COMPANY PROFILE

Overview

Company Name
MEDIA DO Co., Ltd.
Location
Head Office: 5F/8F, PALACESIDE Bldg., 1-1-1 Hitotsubashi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0003, Japan (Access)
Tokushima Kito Office: 5-23 Kitowamuda Iwatsushi, Naka-Cho, Naka-gun, Tokushima Prefecture 771-6403, Japan
Date of Foundation /
Date of Establishment
June 1, 1994 / April 1, 1999
Capital
¥5,959 million (As of Feb. 29, 2024)
Management Team
President and CEO
Yasushi Fujita
Director, Vice President, and CFO
Hiroshi Kanda
Director and COO
Kayoko Hanamura
Director
Koichi Sekiya
Outsider Director
Ayako Kanamaru
Outsider Director
Haruo Miyagi
Outsider Director
Junko Mokuno
Standing Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Kazuyoshi Ohwada
Standing Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Makoto Nakajima
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Toshiaki Morifuji
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Tsuyoshi Shiina
Executive Officer; eBook Distribution Business
Yuichiro Ohnuki
Executive Officer; IP Solution Business, Global Business
Teruyoshi Ando
Executive Officer and CEO of MyAnimelist
Atsushi Mizoguchi
Executive Officer; Corporate Planning
Ryo Yamada
Executive Officer; Accounting
Shoichiro Tokoro
Executive Officer and CIO*1
Kaname Nakano
Executive Officer and CHRO*2
Minoru Mikoda

(As of May 23, 2024)

About Management Team

    *1 CIO:Chief Information Officer
    *2 CHRO:Chief Human Resources Officer
Business Activities
Digital content distribution, system development and supply, planning, production and sales of books, printed matter, video, audio, etc., and research and development, research, operation, consulting, etc.
Banks
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited / Resona Bank, Limited / MUFG Bank Ltd. / Mizuho Bank, Ltd. / Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation / The Awa Bank, Limited / and THE TOKUSHIMA TAISHO BANK, Ltd. (no particular order)
Accounting Auditor
Avantia G.P.

Group Companies

Japan

MEDIA DO TECH TOKUSHIMA Co., Ltd.

Promotion of various systems development and operation tasks on behalf of the MEDIA DO Group.

  • Location/6F, Amico Bldg., 1-5 Terashima Honcho Nishi, Tokushima-shi, Tokushima
  • President and CEO/Kayoko Hanamura
  • Website
Japan

Flier Inc.

Provision of the flier content summary service.

  • Location/8F, PALACESIDE Bldg., 1-1-1 Hitotsubashi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
  • President and CEO/Yasushi Ohga
Japan

MyAnimeList Co., Ltd.

Operation of the globally top-tier MyAnimeList community website focused on Japanese anime and comics.

  • Location/5F, PALACESIDE Bldg., 1-1-1 Hitotsubashi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
  • President and CEO/Atsushi Mizoguchi
Japan

JIVE Ltd.

Development of NEXT f Lian girl’s comic label and other next-generation publishing models and imprint businesses.

  • Location/5F, PALACESIDE Bldg., 1-1-1 Hitotsubashi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
  • President and CEO/Teruyoshi Ando
Japan

NIHONBUNGEISHA Co.,Ltd.

Publication and sale of books and magazines

  • Location/8F, PALACESIDE Bldg., 1-1-1 Hitotsubashi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
  • President and CEO/Yoshifumi Yoshida
  • Website
Japan

EVERYSTAR Co., Ltd.

Operation of the novel posting website EVERYSTAR, production of making books and media production, publication of eBooks and other publishing-related businesses.

  • Location/5F, PALACESIDE Bldg., 1-1-1 Hitotsubashi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
  • President and CEO/Teruyoshi Ando
Japan

ARTRA ENTERTAINMENT Inc.

Provision of digital comic coloring and comic production support services.

  • Location/L-office Hiroo, 1-3-6 Hiroo, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
  • President and CEO/Arimasa Okada
Japan

PUBFUN, Inc.

A joint venture with Impress Holdings, Inc. Integrated and develops the the print-on-demand (POD) publishing services of both companies.

  • Location/1-105 Kanda Jinbocho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
  • President and CEO/Kazuhiro Fukuura
  • Website
Japan

GAMBAROU TOKUSHIMA Co., Ltd.

Corporation operating the TOKUSHIMA GAMBAROUS basketball club, which aims to revitalise the local community through sports promotion.

  • Location/5-23 Kitowamuda Iwatsushi, Naka-Cho, Naka-gun, Tokushima
  • President/Yasushi Fujita
  • Website
Overseas

Media Do International, Inc.

Fulfillment of the MEDIA DO Group’s business mission and expansion of business opportunities for creators on a global scale.

  • Location/9920 Pacific Heights Blvd., Suite 150, San Diego, CA, 92121
  • President and CEO/Daihei Shiohama
Overseas

Quality Solutions, Inc.
Firebrand Technologies

Conduct of publishing workflow management and bibliographic information management services.

  • Location/44 Merrimac St Ste 22, Newburyport, MA, 01950
  • President and CEO/Angela Bole
Overseas

NetGalley, LLC

Operate the NetGalley website, which is a web marketing tool for books.

  • Location/44 Merrimac St Ste 22, Newburyport, MA, 01950
  • CEO/Angela Bole
Overseas

Supadü Limited

Provision of web design, eCommerce and data solutions for Trade Publishers, University Presses, Journals & Educational Publishers.

  • Location/c/o WeWork, 30 Stamford Street, London SE1 9LQ
  • CEO & Co-Founder/ Mark Harvie-Watt
    Marketing & Communications Director & Co-Founder/ Miranda Harvie-Watt
  • Website