- CEO
- Nao Kataoka
- Full Time Employees
- 2,018
- Sector
- Consumer services
- Industry
- Casinos/Gaming
- Address
- Tokyo Shiodome Building Tokyo TY Japan 105-7317
- IPO Date
- Jul 28, 2023
- Business
- GENDA Inc. (9166.T) operates as a pure holding company overseeing a global network of entertainment businesses focused on amusement arcades, karaoke facilities, and related services; it manages subsidiaries that run GiGO-branded arcades, BanBan karaoke chains, online crane games, amusement machine leasing, sales promotions, character licensing, and mini-location entertainment platforms primarily in Japan, North America, mainland China, the UK, and other regions. Founded in May 2018 and headquartered in Higashi Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, the company pursues aggressive roll-up M&A to expand its entertainment portfolio, listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market in July 2023 with consolidated revenue of ¥111.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 2025. Recent developments include the August 2025 acquisition of Indigo Newco Limited (renamed GENDA Playnation Entertainment Ltd.), adding over 100 UK amusement arcades and 125 mini-locations to enter the European market; the July 2025 purchases of Player One Amusement Group Inc., Barberio Music Company, and approximately 1,100 mini-locations from VENUplus Inc. in the US; November 2025 acquisitions of Melo Works Co., Ltd. and KAJI Corporation Co., Ltd.; and ongoing integrations such as eiga.com, Inc., CARATT, Inc., and multiple karaoke facilities from operators like Eisetsu, TETSUJIN Holdings, Inc., and KAIKATSU FRONTIER Inc., alongside GENDA GiGO Entertainment's takeovers of SI Amusement Co., Ltd., Youing Co., Ltd., Game Goose Co., Ltd., and others in 2025.