Corporate History

2024

• Jan.

  Transferred head office to Toranomon.

2013

• Oct.

  Changed the corporate name to "SB Creative Corp.".

2011

• Jun.

  Formed a business partnership with ORIX corporation on digital signage business and started developing its business in earnest.

• Jun.

  Transferred head office to Roppongi.

2010

• Aug.

  Agreed in principle on digital signage business in Japan and Korea with two Korean companies.

• May

  Acquired exclusive distribution rights of "2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa" for mobile phones in Japan.

2009

• Aug.

  Started distributing digital Harlequin comics in Korea.

2008

• Apr.

  SOFTBANK Creative Corp. and HARLEQUIN K.K. jointly started distributing digital Harlequin comics.

2007

• Apr.

  ITmedia Inc. got listed on "Mothers"-Market of the high-growth and emerging stocks.

2006

• Jan.

  Wholly owning parent company "SOFTBANK Media Marketing Holdings Corp." bought out its subsidiary "SBMM Holdings Corp.".

2005

• Oct.

  Merged with SOFTBANK Publishing Inc.and SBMM Creative Corp. Changed the corporate name to "SOFTBANK Creative Corp.".

• Aug.

  Established the wholly owning parent company "SOFTBANK Media Marketing Holdings Corp. by share transfer.

2000

• May

  Transferred head office to Akasaka.

• Mar.

  Changed the company's name to SOFTBANK Media & Marketing Corp. Newly established the wholly-owned subsidiary, SOFTBANK Publishing Inc.

1999

• Dec.

  Established the first online publishing company in SOFTBANK group, ITmedia Inc.(Initial name of the company was SOFTBANK ZDnet Inc.)

• Mar.

  Mar.1999 SOFTBANK Creative Corp.(Initial name of the company was SOFTBANK Publishing Inc.) was established by SOFTBANK CORP. by spinning off its publishing business.