WEB SERVICES

Creating Opportunities to Connect Users to Each Other Technologically

In our Web Service Segment, we operate video and live broadcasting platforms, plan and operate various events, and distribute mobile content.
We develop a range of entertainment content and services, harnessing our innovative ideas and digital technology. This includes the video community service “Niconico” and events such as the “Niconico Chokaigi,” a hybrid event connecting online and real world, and “Animelo Summer Live,” the largest anime song event in the world.

Platform

The video community service “Niconico” provides a platform where users can enjoy communication using our original comment-posting function, including “Niconico Video” and “Niconico Live Streaming.”

Niconico

https://www.nicovideo.jp/

Live

We plan and operate new types of events which transcend boundaries of the digital and the real world, such as “Niconico Chokaigi,” the world's largest anime song event “Animelo Summer Live” and the Vocaloid festival “The VOCALOID Collection.”

VOCALOID and VOCALO are trademarks of Yamaha Corporation.

Mobile Content

We distribute entertainment content, including music, the grand sumo tournament, and the online shopping website for mobile devices.

Group companies

  • DWANGO Co., Ltd.

    DWANGO Co., Ltd.

    DWANGO develops a variety of digital content and entertainment services, taking advantage of innovative ideas and advanced technologies. We operate “Niconico,” the social video community service, and the eBook store “BOOK☆WALKER.” In addition, we hold events, including “Niconico Chokaigi,” a real-world event that reproduces the online world, and “Animelo Summer Live,” the world’s largest anime song event.
    We also engage in education. We develop learning applications in cooperation with the “N High School Group” and “ZEN University,” which are operated by KADOKAWA DWANGO Educational Institute, and provide IT education to Vantan (a subsidiary), an educational institution to cultivate young creators.