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HISTORY

COMPANY

PRODUCTS / SERVICE

1994

COMPANY

  • June


    Established Cave Co., Ltd. at 27 Ichigayasanai-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo with a capital of 15 million yen as the main business of contract development of game software.

1995

COMPANY

  • June


    Moved the head office to Tansumachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo

1999

PRODUCTS / SERVICE

  • February


    NTT DoCoMo Co., Ltd. launches "i-mode service"
    Started distribution of "Stella Fortune-telling Land" (currently "Ai Navi ◇ Koi Tenshi") for "i-mode" and started information provider business.

2001

COMPANY

  • February


    Moved the head office to Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo

  • April


    Exclusive contract with prestigious jazz club "Blue Note New York"

  • September


    Concluded an information provision contract with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

PRODUCTS / SERVICE

  • May


    "Half Note JAZZ" is now available for "i-mode"

  • September


    Started content distribution for KDDI Corporation "Ezweb" and Vodafone Co., Ltd. "Vodafone Live!"

2002

COMPANY

  • September


    Exclusive contract with The Museum of Modern Art, New York (commonly known as "MoMA")

PRODUCTS / SERVICE

  • April


    Released the commercial shooting game "Donpachi Daijou"

  • September


    Started distribution of game content "Gaesen Yokocho" for "i-mode"

2003

PRODUCTS / SERVICE

  • December


    Mobile commerce site "Beads de Shopping" now available for "i-mode"

2004

COMPANY

  • November


    Opened Shinjuku office in Naitomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo

  • December


    Initial public offering on the OSE Hercules market

PRODUCTS / SERVICE

  • July


    Online games on mobile phones "Land / Sea / Air Diorama Bombing" is now available for "i-mode"


    Bead accessory shop "bise bise AOYAMA" opened in Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

  • November


    "Bise bise AOYAMA" opened for Christmas only in Shinjuku Takashimaya

2005

COMPANY

  • January


    Business tie-up with SBS Co., Ltd. (Korean commercial broadcasting station)

  • March


    Business tie-up with Tamiya Corporation (top model brand)

  • April


    Business tie-up with Yama and Kayasha (top brand of mountaineering and outdoor magazines)

  • June


    Made Craze Company Co., Ltd. (currently Beads Mania Co., Ltd.) a wholly owned subsidiary

  • July


    Established Cave Online Entertainment Co., Ltd.

  • August


    Business and capital tie-up with Delgamadas Co., Ltd. (operated broadband entertainment internet cafe)

PRODUCTS / SERVICE

  • February


    Korean entertainment information site "Korean SBS Entertainment" started distribution for "i-mode"

  • March


    Regular opening of "bise bise AOYAMA" in Shinjuku Takashimaya

  • May


    Climbing / outdoor information site "Mountain and Kaya i" is now available for "i-mode"

  • June


    Started distribution of professional wrestling and martial arts information site "GAORA professional wrestling KING" for "i-mode"


    Model site "★★ TAMIYA World" is now available for "EZweb"

  • July


    FLASH game site "Korezo !! King's Game" is now available for "EZweb"


    Two brands, "Beads de Shopping" and "Beads Mania," will jointly open a store at Yokohama Landmark Plaza for a limited period of one month.

  • November


    "Mini 4WD / TAMIYA World" is now available for "i-mode"

2006

COMPANY

  • February


    Established Mini 4WD Networks Co., Ltd.

  • September


    Established Cave Asset Management Co., Ltd.
    Established Orange and Partners Co., Ltd.


    Merged with Cave Online Entertainment Co., Ltd.

  • December


    Business tie-up with KBS (Korean Broadcasting System)

PRODUCTS / SERVICE

  • March


    "Mini 4WD Online" site opened


    Beads Mania Port Tohokukyu store opened

  • April


    "Professor Tomita's Psychological Gym" is now available for "i-mode"

  • May


    "Rule EX of love" is now available for "i-mode"

  • September


    Beads Mania Kashiwa Takashimaya Station Mall Store Opened

  • November


    Professional wrestling organization "DRAGON GATE" official video site "WEB GATE" started distribution

  • December


    "Loveney's Picture Book" is now available for "i-mode"

2007

COMPANY

  • May


    Business tie-up with Maruhan Corporation for digital media business

PRODUCTS / SERVICE

  • April


    Official service of MMORPG "Megami Tensei IMAGINE" for PC (Windows) started


    "KBS (Korea)" is now available for "i-mode"

  • September


    Beads Mania Tokyu Hands Ginza store opened

2008

COMPANY

  • June


    Business integration with Beads Mania Co., Ltd.

2009

PRODUCTS / SERVICE

  • September


    Microsoft's Xbox 360 exclusive software "Death Smiles" regular version and first limited edition released

2010

COMPANY

  • October


    Certified as "Guinness World Records" as "the company that made and sold the world's best barrage shooting game"

PRODUCTS / SERVICE

  • January


    Started providing social media apps to the mobile phone comprehensive portal site "Mobage Town" operated by DENA Co., Ltd.

  • April


    As the first game app for Apple's iPhone / iPod touch, "Espgaluda II-Awaken. The Third Bright Stone Born" will be distributed to Japan and the world.

  • June


    Started providing social media apps to the social networking service "GREE" operated by GREE, Inc.

  • August


    Over 2 million members in the social game "Shirotsuku" for mobile SNS

  • August


    iPhone/iPod Released "Donpachi Resurrection" as the second game app for touch, and exceeded 30,000 downloads worldwide in the first week after the release.

2011

COMPANY

  • January


    Joint development agreement with Electronic Arts Inc., the world's largest game publisher.

  • August


    Capital and business alliance with GREE, Inc.

PRODUCTS / SERVICE

  • March


    Service started at the end of the century battle action "Fist of the North Star: The Legend of the Savior of the Million" GREE


    Game app for iPhone / iPod touch "Donpachi Resurrection" POCKET GAMER AWARDS 2011
    Best Action / Arcade Game Award

  • July


    The first social game for overseas markets "Derby Classics" is now available on Facebook

2012

COMPANY

  • November


    Moved the head office to Kamimeguro Nakameguro GT Tower, Meguro-ku, Tokyo

PRODUCTS / SERVICE

  • April


    "Donpachi Bee Maximum Death" starts operation

2013

PRODUCTS / SERVICE

  • November


    "Hello Kitty Puzzle Chain" is now available on "mobage" for iOS and Andorid


    "Don ★ Patchon" is now available on "mobage" for iOS and Andorid

2014

PRODUCTS / SERVICE

  • March


    "Juggler x Monster" is now available for iOS and Andorid

  • November


    "Bug Princess Duel" licensed by Cave is now available from NHN Entertainment Co., Ltd.

  • April


    "PSYCHO-PASS" official portal application distribution

2015

PRODUCTS / SERVICE

  • April


    "GOTHIC WA MAHOUOTOME ~Contract with me,right away!~" Released for iOS and Android

  • November


    "Mushihimesama" is now available on Steam

  • December


    "Donpachi Bee One-sided Bancho" released completely free of charge

2019

COMPANY

  • November


    Established capable Co., Ltd. as a consolidated subsidiary and started a creator support business that supports and manages Internet video distributors, etc.

2020

COMPANY

  • March


    Cave becomes the managing company and establishes a smartphone game production committee (name undecided) with TV Asahi Co., Ltd.

COMPANY

  • December


    Established the first overseas subsidiary in Taiwan
    凱樂數位股份有限公司(Cave Interactive Taiwan Co., Ltd.)

2021

PRODUCTS / SERVICE

  • March


    Face-to-face fortune-telling live distribution service "Fortune-telling (SENSEN)" started

                                            

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