- CEO
- Oshima Toshifumi
- Full Time Employees
- 601
- Sector
- Consumer services
- Industry
- Movies/Entertainment
- Address
- Saiko 997, Fujikawaguchiko-machi Yamanashi YM Japan
- IPO Date
- Sep 1, 2001
- Business
- Amuse Inc. (4301.T) operates as a comprehensive Japanese entertainment company that engages in artist management, live events production, content creation, and related commercial activities. The company provides music distribution, license management, record production, artist development services; planning, production, and operation of concerts, stage performances, theatrical plays, events, movies, and lectures; fan club management, bulletins, exclusive goods, merchandise planning, manufacturing, and sales including apparel brands such as MUVEIL, Agris, and Junhashimoto; digital solutions encompassing live streaming platforms like LIVESHIP, e-ticketing, and online content delivery; restaurant and venue management including Belgian beer bars; location-based inbound businesses; and character merchandise operations, primarily serving fans, artists, and clients in Japan with international reach through subsidiaries in the United States, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, Singapore, and Japan-based affiliates such as AMUSE MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT INC., LIVE VIEWING JAPAN Inc., and Kulture Inc. Founded in 1978 and headquartered at Saiko 997, Fujikawaguchiko-machi, Minamitsuru-gun, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, Amuse maintains a Tokyo office and lists on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Section. Recent developments include the divestiture of its stake in A-Sketch to Universal Music Japan in February 2025 to bolster the acquirer's artist management capabilities; an investment in generative AI-focused animation producer KAKA Creation in March 2025 to explore collaborative entertainment innovations; upward revisions to its fiscal year ending March 2026 earnings forecasts in August 2025, driven by major artist tours including Southern All Stars and Gen Hoshino; and the ongoing implementation of performance-based stock compensation plans.