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Native name | グリーホールディングス株式会社 |
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| Company type | PublicKK |
| TYO:3632 | |
| ISIN | JP3274070006  |
| Industry | Internet |
| Founded | Tokyo,Japan (December 7, 2004) |
| Founder | Yoshikazu Tanaka |
| Headquarters | Roppongi Hills Mori Tower, 6-10-1Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo,Minato-ku,Tokyo,Japan |
Key people | Yoshikazu Tanaka (田中良和), (Founder andCEO) |
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Number of employees |  1,593 (Group total; as of March 31, 2023) |
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| Website | gree |
GREE Holdings, Inc. (グリーホールディングス株式会社,Gurī Hōrudingusu Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese social media andvideo game company with headquarters in theRoppongi Hills Mori Tower inRoppongi,Tokyo.[1] It has been operating the social network serviceGREE since its establishment in December 2004.
The company name GREE comes from a hypothesis, Six Degrees of Separation postulated by social psychologistStanley Milgram in 1967. "Six degrees of separation" is a hypothesis that everyone is approximately six steps away from any other person on Earth. If a chain of "afriend of a friend" statements are made, on average, any two people in the world can be connected in six steps or fewer. The name symbolizes GREE's hope to "create and provide any new possibilities of the Internet" and to "create new forms of fun, convenience, and excitement."[2]
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GREE Entertainment, Inc., formerlyFunplex, is an anime production and video game licensing company. It was formed on July 1, 2021 through a merger of GREE Inc.'s gaming and licensing divisions with Funplex.[5]
GREE Studios is a video game development studio founded on November 1, 2024 from a consolidation of WFS and Pokelabo's consumer (console and PC) games business.[6]
WFS, Inc. (株式会社WFS,Kabushiki-gaisha WFS), formerlyWright Flyer Studios, is alive service game developer and publisher wholly owned by GREE Holdings. It was founded on February 21, 2014 by GREE director Eiji Araki.[7][8]
| Year | Title | Platform(s) | Publisher(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Shoumetsu Toshi | iOS,Android | GREE | [9] |
| 2017 | Another Eden | iOS,Android | Wright Flyer Studios | [10] |
| 2018 | Wild Arms: Million Memories | iOS,Android | ForwardWorks | [11] |
| 2019 | Fishing Star World Tour | Nintendo Switch | WFS | [12] |
| Afterlost – Shoumetsu Toshi | iOS,Android | GREE | [13][14] | |
| 2022 | Heaven Burns Red | iOS,Android | WFS,Key | [15] |
| Echoes of Mana | iOS,Android | Square Enix | [16] |
Pokelabo is a brand of WFS focused on live service game development. Founded in 2007, Pokelabo was acquired by GREE in October 2012 for $173.8 million.[17] On January 1, 2025, Pokelabo was converted from a wholly owned subsidiary of GREE into a video game brand under WFS, with its game development business absorbed by WFS.[6]
| Year | Title | Platform(s) | Publisher(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | SINoALICE | iOS,Android | Square Enix | [18] |
| 2021 | Assault Lily: Last Bullet | iOS,Android | Bushiroad Games | [19] |
| 2025 | Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Magia Exedra | iOS,Android | Aniplex | [20] |
REALITY, Inc., formerlyWright Flyer Live Entertainment, is a live entertainment company specializing inVTubers. Founded by Eiji Araki in April 2018,[7] the company has operated the virtual live streaming appReality since August 2018.[21]
Roppongi Hills Gate Tower, 6-11-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
The game was created by Japan-based game developer Wright Flyer Studios which is owned by GREE, Inc. and launched in May 2014 in Japan.
