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Company Profile

Company name Fanplus Inc.
English company name Fanplus, Inc.
Location Shibuya Minami Tokyu Building 9th floor, 3-12-18 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Establishment March 2007
Shareholders M-UP Holdings Co., Ltd. 100% subsidiary
Business content ● Planning, development and operation of fan sites and fan clubs
● Development and operation of online sales system for artist goods
●Music media planning and management
Eligible invoice issuer
Registration number
T3010401089562
Board member
  • Representative Director Motoshi Sato
  • Director and CTO: Masato Saito
  • Director Shingo Matoba
  • Director: Ryo Yamauchi
  • Director Koichiro Mito
  • Auditor Toshiki Fujiike
special advisor
Special Advisor Yasushi Akimoto

Yasushi Akimoto

Born in Tokyo in 1958. He started to stand out as a scriptwriter in high school and has been involved in the composition of many programs, including "The Best Ten." Since 1983, he has written many hit songs as a lyricist, including Misora Hibari's "Like the Flow of a River." He won the 41st Japan Lyricist Award in 2008, the 54th Japan Record Award "Lyricist Award" in 2012, and the 40th Annie Award "Music Award" in the animated feature category in 2013. He is active in a wide range of fields, including planning and composing TV programs, planning and writing original stories for movies (including the "Tyakushin-ari (Missed Call)" series), planning commercials and games, writing original stories for manga, and serializing in newspapers and magazines. He also serves as the general producer of the national idol group "AKB48 Group" and the "Sakamichi Series," as well as the digital voice actor idol project "22/7."

Access ●5 minutes walk from JR Shibuya Station New South Exit
●7 minutes walk from Exit 16b on the Tokyu Toyoko Line or Denentoshi Line
● 7 minutes walk from Exit 16b of Shibuya Station on the Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line and Fukutoshin Line
● 10 minutes walk from the East Exit of Shibuya Station on the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line

History

March 2007
Excite Music Entertainment Inc. established
June 2008
Ticket resale prevention service launched
June 2009
Started fan club solutions business through ASP
December 2009
Feature phone version fan site business started
April 2011
Smartphone version of the fan site begins operation
March 2014
Developed our own EC cart and started EC business
June 2014
Electronic ticket app release
March 2016
Partial capital participation in M-UP Co., Ltd. (currently M-UP Holdings Co., Ltd.)
September 2018
Became a wholly owned subsidiary of M-UP Co., Ltd. (currently M-UP Holdings Co., Ltd.)
March 2019
The ticket business was transferred to Entertainment Music Ticket Guard Co., Ltd. (currently Tixplus Co., Ltd.) through an absorption-type split.
April 2020
Merged with M-Up Holdings Co., Ltd.'s fan site business and changed company name to Fanplus Co., Ltd.
  • Mission

    Turn ideas into value
    Seamless with IT.
    With a service that connects people,
    Make Entertainment Life
    Richer and happier.

  • Vision

    Aiming to be
    the No. 1 solutions company of membership service,
    Always customer-oriented,
    We aim to be a professional group.

  • Values

    Passion and challenge

    Do everything with passion,
    With a spirit of challenge and unstinting effort
    Overcoming Challenges
    We remain a positive group.

  • customer-oriented

    Connected by the services we provide
    To ensure satisfaction for "everyone"
    We listen carefully to our customers' opinions and feedback.
    We will spare no effort to resolve the issue.

  • Pursuit of technology

    To provide the best solutions
    With "advanced thinking," "creativity," and "originality,"
    We always strive to find the best method.

  • Teamwork

    Respect the thoughts of colleagues who are working towards the same goal,
    Working together as individuals,
    Share success
    This is our team building.

  • Aaction

    We are conscious of pursuing corporate profits and contributing to society.
    Thinking carefully and acting quickly according to the situation,
    and well balanced,
    we will continue to be business people who can take action.