Our Company

PLAYBRAIN was born out of a desire to share game culture.

Games bring us Play, Problem Solving, Creativity, Community and Competition; all critical elements to our wellbeing and health as humans. We can think of no better way to spend our time and energy than to help people enjoy gaming.

Sharing game culture is the mission we pursue.

Company History

2024

Launched our tournament brand, FLUX, with the mission to evolve entertainment around competitive gaming.

2023

Moved to our current office in Meguro, where we have 4 studios and space to expand our team.

2023

Launched esports and broadcast analytics service, PLAYDATA, providing business analytics to help brands, tournament organisers and teams make informed decisions around esports.

Playdata

2022

Began work with Ubisoft and NTT Docomo/X-Moment, to produce the Rainbow Six Siege Japan League.

2021

Company rebrand with a new logo and identity.

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2021

Launched TAIYORO, a platform to organise and share information about Japanese esports events, providing a full event calendar and other related content.

Taiyoro

2020

PLAYBRAIN successfully raised a second round of investment from Chinese streaming platform, Huya as well as further investment from Bitkraft.

BitkraftHuya

2019

PLAYBRAIN successfully raised investment from Game Focussed Venture Captital Fund, Bitkraft.

Bitkraft

2019

Launched FUTAROKU, an online sales portal selling game related goods such as esports team merchandise, game character statues, apparel and more.

Futakroku

2018

PLAYBRAIN took over production of the League of Legends Japan League, expanding our efforts in esports content production.

2016

Announced DEKKI.com, a community platform for card game players at Tokyo Game Show. The platform later launched to the public in January 2017.

2016

PLAYBRAIN was founded in January 15th. Key clients included Activision Blizzard, Supercell and Riot Games.

PLAYBRAIN
Company Details
Company Name
  • PLAYBRAIN Inc.
  • (株式会社プレイブレーン)
Address
  • 7F Meguro Tokyu Bldg
  • 2-13-17 Kamiosaki
  • Shinagawa-ku
  • Tokyo
Date of Incorporation
  • 15th January, 2016
Capital
  • ¥80,000,000
Board of Directors
  • Michael Sheetal - Representative Director
  • Henry ”Buddy” Marini - Director
  • Huang Hailong - Director
Business
  • Esports operation and management, media programming production and broadcast, marketing, website development, e-commerce, consulting, dispatched workers and related activities.