Asa Suehira is Crunchyroll's (formerly Funimation) Chief Content Officer and is based out of the Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, California. Before he joined Crunchyroll, Suehira was the Vice President of International Business Development at Aniplex, Inc. Suehira previously also served as the Managing Director of the Paris-based anime streaming service Wakanim in France and the Munich-based anime distributor Peppermint Anime in Germany.