COMPANY

MESSAGE

NHN PlayArt made a fresh start on October 1, 2015 as a new company inheriting the smartphone business of the former NHN PlayArt.
Our entertainment company creates new value by developing and operating high-quality smartphone games.

NHN PlayArt’s three key phrases are as follows.

Spirit of Inquiry Our environment is changing faster than ever before. So, to be able to constantly respond to these changes, each of our employees discover, seek out, and create new applications.

Will and Resolution By creating new applications this way, we can flexibly respond to new changes, by which we strive to maintain a strong will and resolution for surmounting obstacles.

Global Having flourished in this harsh environment, we aim for domestic success in all businesses, followed by success on the global stage.

Together with our skilled employees, NHN PlayArt strives to offer appealing services that are familiar and easy to understand. We intend to keep a high level of awareness and continue taking on challenges each day to take our first step forward as a global company.

NHN PlayArt Corp.
President
Ujin Chung

INFO

President
Ujin Chung
Company name
NHN PlayArt Corp.
Established
October 1, 2015
Capital stock
100 million yen
Officers
Ujin Chung, president
Yasuyuki Kawaguchi, director
Hajime Endo, director
Haruki Murakami, director
Tomoyuki Hayashi, diretor
Number of
employees
215(as of Jan, 2021)
Address
Toranomon Hills Mori Tower 22F, 1-23-1 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-6322
Affiliates
NHN JAPAN Corp.
https://www.nhn-japan.com/
NHN comico Corp.
http://www.nhn-comico.com/
NHN Fukuoka Corp.
http://www.nhn-fukuoka.com/
NHN Techorus Corp.
https://nhn-techorus.com/
NHN COMMERCE JAPAN（NHN COMMERCE JAPAN Corp.）
https://nhn-commerce.co.jp/
NHN
https://www.nhn.com
NHN Service Technology Corp.
http://www.nhnst.com/
NHN Thai Ltd.

HISTORY

2021
  • 10“＃compass” achieves 15 million downloads.
  • 09“Yo-kai Watch: Wibble Wobble” achieves 22 million downloads.
  • 05LINE: Disney Tsum Tsum downloaded 90 million times worldwide
  • 02“Yo-kai Watch: Wibble Wobble” achieves 20 million downloads.
2020
  • 11“＃compass” achieves 13 million downloads.
  • 10“Yo-kai Watch: Wibble Wobble” achieves 19 million downloads.
  • 08“＃compass” achieves 12 million downloads.
  • 06“Yo-kai Watch: Wibble Wobble” achieves 18 million downloads.
  • 03LINE: Disney Tsum Tsum downloaded 85 million times worldwide
  • 01“Yo-kai Watch: Wibble Wobble” achieves 17 million downloads.
  • 01“＃compass” achieves 10 million downloads.
2019
  • 10“Yo-kai Watch: Wibble Wobble” achieves 16 million downloads.
  • 06“＃compass” achieves 9 million downloads.
  • 05“Yo-kai Watch: Wibble Wobble” achieves 15 million downloads.
  • 03“＃compass” achieves 8 million downloads.
2018
  • 12“＃compass” held “ 2nd Anniversary Compass Fes” on Dec 23.
  • 12“Yo-kai Watch: Wibble Wobble” achieves 14 million downloads.
  • 11“＃compass” achieves 7 million downloads.
  • 11LINE: Disney Tsum Tsum downloaded 80 million times worldwide
  • 10Atelier Online is released.
  • 08“<Monogatari>series puc puc” is released.
  • 01『DAME×PRINCE』 was broadcasted on Jan~March, 2018 by Tokyo MX, BS Fuji etc.
2017
  • 12“＃compass” held “ 1st Anniversary Compass Fes” on Dec 17.
  • 12LINE: Disney Tsum Tsum downloaded 75 million times worldwide
  • 12Yo-kai Watch Wibble Wobble downloaded 11 million times
  • 06LINE: Disney Tsum Tsum downloaded 70 million times worldwide
  • 05Yo-kai Watch Wibble Wobble downloaded 10 million times
2016
  • 12LINE: Disney Tsum Tsum downloaded 65 million times worldwide, “Star Wars: Jedi Luke Version” Commercial to Air Japan-wide Starting
  • 12Yo-kai Watch Wibble Wobble downloaded nine million times
  • 09Launch of MARVEL Tsum Tsum in North America
  • 07Absorption-type merger with anipani Corp.
  • 06LINE: Disney Tsum Tsum downloaded 60 million times worldwide
  • 05Total MARVEL TsumTsum users surpassed four million
  • 04Yo-kai Watch Wibble Wobble downloaded seven million times
  • 03Worldwide launch of Yo-kai Watch Wibble Wobble
  • 02Launch of MARVEL TsumTsum
2015
  • 10LINE: Disney Tsum Tsum downloaded 50 million times worldwide
  • 10Announcement on the launch of MARVEL TsumTsum in spring 2016
  • 10Launch of the Yo-kai Watch Wibble Wobble smartphone puzzle game
  • 10NHN PlayArt Corp. (currently NHN comico Corp.) was split off, and the new NHN PlayArt Corp. was founded
  • 06LINE: Disney Tsum Tsum downloaded 45 million times worldwide
  • 02LINE: Disney Tsum Tsum downloaded 40 million times worldwide
2014
  • 11NHN PlayArt founded a joint venture company with animate
  • 07Launch of LINE: Disney Tsum Tsum in 40 countries including the United States and United Kingdom!
    Surpassed 20 million downloads
  • 03LINE: Disney Tsum Tsum downloaded 10 million times worldwide in the 62 days since its launch
  • 01Launch of LINE: Disney Tsum Tsum
2013
  • 08Company name changed to “NHN PlayArt Corp.”
  • 04NHN Japan (currently LINE Corporation) was split off.
    NHN Japan Corp. was established as a game development company.
2010
  • 07NHN Japan began offering services for smartphones

ACCESS

105-6322
Toranomon Hills Mori Tower 22F, 1-23-1 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo

Directly connected to "Toranomon Hills Station" on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line
Tokyo Metro Ginza Line "Toranomon Station" B2・B3・B4 Exit
Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line/Marunouchi Line/Hibiya Line “Kasumigaseki Station” Exit A12
Toei Mita Line "Uchisaiwaicho Station" Exit A3
About 11 minutes on foot from JR "Shimbashi Station"