Sequoia Creative Opens Tokyo-Based Subsidiary
Sequoia Creative, a Sun Valley company best known for designing attractions at theme parks, said it opened Sequoia Japan, a subsidiary based in Tokyo.
The founders of Sequoia Japan include David Schweninger, Sequoia Creative’s chief executive, and Bob Gurr, a Sequoia vice president. The subsidiary also includes a group of prominent Japanese executives, among them Makoto Yamashina, president of Bandai Co., Japan’s largest toy company.
Sequoia Creative’s projects have included the King Kong attraction at Universal Studios, a theater in a French theme park based on the Smurfs cartoon characters and a helicopter-powered spaceship that was featured during the closing ceremonies of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
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