Japanese companies established in 1999

, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc. was originally set up as a subsidiary of Original Confidence and took over the latter's Oricon record charts in April 2002.

Japanese video game development company

Japanese music publisher

company

Mixi (stylized as mixi) is an online Japanese social networking service. It opened in 1999 and is owned by . As of September 2012, Mixi had about 14 million monthly active users, with about 8.6 million of those on smartphones. Mixi, Inc. was founded by Kenji Kasahara in 1999 as a limited liability company and became a Japanese corporation in 2000. The company changed its name to Mixi, Inc. from E-Mercury, Inc. in February 2006 to align its name with the social networking service, and was updated to MIXI, Inc. in 2022. Its headquarters are in Shibuya, Tokyo.

Japanese Airline

Japanese animation studio

is a Japanese provider of mobile portal and e-commerce websites headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo. It owns the Mobage cell phone platform and also operates other services, including the e-commerce website DeNA Shopping (formerly: Bidders).

Corporation that developed, designed, manufactured and sold dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) products.

SoftBank Group's Company

Japanese video game publisher

Artoon Co., Ltd. (株式会社アートゥーン Kabushiki-Gaisha Ātūn) was a Japanese video game developer established in 1999 by former Sega members, namely Naoto Ohshima and Yoji Ishii. The studio was primarily affiliated in the United States with projects on Microsoft's Xbox and Xbox 360, although they had also worked with Hudson Soft and Nintendo on other platforms.

(styled CiNG) was an independent video game developer based out of Fukuoka, Japan. The company, a small development house employing only 29 people, was founded in April 1999, and was run by Takuya Miyagawa, who served as President and CEO. Miyagawa also acted as the producer on all of Cing's titles. The company filed for bankruptcy on March 1, 2010.

Japanese developer of video games, music software, computer software and toys

Ganbarion (ガンバリオン; Ganbarion) is a Japanese video game company based in Fukuoka. Founded on August 13, 1999 by former Technosoft members, such as Chikako Yamakura, It develops games primarily for home consoles. Two of Ganbarion's major clients are Bandai Namco Entertainment and Nintendo. The company is best known for developing games based on the popular manga and anime One Piece, Jump Super Stars, Jump Ultimate Stars, and ''Pandora's Tower. Ganbarion also co-developed Wii Fit U'' in collaboration with Nintendo EAD.

Parent company of the SBI group (Japanese financial conglomerate)

is a Japanese semiconductor company, manufacturing silicon wafers for semiconductor manufacturers worldwide.

is a Japan-based electronic commerce and Internet company with a diversified group of businesses that includes online shopping, eikaiwa, and video on demand service. The company manages DMM.com, an online entertainment site that allows users to purchase goods and services like e-books, games, mainstream DVD releases, and 3D printing. As of February 2024, DMM.com had over 45 million registered users.

tri-Crescendo is a Japanese video game developer. It was founded in February 1999 by Hiroya Hatsushiba, who still runs the company. Hatsushiba, originally being a sound programmer, carried his experience into tri-Crescendo; the company was initially responsible for the sound in all games by tri-Ace starting with Valkyrie Profile until 2001 when the company co-created Baten Kaitos with Monolith Soft. tri-Crescendo then went on to make Eternal Sonata for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 and Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon for the Wii.

Japanese record label

Japanese financial services company

Japanese company