{"id":15395,"date":"2016-12-01T11:00:53","date_gmt":"2016-12-01T02:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dreamincubator.co.jp\/?post_type=ir-news&#038;p=15395"},"modified":"2022-05-24T23:25:00","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T14:25:00","slug":"di-signs-a-comprehensive-partnership-agreement-with-the-agency-representing-creator-tomohiro-yamashita-the-most-famous-otaku-in-china","status":"publish","type":"ir-news","link":"https:\/\/www.dreamincubator.co.jp\/en\/news\/ir\/2016\/ir_15395\/","title":{"rendered":"DI signs a comprehensive partnership agreement with the agency representing creator Tomohiro Yamashita, \u201cthe most famous otaku in China\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dream Incubator (Shanghai) Inc. (DI Shanghai), the China Office for Dream Incubator Inc., has announced that it has officially signed a comprehensive partnership agreement with office339, which represents creator Tomohiro Yamashita\u2014\u201cthe most famous <em>otaku<\/em> in China.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shanghai has been providing office339 and Yamashita with various forms of support for the last three years. The Yooya digital content platform,* a DI investment, has given Yamashita an outlet for his creative output ever since he started to develop a growing following. Yamashita\u2019s hit video series <em>One Minute Gentleman<\/em>,** which debuted on Yooya in December 2014, now boasts 400 million page views a month\u2014a level that makes it one of China\u2019s most popular forms of subculture content.<\/p>\n<p>Through the new partnership, DI Shanghai will work with office339 to help Japanese clients develop their Chinese markets by aligning strategies with the latest trends and producing unique, high-impact content.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">* Yooya: URL <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yooya.co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.yooya.co\/<\/a>\u3000\uff08Operating company: Entertainment Direct Asia Ltd.\uff09<\/span><br \/> <span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">** A series of short comedies introducing elements of Japanese subculture to Chinese audiences<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>Reference: Yamashita\u2019s content on Yooya (ex.)<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dreamincubator.co.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IR161130_01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-31730\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dreamincubator.co.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IR161130_01-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"ir161130_01\" width=\"338\" height=\"227\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u25a0More about office 339<\/strong>\u3000\uff08URL\uff1a<a href=\"http:\/\/www.office339.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.office339.com<\/a>\uff09<br \/> office339, founded in 2006 by Kenta Torimoto, is a Shanghai-based art management firm that specializes in artist management, art project planning, and art project production. Over the last several years, office339 has been focusing primarily on online content production and distribution in the Chinese market.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u25a0About Dream Incubator Inc.\u3000<\/strong>\uff08URL\uff1a<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dreamincubator.co.jp\/entop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.dreamincubator.co.jp\/entop<\/a>\uff09<br \/> Dream Incubator Inc. (TYO: 4310), \u201cthe business producing company\u201d, is a strategic consulting and business development firm primarily for corporate clients and governmental institutions. DI provides both capital and professional services to next-generation companies to support their growth and expansion, while also operating their own businesses as well.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u25a0Recent initiatives at DI Shanghai\u2019s Media and Telecommunications (\u201cTMT\u201d)<\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 660px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: left; width: 124.633px; height: 24px;\">November 2016<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 524.367px; text-align: left; height: 24px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dreamincubator.co.jp\/e_ir_news\/31770.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DI Invests in Chinese Cross-border E-commerce Company SUNVIP<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: left; width: 124.633px; height: 48px;\">November 2016<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 524.367px; text-align: left; height: 48px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dreamincubator.co.jp\/news\/news_topics\/31492.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Japan inspection teams of China cultural chamber of commerce for the private sector visited Japan<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: left; width: 124.633px; height: 24px;\">October 2016<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 524.367px; text-align: left; height: 24px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dreamincubator.co.jp\/e_news_topics\/31704.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DI held the Japan-China Film &amp; Drama Contents Industry Conference 2016<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: left; width: 124.633px; height: 48px;\">April 2016<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 524.367px; text-align: left; height: 48px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dreamincubator.co.jp\/e_ir_news\/29993.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DI acquires stock in Zepp, which boasts the world\u2019s largest share of the\u3000consumer sports IoT market<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: left; width: 124.633px; height: 60.1333px;\">January 2016<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 524.367px; text-align: left; height: 60.1333px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dreamincubator.co.jp\/e_ir_news\/29176.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DI increased the investment in Entertainment Direct Asia Ltd., which distributes digital content in China<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4>PDF of this press release<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamincubator.co.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IR16120101.pdf\">pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>For further information<\/h4>\n<p>Dream Incubator Inc.\u3000TEL: +81-3-5532-3200\uff0finfo@dreamincubator.co.jp<br \/>\nDream Incubator \uff08Shanghai\uff09 Inc.  TEL\uff1a+86-21-3887-0257<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"template":"","class_list":["post-15395","ir-news","type-ir-news","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dreamincubator.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ir-news\/15395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dreamincubator.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ir-news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dreamincubator.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ir-news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dreamincubator.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.dreamincubator.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ir-news\/15395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15399,"href":"https:\/\/www.dreamincubator.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ir-news\/15395\/revisions\/15399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dreamincubator.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}