Native name
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株式会社創通 |
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Business corporation | |
Traded as | JASDAQ: |
Industry | Advertising agency |
Founded | October 1, 1965 |
Headquarters | 5-12-5, Ginza, Chūō, Tokyo |
Key people
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Yūji Nasu (Representative Chairman) Akihiro Yuasa (Representative President) |
Revenue | ¥414,750,000 |
Number of employees
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25 (as of August 2006) |
Parent | Bandai Namco Holdings |
Website | www |
Sotsu Co., Ltd. (株式会社創通 Kabushikigaisha Sōtsū?) is a Japanese advertising agency. It is a subsidiary of Bandai Namco Holdings.
It was founded in 1965 as Toyo Agency (東洋エージェンシー Tōyō Ējenshī?), with it being designated by baseball team Yomiuri Giants as its primary agency for the planning and distribution of the team's merchandising interests. In 1977, it changed its name to Sotsu Agency (創通エージェンシー Sōtsū Ējenshī?). The agency was first listed in the JASDAQ stock exchange in 2003. On April 1, 2007, the company changed its name to Sotsu (創通 Sōtsū?).
It has been involved in the production and licensing of numerous television programs, beginning in 1972 with Thunder Mask. The first anime series it produced was Sunrise's Invincible Super Man Zambot 3, after which the company produced numerous others. In 1979, it produced Mobile Suit Gundam.