company profile

Company Nameamana inc.

Representive

Yoshiaki Kaneko, President

Board Members
Directors

Takafumi Segawa, Yosuke Matsushima

Part-time Corporate Auditor

Tomoya Hasebe

Headquarter

2-2-43, Higashi-shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan+81-3-3740-4011

Main Business

Visual & Communication Business

Strategy planning and designing for marketing / communication arena, brand design and activation, innercommunication planning, contents marketing, contents production and editing, prototyping, movie and graphic
design and productions, website production, and other marketing- and promotion-related planning andexecution plan proposals, etc.

Capital Fund¥100,000,000

Established

April 28, 1979

Consolidated Group Companies

needsplus Inc.,
amanacliq Asia Limited, amanacliq Shanghai Limited, amanacliq Singapore Pte. Ltd.

Number of Employees

646 consolidated ＊As of Jan. 1, 2024

Main Banks

ResonaBank, Ltd., The Shoko ChukinBank, Ltd., Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp.,
Mizuho Bank, Ltd., The Bank of Yokohama, Ltd., The Chiba Bank, Ltd. ＊As of Jan. 1, 2024

Corporate Website

https://amana.jp/en/

company history

1979/APR

Urban Publicity inc., a forerunner of amana group, is established and begins commissioned production of advertising photography

1987/JAN

Aoyama Office is established in Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo, and commences stock photographs sales and planning busines

1991/APR

Urban Publicity inc. changes its name to IMA Co., Ltd.

1997/NOVIMA Co., Ltd. merges with Camera Tokyo Service and changes its name to amana inc.

2001/APR

un inc. is established to strengthen photography department

2004/JUL

amana inc. shares are listed on the TSE Mothers market (Code: 2402) as of July 1

2004/OCT

needsplus Inc. is established to be managed jointly with amana inc.

2005/MAR

acube inc., SPOON inc., dip inc., hue inc., and voile inc. are established reorganizing amana photography department

2005/DEC

amana inc. acquires shares of NABLA inc. to reinforce visual solutions business2006/JAN

amana inc. acquires shares of A&A inc. to reinforce sales promotion planning and production business2006/AUG

amana inc. acquires shares of MISSILE・COMPANY inc. to reinforce advertising planning and production business2007/JAN

amana inc. absorbs and merges all stock photo business and establishes amanaimages inc.
amana inc. acquires shares of HiSCHOOL inc. to expand its business territory into the television commercial industry

2008/JUL

amana inc. converts to a holdings company and changes its name to amana holdings inc.
visual content design and production business is transferred to the newly established amana inc.

2008/NOV

amana holdings inc. gains ISO/IEC 27001:2005 international standard certification for its information security management system asof November 24

2008/DECMISSILE・COMPANY inc. becomes an equity-method affiliated company of amana group2009/JAN

amana inc. spins off a portion of planning and design business and establishes amana interactive inc.

2009/OCT

amana inc. spins off a portion of visual content design and production business and established amana cgi inc.

2009/DEC

amana interactive inc. merges with HiSCHOOL inc., while amana holdings inc. defines its business territories as “advertising-related
visual planning and production business” and “stock photographs sales and planning business”

2010/APR

amana inc. spins off a portion of visual content design and production business and establishes Hydroid inc.

2010/DECwonderactive inc. is established to handle advertising planning and production

2011/OCT

amana interactive inc. purchases shares of The Culinary Laboratory & Production Inc. to expand its business territory into the foodand restaurant industry

2012/JAN

amana salto inc. is established by merging with Salto Ulbeek, to expand the platinum print business2012/JULNABLA inc. changes its name to RIZING inc. as part of the reorganization process

2012/SEP

amanacliq Asia Limited is established to expand business in the Asian market

2012/OCT

amanacliq Shanghai Limited, subsidiary of amanacliq Asia Limited, is established as a business base for the Asian market

2012/DEC

amana inc. acquires shares of WESTVILLAGE CA CO., Ltd.

2013/JAN

amana interactive inc. absorbs and merges production-related business of amana inc.
amana inc. absorbs and merges sales-related business of amana interactive inc.
amana interactive inc. changed its name to amana creative inc.

2013/APR

amanaTIG inc. managed jointly with Taka Ishii Gallery is established and becomes an equity-method affiliated company of amana
group foreseeing consumer market business expansion

2013/JUL

amanacliq Singapore Pte. Ltd., subsidiary of amanacliq Asia Limited, is established as a yet another business base for the Asian market

2014/JAN

amana inc. establishes amanadesign inc. focusing on planning and design
amana creative inc. changes its name to studio amana inc.

2014/MARamanaANG inc. becomes an equity-method affiliated company of amana group as a business base for the domestic and foreign
high-end consumer market

2014/APR

amana holdings inc. (as a surviving company) merges with amana and changes its name to amana inc.
As a surviving company, SPOON inc. merges with Vda inc. and changes its name to parade inc.

2014/JULAMANA JKG managed jointly with Jean-Kenta Gauthier is established and becomes an equity-method affiliated company ofamana group to expand its domestic and foreign high-end consumer market

2015/APR

amanabi inc. is established as a management company for training and seminars

2015/OCT

YellowKorner Japan inc. (equity-method affiliated company) is jointly established by YK Luxembourg S.à r.l. and Culture Convenience
Club Co., Ltd. and amana inc., intended to sell art photography to consumers in and outside of Japan

company history

2017/JAN

studio amana inc. merges with parade inc. and changes its name to amanaphotography inc
RIZING inc. merges with amana cgi inc. and Hydroid inc. and changes its name to amana digital imaging inc.

2018/JULCa Design,inc. (equity-method affiliated company) is established managed jointly between CyberAgent, Inc. and amanadesign inc.

2019/FEB

amana inc. acquires shares of XICO Inc. (equity-method affiliate)
amana inc. acquires shares of Premium Japan Inc. (equity-method affiliate)2019/DEC

amanadesign inc. merges with amanabi inc. and WESTVILLAGE CA CO., LTD.

2020/JUL

amana inc. merges with amanadesign inc.

2020/SEP

amana inc. transfers its amana drone school business to GEO Solutions Inc. as of September 1

2020/OCT

amana inc. acquires stocks from CCC Art Lab Co., Ltd. thus incorporating YellowKorner Japan inc. as a consolidated subsidiaryaiming for swift decision-making to expand art-photo-related business2020/NOV

amana inc. merges with amana salto inc., amanadesign studio inc., amana digital imaging inc., and wonderactive inc.
amanaphotography inc. merges with acube inc., and hue inc.

2021/FEB

amana group’s amanaphotography inc. transfers part of un inc. shares, accordingly, un inc. becomes one of the group’s
equity-method affiliated companies

2022/MAY

amana inc. transfers its 100% share of amanaiamges inc. to Numazawa, Iizuka, and Nagai for Kimberley.

2022/DEC

amana inc. transfers its share of Premium Japan Inc. to Lusso inc.

2023/MARCa Design,inc. is dissolved.

2023/JUN

amana inc. transfers its share of YellowKorner Japan inc. to FLATLABO inc.
amana inc. transfers its share of XICO Inc. to artratio Inc.

2023/SEP

amana inc. transfers its 100% share of amanaTIGinc.to Taka Ishii Gallery

2023/DEC

amana inc. transfers its studio and equipment rentalbusiness of amanaphotographyinc.to PORT inc.

2023/DEC

Infinity brand capital inc. becomes the parent company of amana inc. through a third-party allotment of shares2024/JAN

amana inc. is delisted from the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market

2024/FEB

amana inc. transfers its 100% share of The Culinary Laboratory & Production Inc.

2024/APR

amana inc. merges with amanaphotographyinc.