Index Corporation
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Kabushiki gaisha Subsidiary | |
Industry | Video games |
Founded |
1 September 1995 5 September 2013 (as Sega Dream Corporation) 1 April 2014 (Established as a new company after separation from Atlus) |
Headquarters | TaishidÅ, Setagaya, Tokyo |
Key people |
Hideki Okamura (Representative Director and Chairman) Yasuhiko Hamada (President & CEO) |
Number of employees | 166[1] (April 2014) |
Parent | Sega Holdings Co., Ltd. |
Website | indexweb.jp |
Index Corporation (æ ªå¼ä¼šç¤¾ã‚¤ãƒ³ãƒ‡ãƒƒã‚¯ã‚¹ Kabushiki gaisha Indekkusu) is a Japanese video game developer and a subsidiary of Sega Holdings.
History

Index Corporation was originally founded on 1 September 1995, as a mobile content service provider and expanded into one of Japan's most successful companies, with acquisitions into several communications and entertainment ventures, including the anime studio Madhouse, game companies Atlus and Interchannel, and major movie studio Nikkatsu. It also made inroads into numerous worldwide ventures, including the United States, United Kingdom and France, where it owned the football club Grenoble Foot 38, which, upon Index's acquisition, achieved promotion to Ligue 1.[2] Up to 2013, Index Corporation had sold most of its subsidiaries. In June 2013, following investigations for fraud, Index Corporation was forced to file for civil rehabilitation bankruptcy.
On November 9 2010, Index Holdings (æ ªå¼ä¼šç¤¾ã‚¤ãƒ³ãƒ‡ãƒƒã‚¯ã‚¹ãƒ»ãƒ›ãƒ¼ãƒ«ãƒ‡ã‚£ãƒ³ã‚°ã‚¹) announced its renaming to Index Corporation (æ ªå¼ä¼šç¤¾ã‚¤ãƒ³ãƒ‡ãƒƒã‚¯ã‚¹), to be confirmed on the 15th shareholders meeting on 25 November 2010, effective on 1 December 2010.[3][4] On June 27, 2013, following an investigation for fraud,[5] Index Corporation filed for civil rehabilitation bankruptcy due to a debt consisting of 24.5 billion yen.[6][7][8]
On September 18, 2013, it was reported that Sega Sammy Holdings had won a bid to acquire Index for 14 billion yen.[9] Sega Sammy Holdings denied taking over Index Corporation at first,[10] however it announced later that day that Index Corporation would sell the digital game business, contents and solution business, and amusement business to Sega Dream Corporation (æ ªå¼ä¼šç¤¾ã‚»ã‚¬ãƒ‰ãƒªãƒ¼ãƒ ), a subsidiary of Sega Corporation established on 2013-09-05, effective on 2013-11-01. The sales covered fixed assets and intellectual property assets of the announced operations, which included Atlus Holding, Inc. (parent company of Index Digital Media, Inc.), Tiger Mob Limited, Index Corp (Thailand) Ltd., Mobi Town Ltd. However, liabilities including interest-bearing debts would not be taken over.[9][11][12][13] On November 1, 2013, Sega announced that it will rename its subsidiary, Sega Dream Corporation, to Index Corporation (æ ªå¼ä¼šç¤¾ã€€ã‚¤ãƒ³ãƒ‡ãƒƒã‚¯ã‚¹).[14] On February 18, 2014, Sega and Index Corporation announced the separation of Index Corporation's contents and solution businesses into a new subsidiary under the name 'Index Corporation' (æ ªå¼ä¼šç¤¾ã‚¤ãƒ³ãƒ‡ãƒƒã‚¯ã‚¹), while renaming the 'old' Index Corporation and its remaining digital game business division into 'Atlus' (æ ªå¼ä¼šç¤¾ã‚¢ãƒˆãƒ©ã‚¹), effective on April 1, 2014. The new Atlus would also include the foreign subsidiary Index Digital Media, Inc., which would be renamed to Atlus U.S.A., Inc. at the effective establishment day of the new Atlus.[1][15]
On May 28, 2014, Masami Ochiai, Chairman of the former Index Corporation, and his wife Yoshimi Ochiai, president of the company, were arrested by the Tokyo District Public Prosectors Office on suspicion of falsifying stock reports for the company.[16][17]
Subsidiaries
- Index Corp (Thailand) Ltd.: Established in April 2002 as mobile content and service provider in Thailand.
- Interchannel: Japanese videogame developer formerly owned by NEC.
Former subsidiaries
- Index Magazines Corporation (æ ªå¼ä¼šç¤¾ã‚¤ãƒ³ãƒ‡ãƒƒã‚¯ã‚¹ãƒ»ãƒžã‚¬ã‚¸ãƒ³ã‚º): On 22 August 2005, Index Magazines was merged into Index Communications Corporation.[18]
- Nikkatsu Corporation (æ—¥æ´»æ ªå¼ä¼šç¤¾): On 30 November 2005, Index Corporation announced sales of Nikkatsu Corporation to SKY Perfect Communications Inc., to be completed on December 2005.[19][20]
- C&C Media Co.,Ltd (æ ªå¼ä¼šç¤¾ã‚·ãƒ¼ã‚¢ãƒ³ãƒ‰ã‚·ãƒ¼ãƒ¡ãƒ‡ã‚£ã‚¢): An online video game publisher. On 1 February 2010, Index Holdings announced the sale of its C&C shares to Perfect World Co.,Ltd.[21] On 26 March 2010, the sales of C&C to Perfect World Europe B.V. was formalized, to be completed on 31 March 2010.[22]
- POLLEX kabushikigaisha (POLLEXæ ªå¼ä¼šç¤¾): On 8 July 2009, Index Holdings announced selling all of its 204 (20.4%) shares of POLLEX to Hyundai-Index Corporation, to be closed on 15 July 2009.[23]
- Hyundai-Index Corporation (ç¾ä»£ã‚¤ãƒ³ãƒ‡ãƒƒã‚¯ã‚¹æ ªå¼ä¼šç¤¾): On 8 July 2009, Index Holdings announced selling all of its 306 (30.6%) shares of Hyundai-Index Corporation to Hyundai-Index Corporation, to be closed on 15 July 2009.[23]
- Index Europe Holdings Limited: On 10 December 2009, Index Holdings announced disbanding Index Europe Holdings Limited, effective on 30 June 2010. The Index Multimedia SA owned by Index Europe Holdings Limited would operate under Index Holdings.[24]
- Netindex ES (æ ªå¼ä¼šç¤¾ãƒãƒƒãƒˆã‚¤ãƒ³ãƒ‡ãƒƒã‚¯ã‚¹ãƒ»ã‚¤ãƒ¼ãƒ»ã‚¨ã‚¹): Communication device company owned by Netindex Inc. The company was established in 2005-09.[25] On 12 August 2010, Index Holdings and Netindex Inc. announced merging Netindex ES into Netindex Inc., effective on 1 November 2010.[26][27]
- net mobile? (æ ªå¼ä¼šç¤¾ãƒãƒƒãƒˆãƒ¢ãƒã‚¤ãƒ«): Audio visual, data, image communication machine, software marketing company owned by Netindex Inc. On 12 August 2010, Index Holdings and Netindex Inc. announced merging net mobile into Netindex Inc., effective on 1 November 2010.[26][27]
- Atlus Co., Ltd. (æ ªå¼ä¼šç¤¾ã‚¢ãƒˆãƒ©ã‚¹): A video game company. On 21 November 2006, Index Holdings announced the acquisition of Atlus Co., Ltd. beginning on 30 October 2006 and closed on 20 November 2006 via the purchase of 7.7 million (54.93%) stocks (77,000 votes/54.96% voting rights). Atlus Co., Ltd. became a consolidated Index Holdings subsidiary as of 29 November 2006.[28][29] On 15 April 2010, Index Holdings announced ATLUS Co., Ltd. became a wholly owned subsidiary of Index Holdings via share exchange, effective on 10 May 2010.[30] On 30 August 2010, Index Holdings announced its merger with ATLUS Co., Ltd. and Index Corporation, with Index Holdings becoming the surviving company, effective on 1 October 2010.[31][32] After the merger, Index Corporation would continue to operate ATLUS's business under the ATLUS brand.[33]
- Index Corporation (æ ªå¼ä¼šç¤¾ã‚¤ãƒ³ãƒ‡ãƒƒã‚¯ã‚¹): A mobile division under Index Holdings. On 30 August 2011, Index Holdings announced its merger with ATLUS Co., Ltd. and Index Corporation, with Index Holdings becoming the surviving company, effective on 1 October 2011.[31][32]
- Madhouse Inc. (æ ªå¼ä¼šç¤¾ãƒžãƒƒãƒ‰ãƒã‚¦ã‚¹): On 8 February 2011, Nippon Television became Madhouse's primary stockholder, via a third-party allocation of new shares.[34]
- Rosso Index K.K. (æ ªå¼ä¼šç¤¾ãƒãƒƒã‚½ã‚¤ãƒ³ãƒ‡ãƒƒã‚¯ã‚¹): On 29 October 2009, Index Holdings announced the acquisition of GONZO Rosso K.K. from Chushoukigyou service kikou kabushikigaisha, and becoming a subsidiary of Index Holdings, effective on 30 October 2009.[35] On 1 February 2010, GONZO Rosso K.K. (æ ªå¼ä¼šç¤¾ã‚´ãƒ³ã‚¾ãƒãƒƒã‚½) was renamed to Rosso Index K.K. (æ ªå¼ä¼šç¤¾ãƒãƒƒã‚½ã‚¤ãƒ³ãƒ‡ãƒƒã‚¯ã‚¹).[22][36] On 2011-07-27, Index Corporation announced selling its 89.33% stake (700,035 shares) of Rosso Index K.K. to C FACTORY Co.,Ltd. (æ ªå¼ä¼šç¤¾ã‚·ã‚£ãƒ•ァクトリィ) and retaining 6.96% stake (54,561 shares), with sales began on 2011-08-01. GOLDSKY ACCESS INTERNATIONAL,Inc. and Goldsky DigitalTechnology Ltd. subsidiaries owned by Rosso Index K.K. would also be no longer the sub-subsidiaries of Index Corporation.[37][38][39]
- Netindex Inc. (æ ªå¼ä¼šç¤¾ãƒãƒƒãƒˆã‚¤ãƒ³ãƒ‡ãƒƒã‚¯ã‚¹): Mobile and wireless service provider. The company was renamed from HONDA ELECTRON CO.,LTD. (本多エレクトãƒãƒ³æ ªå¼ä¼šç¤¾) to Netindex Inc. on 22 August 2005.[18] Netindex Inc. was renamed to NCXX Inc. (æ ªå¼ä¼šç¤¾ãƒã‚¯ã‚¹) in 2012-12.[25]
- TEMO Inc. (æ ªå¼ä¼šç¤¾ãƒ†ãƒ¢): A search application provider. On 28 September 2012, Index Corporation announced merging TEMO Inc. into Index Corporation, effective on 1 November 2012.[40]
- Style Index (ã‚¹ã‚¿ã‚¤ãƒ«ãƒ»ã‚¤ãƒ³ãƒ‡ãƒƒã‚¯ã‚¹æ ªå¼ä¼šç¤¾): Renamed from YOSHINAGA CORPORATION (ãƒ¨ã‚·ãƒŠã‚¬æ ªå¼ä¼šç¤¾) on 22 August 2005.[18]
- Index Media (インデックス ãƒŸãƒ¼ãƒ¡ãƒ‡ã‚£ã‚¢æ ªå¼ä¼šç¤¾): Renamed from Indy Inc. (æ ªå¼ä¼šç¤¾ã‚¤ãƒ³ãƒ‡ã‚£) on 22 August 2005.[18]
- Index Multimédia SA (インデックス・マルãƒãƒ¡ãƒ‡ã‚£ã‚¢): On 3 August 2004, Index Group announced the acquisition of 66.65% shares of 123 Multimedia SA by Index Corporation, and becoming a subsidiary of Index Corporation.[41] On 15 December 2005, Index Intercontinental Holdings Ltd acquired the 123 Multimedia shares held by Patrick Abadie and his wife via the G5 Holding Company, increasing Index Intercontinental Holdings Ltd's total capital holdings in 123 Multimedia to 70.15%.[42] On 14 December 2005, 123 Multimedia's board of directors approved 123 Multimedia's company name change to Index Multimedia.[43] Toulouse Court of Commerce decided assigning Index Multimédia SA's activity and Index Multimédia SA's subsidiary SASU TECHNIQUES MODERATION & CONVERGENCES to the benefit of the company's former executive Mr. Philippe Pisani acting for a simplified limited company (French SAS). Following the transfer, both entities were dissolved in 2013-10-17.[44][45]
- Dynamo amusement, Inc. (æ ªå¼ä¼šç¤¾ãƒ€ã‚¤ãƒŠãƒ¢ã‚¢ãƒŸãƒ¥ãƒ¼ã‚ºãƒ¡ãƒ³ãƒˆ): A CG production studio, providing contents for movies, games and commercials, established on 2004-10-01 as Dynamo Pictures (æ ªå¼ä¼šç¤¾ãƒ€ã‚¤ãƒŠãƒ¢ãƒ”クãƒãƒ£ãƒ¼ã‚º). In 2011-07-19, Dynamo Pictures was renamed to Index Amusement, Inc. (æ ªå¼ä¼šç¤¾ã‚¤ãƒ³ãƒ‡ãƒƒã‚¯ã‚¹ãƒ»ã‚¢ãƒŸãƒ¥ãƒ¼ã‚ºãƒ¡ãƒ³ãƒˆ).[46] In 2013-12-26, Index Amusement, Inc. was renamed to Dynamo amusement, Inc.[47][48]
- Index Digital Media, Inc. (インデックス・デジタルメディア): Formerly Atlus U.S.A., Inc. It acts as a video game publisher and licensor for North American and European markets. The company was renamed to its former name, Atlus U.S.A., Inc., after the split of Index Corporation and became the subsidiary of the new Atlus.
References
- 1 2 会社分割(新è¨åˆ†å‰²ï¼‰åŠã³å•†å·å¤‰æ›´ã«é–¢ã™ã‚‹ãŠçŸ¥ã‚‰ã›
- ↑ "Grenoble Foot 38 celebrates the long awaited opening of its new professional soccer stadium, `Stade des Alpes`". Index Corporation. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
- ↑ 商å·å¤‰æ›´ãŠã‚ˆã³å®šæ¬¾ä¸€éƒ¨å¤‰æ›´ã«é–¢ã™ã‚‹ãŠçŸ¥ã‚‰ã›
- ↑ "Index Holdings to Change Company Name". Reuters. 9 November 2010. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
- ↑ http://www.siliconera.com/2013/06/27/atlus-parent-company-files-for-bankruptcy/
- ↑ http://www.screwattack.com/news/atlus-parent-company-has-filed-bankruptcy
- ↑ Atlus Games' Index Corporation Files for Civil Rehabilitation Bankruptcy
- ↑ 民事å†ç”Ÿæ‰‹ç¶šé–‹å§‹ã®ç”³ç«‹ã¦ã«é–¢ã™ã‚‹ãŠçŸ¥ã‚‰ã›
- 1 2 Shigeru Sato & Takahiko Hyuga (18 September 2013). "Sega Said to Win Auction to Buy Bankrupt Japan Gamemaker Index". Bloomberg. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
- ↑ Nikkei: Sega Sammy to Buy Out Atlus Games' Index Corporation
- ↑ æ ªå¼ä¼šç¤¾ã‚¤ãƒ³ãƒ‡ãƒƒã‚¯ã‚¹ã®äº‹æ¥è²å—ã‘ã«é–¢ã™ã‚‹å¥‘ç´„ç· çµã«ã¤ã„ã¦
- ↑ æ ªå¼ä¼šç¤¾ã‚¤ãƒ³ãƒ‡ãƒƒã‚¯ã‚¹ã®äº‹æ¥è²å—ã‘ã«é–¢ã™ã‚‹å¥‘ç´„ç· çµã«ã¤ã„ã¦
- ↑ "Notice of Conclusion regarding Business Transfer Agreement of Index Corporation" (PDF). Sega Sammy Holdings Inc. 18 September 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
- ↑ 当社å会社ã®äº‹æ¥è²å—ã«é–¢ã™ã‚‹ãŠçŸ¥ã‚‰ã› (in Japanese). Sega Corporation. 1 November 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
- ↑ 連çµå会社ã®ä¼šç¤¾åˆ†å‰²ï¼ˆæ–°è¨åˆ†å‰²ï¼‰åŠã³å•†å·å¤‰æ›´ã«é–¢ã™ã‚‹ãŠçŸ¥ã‚‰ã›
- ↑ 2014-05-28, インデックス会長らを逮æ• 粉飾決算ã®ç–‘ã„, Nikkei
- ↑ 2014-05-28, Index chairman Ochiai arrested over false earnings report, Mainichi Shimbun
- 1 2 3 4 ã‚¤ãƒ³ãƒ‡ãƒƒã‚¯ã‚¹ã€æˆ¦ç•¥çš„ãªCI確立ã«å‘ã‘ã¦ã‚°ãƒ«ãƒ¼ãƒ—å会社3社ã®ç¤¾åを変更ã€å‡ºç‰ˆéƒ¨é–€2社をåˆä½µ
- ↑ æ—¥æ´»æ ªå¼ã€€ä¸€éƒ¨è²æ¸¡ã®ãŠçŸ¥ã‚‰ã›
- ↑ Acquisition of Nikkatsu Corporation Shares
- ↑ 連çµå会社(å«ä¼šç¤¾ï¼‰ã®æ ªå¼è²æ¸¡ã«å‘ã‘ãŸåŸºæœ¬åˆæ„ç· çµã«é–¢ã™ã‚‹ãŠçŸ¥ã‚‰ã›
- 1 2 当社連çµåä¼šç¤¾ã®æ ªå¼è²æ¸¡å¥‘ç´„ç· çµã«é–¢ã™ã‚‹ãŠçŸ¥ã‚‰ã›
- 1 2 当社ã®å会社ã§ã‚ã‚‹ç¾ä»£ã‚¤ãƒ³ãƒ‡ãƒƒã‚¯ã‚¹æ ªå¼ä¼šç¤¾ã®æ ªå¼è²æ¸¡ã«é–¢ã™ã‚‹ãŠçŸ¥ã‚‰ã›
- ↑ 当社å会社(Index Europe Holdings Limited)ã®è§£æ•£åŠã³æ¸…ç®—ã«é–¢ã™ã‚‹ãŠçŸ¥ã‚‰ã›
- 1 2 沿é©ï½œä¼æ¥æƒ…å ±ï½œæ ªå¼ä¼šç¤¾ãƒã‚¯ã‚¹
- 1 2 å会社ã®åˆä½µã«é–¢ã™ã‚‹ãŠçŸ¥ã‚‰ã›
- 1 2 連çµå会社ã¨ã®åˆä½µã«é–¢ã™ã‚‹ãŠçŸ¥ã‚‰ã›
- ↑ "Regarding tender offer results and subsidiary companies" (PDF). Retrieved 30 August 2010.
- ↑ 公開買付ã‘ã®çµæžœåŠã³å会社ã®ç•°å‹•ã«é–¢ã™ã‚‹ãŠçŸ¥ã‚‰ã›
- ↑ æ ªå¼äº¤æ›å…¬å‘Š
- 1 2 当社連çµå会社ã®å¸åŽåˆä½µã«é–¢ã™ã‚‹ãŠçŸ¥ã‚‰ã› (簡易åˆä½µãƒ»ç•¥å¼åˆä½µï¼‰
- 1 2 インデックス・ホールディングスã€é€£çµå会社ã®å¸åŽåˆä½µã«é–¢ã™ã‚‹ãŠçŸ¥ã‚‰ã› ~グループ価値最大化を図りインデックスã€ã‚¢ãƒˆãƒ©ã‚¹ã®ï¼’社をå¸åŽåˆä½µï½ž
- ↑ ã€è£œè¶³ã€‘インデックス・ホールディングスã€é€£çµå会社ã®å¸åŽåˆä½µã«é–¢ã™ã‚‹ãŠçŸ¥ã‚‰ã› アトラスブランドã«ã¤ã„ã¦
- ↑ "NTV to Make Madhouse Anime Studio Its Subsidiary". Anime News Network. 2011-02-08. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
- ↑ 当社åä¼šç¤¾ï¼ˆæ ªå¼ä¼šç¤¾ã‚¢ãƒˆãƒ©ã‚¹ï¼‰ã«ãŠã‘ã‚‹ æ ªå¼ä¼šç¤¾ã‚´ãƒ³ã‚¾ãƒãƒƒã‚½ã®æ ªå¼å–得(å会社化)ã«é–¢ã™ã‚‹ãŠçŸ¥ã‚‰ã›
- ↑ 2010/02/01 社å変更ã®ãŠçŸ¥ã‚‰ã›
- ↑ å会社ãŠã‚ˆã³å«ä¼šç¤¾ã®ç•°å‹•ãªã‚‰ã³ã«ç‰¹åˆ¥æå¤±ã®ç™ºç”Ÿã«é–¢ã™ã‚‹ãŠçŸ¥ã‚‰ã›
- ↑ 2011/08/1 親会社ã®ç•°å‹•ã«é–¢ã™ã‚‹ãŠçŸ¥ã‚‰ã›
- ↑ "Index Holdings to Sell Shares of Subsidiary". Reuters. 27 July 2011. Archived from the original on 19 September 2013.
- ↑ åˆä½µå…¬å‘Š
- ↑ ã‚¤ãƒ³ãƒ‡ãƒƒã‚¯ã‚¹ã€æ¬§å·žæœ€å¤§ç´šã®ãƒ¢ãƒã‚¤ãƒ«ã‚³ãƒ³ãƒ†ãƒ³ãƒ„プãƒãƒã‚¤ãƒ€ãƒ¼123 Multimedia社 を買åŽã‚¤ãƒ³ãƒ‡ãƒƒã‚¯ã‚¹ã‚°ãƒ«ãƒ¼ãƒ—æ¥æœŸ780億円超ã®å£²ä¸Šã«ã€‚ 圧倒的ãªå±•開力をもã¤ã‚°ãƒãƒ¼ãƒãƒ«ãƒ¡ãƒ‡ã‚£ã‚¢ã‚«ãƒ³ãƒ‘ニーã¨ã—ã¦èºé€²ã€‚
- ↑ INDEX INCREASES ITS CAPITAL HOLDINGS IN 123 MULTIMEDIA
- ↑ 123 becomes Index Multimedia
- ↑ INDEX MULTIMEDIA, decision from the Tribunal de Commerce of Toulouse
- ↑ INDEX MULTIMEDIA : Decision of the Toulouse Court of Commerce
- ↑ 社å変更ã«ã¤ã„ã¦ã®ãŠçŸ¥ã‚‰ã›
- ↑ 社å変更ã®ã”案内
- ↑ DYNAMO AMUSEMENT