About Joseph Tame
Welcome to the officially official website of the official Joseph Tame, a Tokyo-based Brit from the West of England, now living with his wife, two sons, and lots of yellow duct tape in central Tokyo.
Joseph is Founder and Chief Wildlife Officer at Wild Tame Co., Ltd (a creative agency and video production house located in central Tokyo), a public performance artist, and a marathon runner.
Sometimes he combines all of these into one.
Find out what he’s doing right now, here.
Joseph loves collaborative projects – find out more about working with him here.
LATEST VIDEOS
Running Tokyo: What it means to me
Profile video
Created for Coto Academy by Tofu Media
TOKYO MARATHON 2016
SAKURAMAN
The On-Demand Christmas Tree
The Art of Running: Collaboration with J-Wave Radio for a Special 100km Birthday Run
August 13th is a very special day for Japan’s no. 1 radio station, J-Wave, and this year I helped them celebrate it in style
UK Trade and Investment: Nissan Leaf Japan Tour
Over the past 7 years I’ve got pretty used to using batteries to power myself as I travel around Tokyo and beyond. Usually though the batteries are fairly lightweight, and output a maximum of 12 volts. With this collaboration with UKTI, things were a little different.
Work behind the scenes: TV Tokyo’s series on Japan’s ODA Program
I’m often asked what I ‘do’, aside from run around with windmills and LEDs strapped to me. Whilst running around in my gear was never part of any business plan, over the past year it’s naturally become one of the main services that our company, Wild Tame Co., Ltd...
Firefly Ride
Swapping my running shoes for a bicycle, I donned my LEDs and joined the Cycling Embassy of Japan’s Firefly Ride from Omotesando to Odaiba.
TV: Tokyo Kurasso! Joseph Tame on MXTV
Earlier this year I was invited to appear on Tokyo MXTV’s Tokyo Kurasso! (‘Let’s live in Tokyo’), to talk about my Running Art, and the Tokyo Marathon project. This was the first time to appear without my wind-turbine-hat-of-power, but despite that it all went well.
The Art of Running: Collaboration with J-Wave 81.3fm celebrating J-me’s birthday
Looking forward to a new 105km Running Art piece – but this one I won’t be running on my own, I’ll be creating the picture with a team of about 40 runners consisting of J-Wave Radio DJs and listeners.
The Art of Running: 140km Olaf
As temperatures rise in Tokyo, what better way to keep cool than by running a 140km picture of Olaf on the streets of Tokyo?!
Seijo University Design Thinking Workshop
Following on from the success of our workshop for J-Wave radio, our team (Make It Creative) were contacted by Seijo University and asked if we would be able to run a Design Thinking workshop for 280 students taking their 「キャリア形成概論Ⅰ」course. Always willing to take on a...
J-WAVE Radio Design Thinking Workshop
Back in April, myself and the Make It Creative team were delighted to have the opportunity to run a Design Thinking workshop for Tokyo’s J-wave radio.
The challenge for the participants – a group of young radio enthusiasts – was to come up with ideas for new radio programs, and then record a 1 minute trailer for their programs.
Microsoft YouthSpark IoT Workshop
It’s been a busy few months here for the Tame in Tokyo! Following a fantastic relaxing few weeks in the UK, I teamed up with 3 good friends (collectively we work together as an NPO, 'Make It Creative') on producing a series of workshops for Microsoft's YouthSpark...
The Gadget Show
People often ask me what I do for a living. Whilst I may respond by saying something about video production and digital marketing, the truth is that I’m a karaoke singer for hire – at least that’s what you’ll believe if you watch the Channel 5 TV (UK) program ’The Gadget Show’.
The Tokyo Marathon 2015
The Tokyo Marathon has become a core part of my life. It’s an annual celebration of the close relationship I have with the city and its people. It’s the day when friends are reunited, friends 7 years in the making. Whilst I might only see them for a few seconds once a year, they bond is strong, and is carried throughout the whole year when I meet many of them at other events, in trains, on the streets. It’s so much more than a 42km race.
