already have something specific in mind, reach us directly through the contact form. We'll review your situation and propose the plan that fits.
