Company
Kitamura Holdings
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- Corporate Vision
- Representative Message
- Company Profile
- Directors and Officers
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Corporate Vision
The world's leading
photo life company.
Kitamura Holdings, the world's leading photo life company, has a high market share in photo-related service areas such as camera sales (new and old), photo prints, photo books, as well as photo shoots (including children's photo studios and event photography).
With our flagship Shinjuku Kitamura Camera and more than 1000 existing locations nationwide, we're building a business model that furthermore integrates a plethora of online services. This makes us a corporate group with a photo platform unlike any other in the world.
In the future, we'll utilize every photo platform with customer contact and data to propose photo services that best suit the lifestyles of various groups of people.
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Photo platforms
- Fusion of real-life and online
- Propulsion of imaging business SPA from manufacturing to sales
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Photo life plans
- Service development corresp-onding to various group-wide lifestyle events
- Promotion of alliances with external companies
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Memory data solutions
- Customer contact
- Utilizing data for customer value creation
- Promotion of memory service development
Company Profile
- Company Name
- KITAMURA HOLDINGS Co.,Ltd.
- Representative Director,
President and Executive Officer - Noburu Takeda
- Main business contents
- Business management of group companies and related business
- Head office location
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6-16-6 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Shinjuku Tatsumi Building 3rd Floor
- Established
- April 2019
- Capital
- 100 million yen (as of March 31, 2022)
- Major shareholders
- Culture Convenience Club Co.,Ltd. / Integral Corporation and its related funds
- Number of consolidated subsidiaries
- 10 (as of March 31, 2022)
- Number of employees
(Consolidated) - 8,186 (including 5,708 part-time workers)
Directors and Officers
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Managing Executive Officer
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Senior Executive Officer
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History
- 1934 〜
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- 1934
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Mar
KITAMURA CO.,LTD
Established as "Kitamura Camera Store" in Sakaimachi, Kochi City, Kochi Prefecture (currently Kitamura Sakaimachi Camera Store).
- 1943
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May
KITAMURA CO.,LTD
Established Kitamura Shokai Co., Ltd.
- 1970
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Apr
KITAMURA CO.,LTD
Changed trade name to KITAMURA CO.,LTD
- 1976
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Sep
KITAMURA CO.,LTD
Opened the first suburban "Camera Kitamura" store in the suburbs of Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture.
- 1980 〜
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- 1983
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Jun
UCS Co.,Ltd
Founded
- 1985
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Mar
KITAMURA CO.,LTD
Established Lab Network Division as LaboNetwork Co., Ltd. (currently a consolidated subsidiary) for the purpose of improving business efficiency.
- 1990 〜
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- 1993
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Mar
LaboNetwork Co.,Ltd
Opened Studio Mario Division of Children's Photo Studio.
- 1998
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Feb
KITAMURA CO.,LTD
Established Oda Tsusho Co., Ltd. (currently a consolidated subsidiary KITAMURA TRADE SERVICES CO.,LTD) for the purpose of expanding imported products.
- 1999
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Jul
KITAMURA CO.,LTD
With the expansion into digital cameras, the introduction of "Digital Mini Lab" began.
- 2000 〜
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- 2001
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Oct
KITAMURA CO.,LTD
Japan Securities Dealers Association over-the-counter market registration.
- 2002
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Jan
Photocreate Co.,Ltd
Founded in Suginami-ku, Tokyo for the purpose of internet photography.
- 2003
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Apr
Photocreate Co.,Ltd
Launched "Photo Choice" service, an event photo sales site across Japan.
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Jul
Photocreate Co.,Ltd
Launched "All Sport Community" service, a photo sales site for athletes.
- 2004
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Dec
KITAMURA CO.,LTD
Canceled over-the-counter registration with the Japan Securities Dealers Association and listed shares on the JASDAQ Securities Exchange.
- 2005
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Apr
KITAMURA CO.,LTD
Kitamura Co., Ltd takes over the business of "Studio Mario" which Lab Network Co., Ltd had been developing since 1993.
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Jun
KITAMURA CO.,LTD
Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc.
- 2006
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Oct
KITAMURA CO.,LTD
Introduced T point to Camera Kitamura.
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Dec
Photocreate Co.,Ltd
Started "Snap Snap," school photo sales site service.
- 2007
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Feb
Photocreate Co.,Ltd
Participated as an official photo service in the Tokyo Marathon 2007 (first time held).
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Jul
KITAMURA CO.,LTD
Established joint venture Kitamura PC DEPOT Co., Ltd (currently a consolidated subsidiary, KCS Co.,Ltd) with PC DEPOT Corporation with the aim of expanding its sales base and developing its business format as a service industry.
- 2008
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Mar
SHIMAUMA Print,Inc.
Started "Internet Print" service at Double Vision, Inc. (Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture).
- 2009
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Jan
KITAMURA CO.,LTD
With the aim of strengthening competitiveness and further improving management efficiency, KITAMURA CO.,LTD was the surviving company, while Camera Kimura Co., Ltd., Jusfort Co., Ltd. and Snaps Sales Co., Ltd. were absorbed and merged.
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Apr
LaboSeisan Co.,Ltd
Lab Network Co., Ltd established the production department as Media Lab NEXT Co., Ltd. through a company split for the purpose of improving business efficiency. After that, the company name was changed to Lab Production Co., Ltd.
- 2010 〜
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- 2010
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May
SHIMAUMA Print,Inc.
Established Shimauma Print System Co., Ltd. in Hioki City, Kagoshima Prefecture.
- 2012
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Feb
KITAMURA CO.,LTD
Kitamura Co., Ltd gets Apple Authorized Service Provider Certification and Starts Apple Service Business.
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Sep
KITAMURA CO.,LTD
Merged with Picturing Online Co., Ltd. to promote the integration of corporate brands and to achieve synergistic effects between online sales and store sales.
- 2013
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Jul
Photocreate Co.,Ltd
Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers Section.
- 2014
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Feb
Photocreate Co.,Ltd
Capital alliance with Culture Convenience Club Co., Ltd. (CCC).
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Jun
LaboNetwork Co.,Ltd
Business partnership between Photocreate Co., Ltd and school business.
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Jul
UXENT Inc.
Established
- 2015
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Feb
Photocreate Co.,Ltd
Business alliance with LaboNetwork Co.,Ltd
- 2016
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Feb
UXENT Inc.
Started selling "moovin card".
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Oct
Photocreate Co.,Ltd
Established a subsidiary "All Sports Community Co., Ltd." in Taiwan.
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Nov
Photocreate Co.,Ltd
CCC makes Photocreate Co., Ltd a wholly owned subsidiary by TOB.
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Dec
SHIMAUMA Print,Inc.
CCC takes over the shares of Shimauma Print System Co., Ltd. and makes it a wholly owned subsidiary.
- 2017
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May
KITAMURA CO.,LTD
Concluded a capital and business alliance agreement with CCC.
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Aug
Photocreate Co.,Ltd
Started selling "Snap Snap x moovin", a moving memory.
- 2018
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Nov
KITAMURA CO.,LTD
CCC makes Kitamura Co., Ltd a wholly owned subsidiary by TOB.
- 2019
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Feb
KITAMURA HOLDINGS Co.,Ltd.
CCC establishes KITAMURA HOLDINGS Co.,Ltd. (present company).
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Apr
KITAMURA HOLDINGS Co.,Ltd.
Kitamura Holdings Group launches new management system.
- 2020 〜
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- 2020
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Apr
SHIMAUMA Print,Inc.
Separated into "SHIMAUMA Print,Inc." and "SHIMAUMA Print Lab,Inc."
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Jul
KITAMURA CO.,LTD
Opened "Shinjuku Kitamura Camera" as flagship store in Shinjuku.
- 2021
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Mar
SHIMAUMA Print,Inc.
Merged with CCC Photo Life Lab Co., Ltd.
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Apr
KCS Co.,Ltd
Established
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Jun
KITAMURA HOLDINGS Co.,Ltd.
Transition from a consolidated subsidiary of CCC to an equity-method affiliate.
Coporate Group
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KITAMURA CO.,LTD
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SHIMAUMA Print,Inc.
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LaboNetwork Co.,Ltd
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Photocreate Co.,Ltd
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SHIMAUMA Print Lab,Inc.
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UXENT Inc.
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UCS Co.,Ltd
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LaboSeisan Co.,Ltd
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KITAMURA TRADE SERVICES CO.,LTD
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KCS Co.,Ltd