Shion Kaji
Birthday: Born in 1987-09-13 in Tokyo, Japan
Deathday: Alive
Shion Kaji is the dad of global YouTube sensation, Ryan Kaji of Ryan’s World. He, along with his wife, Loann Kaji, started the original channel as a way for Ryan to keep in touch with extended family. The channel rapidly evolved from the content around toy reviews to global kids play and entertainment brand through digital and broadcast entertainment, toys, and consumer products under multiple categories including apparel, home goods, and books, resulting in over 1,000 Ryan’s World-related products across the globe. Shion is now focused on the Japanese region to help grow the Ryan’s World brand through a number of entertainment/content and licensing projects. Born and raised in Japan, he wants to help Ryan connect more to his roots and discover the rich cultural history of Japan. Shion also created the family’s production company, Sunlight Entertainment, which currently employs a 30-person team of videographers, editors, animators, writers, and voice actors to help produce live-action and animated content — releasing about 25 videos a week. The studio manages nine YouTube channels: Ryan’s World, Ryan's World Español, Ryan’s World in Japanese, EK Doodles, Ryan’s Family Review, Vtubers, Combo Panda, Gus the Gummy Gator, and The Studio Space. These channels received over 41 billion views to date and amassed over 31 million subscribers (and growing).
TV Credits
Kids' Choice Awards
Character: Self
Honoring the year's biggest in television, film, music, and sports as voted by viewers worldwide of Nickelodeon networks. Winners receive a hollow orange blimp figurine which also functions as a kaleidoscope....
Ryan's Mystery Playdate: Level Up
Character: Daddy
Ryan's Mystery Playdate follows Ryan, his parents and animated friends Gus the Gummy Gator and Combo Panda as they work together to tackle a series of imaginative, physical challenges and unbox puzzles to reveal the identity of his mystery playdate....
Ryan's World Specials presented by pocket.watch
Character: Daddy
You loved Ryan ToysReview Ultimate mishmash, now your favorite vlog superstar is back with an all new series of Ryan's World Specials, featuring Ryan, Gus the Gummy Gator, Combo Panda - and the whole Ryan's World gang. Join in all their awesome adventures, as they explore the world through play. Watch as they do fun challenges, perform kid-friendly science experiments, and so much more....
Movie Credits
Super Spy Ryan
Character: Daddy
In Super Spy Ryan, Ryan is transported into an animated virtual reality world where he and his friends must become the ultimate super spies. Their mission is to recover the precious Golden Console from the clutches of a new character to the Ryan’s World universe: a nefarious hamster named The Packrat, following a glitch in the Virtual World that turns all of Ryan’s friends into babies. The show toggles between live-action, featuring scenes with Ryan and his family; and animation, featuring Ryan’...
The YouTube Effect
Character: Self - Ryan's Father
YouTube has garnered over 2.3 billion users and is worth up to $300 billion dollars. At its center is its algorithm, something that threatens to destroy not only the platform, but the entire Internet....
Ryan's World the Movie: Titan Universe Adventure
Character: Daddy
When Ryan's twin sisters get sucked into a mystical comic book, he has no choice but to rise up as the great big brother he is and jump in after them. Adventures, battles, and hilarious debacles ensue as Ryan and his friends navigate the Titan Universe and bring everyone back home safely before his parents catch on....