Who Is Sean Miyashiro? Meet The Man Behind The Popular 88Rising Record Label On Instagram

Sean Miyashiro has made a name for himself being a brilliant entrepreneur and CEO, but does not have his own official Wikipedia bio yet.

He was born and reared in the California city of San Jose. His date of birth according to official sources is May 28, 1981.

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Likewise, he went to San Jose State University but dropped out before graduating. He began his career with a variety of music-related occupations and professions before persuading Vice Media to allow him to launch the electronic dance music website Thump.

Later, Sean founded CXSHXNLY, a management agency that later evolved into the 88rising brand. Sean made contact with aspiring overseas musicians over the internet, which he and his team discovered.

Keith Ape, the South Korean rapper behind the 2015 song "It My G Ma," was their first associate. Miyashiro was able to raise his first round of money from a group of investors led by Allen Debevoise, the founder of the venture capital firm Third Wave Media.

Sean Miyashiro had envisioned his company as the Disney of Asian hip-hop. He wants his company to be the bridge between Asian and American music.

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Sean Miyashiro is quite a private person and does not have a personal social media account, but instead, he manages the organization's Instagram handle.

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The company's main account @88rising has more than 1.5 million followers and uses the handle as a marketing platform. Moreover, it is also used in introducing new artists associated with the label.

Similarly, we can also see the account promoting new songs and music produced by the record label.

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Sean Miyashiro is probably single and has never been married, hence it is clear he does not have a wife.

He keeps his personal information to himself, therefore getting details about his love life and romantic history is very difficult. But according to the records, he has stayed clean on this relationship matter and has never been spotted with anybody.

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This might be because he is very focused and motivated on building a career for himself as well as his business.

Taking about his family, he was born to Japanese parents. But in the early 70s, they migrated to the US for work. His father was a mechanical engineer.

Sean Miyashiro is estimated to have a net worth of around $1.5 million according to some unverified sources.

He has gathered all this sum from his time as an employee as well as the head of multiple ventures.

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Initially, Sean worked for a number of music-related companies, including SanDisk, where he worked on a promotional campaign with Tisto, the electronic dance music star.

In 2013, Miyashiro persuaded Vice Media to allow him to launch Thump, a website dedicated to the genre. He quit his position at Vice after two years. Miyashiro founded CXSHXNLY, a management agency that would later become 88rising.

Both these ventures were quite successful bringing him widespread fame and recognition as well as money.