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CyberAgent Inc.
CyberAgent
Native name
株式会社サイバーエージェント
Kabushiki-gaisha Saibāējento
TypePublic
TYO: 4751
ISINJP3311400000
IndustryEntertainment
FoundedMarch 18, 1998; 28 years ago (1998-03-18)
FounderSusumu Fujita
HeadquartersAbema Towers, Udagawachō,
Shibuya, Tokyo
,
Japan
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • Susumu Fujita (chairman)
  • Takahiro Yamauchi (president and CEO)
Products
ServicesLicensing
RevenueIncrease ¥802.9 billion (US$5.14 billion) (2024)
Increase¥41.8 billion (2024)
Increase¥20.6 billion (2024)
Total assetsIncrease¥520.4 billion (2024)
OwnerSusumu Fujita
(20.50%)
Number of employees
7,720 (2024)
Subsidiaries
Websitewww.cyberagent.co.jp

CyberAgent Inc. (株式会社サイバーエージェント, Kabushiki-gaisha Saibāējento) is a Japanese entertainment conglomerate, which was founded in 1998 by Susumu Fujita and headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo.[1][2][3] It is owned by Susumu Fujita with 20.50% interest; Fujita is the representative director, while Yusuke Hidaka is the executive vice president.[4][5]

CyberAgent is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the Nikkei 225 since 2000.[6]

History

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Susumu Fujita, who was an employee of the staffing company Intelligence (later Persol Career), founded the company in March 1998 with Yusuke Hidaka, supported by Yasuhide Uno, the founder of Persol Career. In July 1998, due to strong sales of Value Click, the company launched the click-guaranteed banner ad service "CyberClick" in collaboration with On The Edge, entering the internet advertising business. In 2000, the company was list on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, establishing a South Korean subsidiary, and focused on advertising business.

Ameba was established in September 2004.[7] By 2008, the number of users had grown substantially, reaching 13.28 million in May. Nielsen//NetRatings attributed this in part to the number of popular celebrity blogs on the platform.[8] Server upgrades were performed in 2007 and 2008 to account for the increase in traffic.[7]

In April 2006, formed a strategic alliance alliance with NTV Football Club Co., Ltd., which operates Tokyo Verdy 1969, which had a uniform sponsorship contract with the previous year, acquiring 48.1% of the club's issued shares, becoming the largest shareholder after Nippon Television Network as the largest shareholder until its withdrawal in January 2008.

Cygames was established May 9, 2011,[9] a Japanese web services company. In 2012, DeNA purchased a 24% stake in Cygames.[10] Shortly thereafter, the studio was chosen by Game Developer (formerly Gamasutra) as one of the top ten game developers of the year.[11] In June 2012, Cygames founded CyDesignation, a company specialized in Design, Illustration, Game planning and Game development.[12]

In 2016, it established a live streaming service called Fresh Live.[13] On April 1, 2016 it was transferred to CyberAgent subsidiary AbemaTV and its name was changed to AbemaTV Fresh!,[14] and on June 26, 2018 its name was changed to Fresh Live.[15] Termination of the service began on February 12, 2019, when the creation of new channels, in addition to archiving and other functions, was disabled for most channels. Complete closure of the service on November 30, 2020, was announced on October 9, 2020. Since 2019, CyberAgent integrated the service with Openrec.tv, another live streaming service operated by CyberAgent subsidiary CyberZ, and some channels migrated to that service.[16][17][18]

CyberAgent and TV Asahi launched Abema TV service on April 11, 2016, having soft-launched some channels on March 1 of the same year. AbemaTV channels stream in real-time, similar to traditional linear TV, but missed programs can only be watched through its paid subscription tiers,[19] which was officially launched as the on-demand Abema Video feature in April 2017.[20] The platform's linear model was deliberately chosen to differentiate it from standard video-on-demand services; Fujita noted that "finding content is a hassle" and aimed to provide an effortless viewing experience akin to traditional television as one of U-Next's competitors in a following decade.[21]

On September 1, 2017, 100% of DDT's shares were sold to the CyberAgent company. Sanshiro Takagi remained as the DDT president. On January 28, 2020, it was announced that CyberAgent had purchased Pro Wrestling Noah from Lidet Entertainment.[22] On July 27, 2020, it was announced that Noah, DDT Pro-Wrestling would merge in a new company that would eventually be called CyberFight.[23][24] It was also revealed that the Noah and DDT brands would not be retired and would maintain their unique and current brand names, logos, etc. and would act as two separate brands within CyberFight, as well as the Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling (TJPW) and Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling (GanPro) brands, originally created and operated by DDT.[25]

In June 2024, CyberAgent announced that Nitroplus acquired 72.5% of the company for 16.7 billion yen, making it a subsidiary.[26][27][28]

In November 2025, CyberAgent signed a strategic alliance and cooperation with Konami and Electronic Arts focused on video game business, as well as the signing of the JOC/JPC, NPB, and J-League became official partners.[29]

In April and May 2026, CygamesPictures was renamed to Cypic after its consolidation as a subsidiary under CyberAgent through direct share acquisition in February 2026.[30] In May 2026, Cygames acquires 3DCG and visual effects studio Griot Groove and a partnership within Rodeo FX's Mikros Animation focused on 3DCG animated industry.[31] Bushiroad announced that it would sell its NJPW shares to its rivals CyberAgent and previous minority shareholder TV Asahi. As a result of this sale NJPW would become a subsidiary of TV Asahi. Of Bushiroad's 10,500,400 shares (70%), 3,550,200 shares are being transferred to TV Asahi and 6,950,200 shares are being transferred to CyberAgent, and the sale is supposed to be concluded on June 30, 2026.[32]

Controversies and criticism

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In April 2015 a former employee of CyberAgent accused the company of unauthorized stealing of articles and images, inappropriate quoting, and undercover marketing were often pointed out with BuzzFeed Japan also accused the company of the same thing but the allegations were later denied.[33][34][35]

In the fall of 2016, DeNA's healthcare information website "WELQ" had a problem due to inappropriate content and inappropriate citations, and from December 1 to 2, 2016, thousands of articles related to medical and health related to “Spotlight” and a few percent of approximately 35,000 articles related to by.S were deleted.[citation needed] CyberAgent explained that the privately held articles were written by registered users and with the company claiming could not be fully verified with addiction expanded the scope of private disclosure, and deleted all articles posted by registered users on both websites. A total of less than 100,000 articles were deleted.[36][37][38]

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "オフィス移転遍歴から見る株式会社サイバーエージェントの歴史とは｜officee magazine". officee.jp. Archived from the original on 2020-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  2. ↑ "【保存版】サイバーエージェントによる新規事業開拓の歴史". strainer.jp. Archived from the original on 2020-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  3. ↑ "The社史". the社史. Archived from the original on 2020-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  4. ↑ "サイバーエージェント（サイバー）【4751】の大株主と資本異動情報｜株探（かぶたん）". kabutan.jp. Archived from the original on 2020-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
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  6. ↑ "Nikkei 225NKY:IND". Bloomberg. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  7. 1 2 "100億PVにも耐えられる、アメブロがOracle RACで性能向上". NikkeiXtech (in Japanese). Nikkei Business Publications. 2008-06-24. Retrieved 2025-04-22.
  8. ↑ "「アメブロ」、芸能人の公式ブログでアクセス数が急増". NikkeiXTech (in Japanese). Nikkei Business Publications. 2008-06-27. Retrieved 2025-04-22.
  9. ↑ "History – Cygames". Cygames. Archived from the original on December 28, 2024.
  10. ↑ "DeNA to buy into Cygames - Mobile World Live". November 7, 2012. Archived from the original on September 29, 2017.
  11. ↑ staff, Gamasutra, GD mag. "The top 10 game developers of 2012". Game Developer (formerly Gamasutra). Archived from the original on December 16, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  12. ↑ "デザイン制作子会社　株式会社CyDesignationの設立について" (Press release) (in Japanese). Cygames. June 4, 2012. Archived from the original on December 12, 2022. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
  13. ↑ "ハードワーカーの帝王・CA藤田晋社長（元麻雀最強位）に突撃取材！「ニコ生の麻雀番組だと牌が見づらいからAmebaFresh!を作った」". AOLニュース. 2016-01-22. Archived from the original on 2020-12-19. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  14. ↑ "株式会社AbemaTVへの「AmebaFresh!」事業の譲渡について" (Press release). 株式会社サイバーエージェント. 2016-03-31. Archived from the original on 2020-12-19. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  15. ↑ "ライブ配信サービス「Fresh!」がブランド刷新し、「Fresh Live」へ名称変更 配信者が番組への応援を募る"プロジェクト機能"の正式提供を開始". 株式会社サイバーエージェント. 2018-06-26. Archived from the original on 2020-12-19. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
  16. ↑ "Fresh! Openrec 統合のお知らせ". 日本プロ麻雀連盟. 2020-08-17. Archived from the original on 2020-12-19. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
  17. ↑ "「Openrec.tv」と「Fresh Live（無料配信チャンネル）」のサービスを統合". 株式会社サイバーエージェント. 2019-01-24. Archived from the original on 2020-12-19. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
  18. ↑ "Fresh Live サービス終了のお知らせ". Daily Fresh Live（デイリーフレッシュライブ）. 2020-10-09. Archived from the original on 2020-12-19. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
  19. ↑ "サイバーエージェント藤田社長が「AbemaTV」でマスメディアを目指す理由". ITmedia Mobile (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  20. ↑ "「AbemaTVの先行投資やめない」 増収減益のサイバーエージェント、新事業に手応え". ITmedia NEWS (in Japanese). Retrieved 2026-03-19.
  21. ↑ "サイバーエージェントとテレ朝が合弁新会社 定額制動画配信とニュースチャンネル展開". ITmedia NEWS (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  22. ↑ Pratt, Emily (January 29, 2020). "Pro Wrestling NOAH's New Relationship With DDT Will Make It Easier To Watch Internationally". Uproxx. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  23. ↑ Thomas, Jeremy (July 27, 2020). "Pro Wrestling NOAH and DDT to Merge Into New Company CyberFight". 411Mania. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
  24. ↑ Cite error: The named reference CompanyStart was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  25. ↑ Yeates, Walter (July 28, 2020). "Breaking: CyberFight Will Place DDT, NOAH, TJPW Under Same Corporate Banner". theovertimer. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  26. ↑ "コンテンツ愛が受け継がれる未来へ。ニトロプラスとサイバーエージェントの新たな挑戦 | CyberAgent Way サイバーエージェント公式オウンドメディア". 株式会社サイバーエージェント (in Japanese). 2024-06-26. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
  27. ↑ "サイバーエージェントグループ参画のお知らせ｜ニトロプラス Nitro Plus". www.nitroplus.co.jp. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
  28. ↑ Industry, 2 Comments (2024-06-26). "CyberAgent to Acquire Creative Company Nitroplus for 16.7 Billion Yen". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2024-06-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  29. ↑ "コナミデジタルエンタテインメントＪリーグ特別大会「明治安田Ｊリーグ百年構想リーグ」のトップパートナーに決定". Konami Digital Entertainment (in Japanese). 25 December 2025. Archived from the original on 12 January 2026. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
  30. ↑ Tan, Melvyn (February 6, 2026). "CygamesPictures To Be Renamed CyPic, Become CyberAgent Subsidiary". Anime Trending. Retrieved February 9, 2026.
  31. ↑ "Cygames Acquires 3DCG and VFX Studio Griot Groove". Gamer Braves. May 4, 2026. Retrieved May 8, 2026.
  32. ↑ "Notice Regarding Change of an Equity Method Affiliate into a Consolidated Subsidiary)" (PDF) (Press release). TV Asahi Holdings Corporation. 2026-05-27. Retrieved 2026-05-27.
  33. ↑ 山本一郎 (2015-04-30). "サイバーエージェントなど特定企業の社員が違法なネイティブアドビジネスにぶっこんでいる件で". yahoo!ニュース. Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-12-18.
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  35. ↑ 播磨谷拓巳 「悪質記事は神への冒涜」 サイバーエージェント「Spotlight」を殴るヨッピーに聞いた Archived 2020-12-19 at the Wayback Machine BuzzFeed Japan 2016/12/09
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