17 April 2017
To whom it may concern
Wedge Holdings Co., Ltd.
Tatsuya Konoshita,
Representative Managing Director& CEO(Code 2388 TSE JASDAQ Market)
Contact: Yasuhiro Kotake
IR Representative(Tel: 03-6225-2207)
Mr. Erdenebayar, a Mongolian comic artist will visit Vietnam
Starting promotion to the world.
“Bumbardai” the story a million people moved to tears
makes a journey to Southeast Asia
Wedge Holdings CO., LTD（HQ：Chuo-ku, Tokyo Japan）would like to announce that westart activities in regard to an exclusive management contract with Mr. NambaralErdenebayar, a representative comic artist of Mongolia.
The first destination to visit is Vietnam. We invite him to “Japan SPRING Festival 2017 in VietNam” and introduce his work “Bumbardai” at our exhibition booth.
※“Bumbardai” animation movie on TV:

https://youtu.be/qVzeoWM56aI

Mr. Erdenebayar will visit at various places in Southeast Asia as the activity “A journey ofBumbardai in Southeast Asia”. We deliver the movie of his journey throughout Asia. His
representative work which received the highest award at 8th international Manga Award in2015 and its popular main character will be introduced in Southeast Asian countries. Andalso places to visit in Southeast Asia will be introduced. This is a promotion campaign for hiswork releasing early next year and also a journey to stretch his imagination.
Moreover, we will invite him to “Thailand Comic Con 2017” (21 April 2017 - 23 April 2017) inThailand and “ENNICHISAI” (13 May 2017 - 14 May 2017) and introduce him and his works at
our exhibition booth.
Overview of “Japan SPRING Festival 2017 in Viet Nam”
●Event dates：15 April 2017 (SAT) – 16 April 2017 (SUN)●Event hours：9:00AM – 10:00PM●Venue：Imperial Citadel of Thăng Long, 19 Hoang Dieu, Hanoi, Vietnm●Hosts：Japan Festival Executive Committee、Wedge Holdings Co., Ltd. and others-1-●Remark：Approximately 200 thousands visitors every year
Mr. Erdenebayar will serve as one of judges at an illustration contest called “Illustrator
contest Asia” in Mongol, Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia.
We will actively secure exclusive management contracts with talented creators in Asiaand give them full support of promotion and marketing to worldwide.

Detailed profile of Mr. Nambaral Erdenebayar
Mr. Erdenebayar holds a personal belief that he wants to tell the lifestyle and history ofMongolians as a nomad race and also express their pride and points of view to next
generations and people all over the world. In Mongol, he is not only famous for being an
artist of satirical comics on social and political issues, but also a leader in a field of comicart.
He is currently working on a series of “Bumbardai.” Thestory is about 5-year-old boy named “Bumbardai” whogrowing up as a nomad race. The story introduces lives
of nomad race through his interactions with manypeople and issues confronting his growth.
“Bumbardai” was received the highest award at 8thinternational Manga Award in 2015 hosted by Ministry ofForeign Affairs of Japan. It was the first time ever to give
an award to Mongolian work. Since February of 2017,
the series has been broadcasted on TV in Mongol andachieves high popularity.

We have actively interacted
and communicated with Mr.
Erdenebayar and Nordic Comic
group (Mongol NGO) whichacts as his agent. We havesigned a contract with him sincewe strongly feel attracted to histalent and genuinely empathizefor his philosophy and attitude
that he shows on his works.
We will wholeheartedly support and market Mr. Erdenebayar and his works to all over the-2-

world. We hope you are looking forward to his future success.
Reference “Bumbardai” animation movie on TV: https://youtu.be/qVzeoWM56aI
Reference Mr. Nambaral Erdenebayar interview movie on Bloomberg TV Mongolia:
http://bloombergtv.mn/н-эрдэнэбаяр-бумбардай-ийн-бүтээгдэхүүнүүдийг-азийн-зах-зээлд-гаргана/Reference Mr. Tatsuya Konoshita (CEO of Wedge Holdings CO.,LTD.) interview
movie on Bloomberg TV Mongolia:
http://bloombergtv.mn/коношито-тацуяа-монгол-зураачийн-бү
тээл-дэлхийн-тавцанд-үнэлэгдэх-цаг-ирсэн/Reference News about exclusive contract with Mr. Nambaral Erdenebayar:
http://asiarussia.ru/news/15786/

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