Cocone Corporation acquires the game portal “Hange” and makes it a wholly owned subsidiary. New company name “cocone fukuoka” and service name “hange
Cocone’s founder and current Chairman of the Board is Chun Yang-hyun, who launched Hange in 2000. The acquisition brings the company back to its founder 19 years after Hange’s establishment.
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Cocone Corporation (headquartered in Minato-ku, Tokyo; Sung-Hun Kim, President; hereinafter referred to as “Cocone”) announces that it has acquired all shares of NHN Hange, Inc. from NHN JAPAN Corporation, making it a wholly owned subsidiary as of August 1, 2019.
In conjunction with this change, the company name was also changed from NHN Hange to “cocone fukuoka corporation” on the same day. The name of the service is also scheduled to be changed from “Hange” to “Hange”, and will be changed sequentially from September 2019 onward.
The game portal “Hange” was founded in September 2000 by Ryohyun Sen, the current Chairman of the Board of Directors of Cocone. After 19 years, “Hange” will be returning to Sen Ryohyun.
Cocone, established in September 2008, is a digital content company based on social networks. We have focused on services where “Character” exists, “Coordinating” elements exist, and “Play” is possible, and have pioneered the field of “CCP (Character Coordinating Play)*”. The acquisition will organically combine Hange’s 19 years of PC-based assets (employees, games, avatar business, community business, customers, and operational know-how) with Cocone’s smartphone-based assets, with the goal of accelerating the growth of the Cocone Group’s business. The goal is to accelerate the growth of the Kokone Group’s business.
The founder of both Hangame and Cocone, Sen Ryang-Hyun, said, “Having created and grown the business of Hangame in the past, I am deeply moved and feel a special significance in taking over the business once again. Cocone is looking forward to increasing the performance of Hange and creating synergies with it to become a globally competitive and leading company in the CCP field in the future,” he added.
Cocone has been providing the avatar application ” Pokecolo,” which was launched in 2011, as well as other applications in partnership with global IPs, and is highly supported by women of all ages, especially those in their teens and 20s.
In recent years, the company has also actively taken on the challenge of developing new services that incorporate the latest technologies and trends, including participation as a partner in the blockchain platform “Kraton” developed by Grand X, a subsidiary of Kakao.
Cocone’s three basic brand elements are “Cocoro” (heart), “Cotoba” (language), and “Network” (network), and the company name “cocone” is derived from the initials of these elements. With an emphasis on creating services that value “sensitivity,” we will continue to strive to provide better services that connect people to people and society to people in the Internet age.
” “CCP “
We have defined the “CCP” genre as services that have “Character”, “Coordinating” elements, and “Play”. Cocone is a company that handles planning, development, design, operation, and marketing of “CCP” services, such as “social services for decorating” and “games with decorating elements,” all in-house, and has world-class know-how and achievements in the field.
<Acquired Company: NHN Hange, Inc.
Company Name: NHN Hange, Inc.
U R L ： http://www.nhn-hangame.com/
Company address: Echo Building 4F, 2-13-34, Hakataekihigashi, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka 812-001, Japan
Established: January 2009 *Company name changed from NHN Service Technology Corporation on December 1, 2013
*On October 1, 2015, the company name was changed from PlayArt Fukuoka Co.
Capital: 495 million yen
Business: Online game business (PC games/smartphone games)
Online service business (avatar/community)
After the acquisition of all shares of Cocone Corporation on August 1, 2019, the company became a wholly owned subsidiary of Cocone Corporation, and its name and representative changed to
New company name: cocone fukuoka corporation
Representative: Shin Nao-Sun, President and Representative Director
U R L ： http://fukuoka.cocone.co.jp/
<Cocone Corporation Company Profile
Company Name : Cocone Corporation
U R L ： https://www.cocone.co.jp/
Head Office: Sumitomo Fudosan Roppongi Grand Tower 42F, 3-2-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-6242
Establishment : September 2008
Capital: 1,014 million yen
Representative: Ryohyun Sen, Chairman of the Board
President and Representative Director Sung-Hun Kim
Business: Social network service business, education business, language business
<About Cocone Corporation
Established in September 2008. It has been supported by more than 15 million women for its “Pokecolo” and “Cats Atelier,” avatar apps for women that allow users to enjoy cute dress-up and room coordination, and also develops and operates language apps. In April 2017, the company also opened a preschool, ” International Montessori Mirai Kindergarten. The school provides future-oriented education with bilingualism, Montessori, and computer science at its core, in preparation for the AI age.
<Main businesses operated by Cocone Corporation
Pokecolo: http: //www.pokecolo.jp
DISNEY MY LITTLE DOLL: http: //mylittledoll.jp
Cats Atelier – Meow Miserable: https: //niagho.com
Sanrio Hello Sweet Days: https://twitter.com/SweetDayscocone
Sensil – Fantasy dress-up battle: https: //sensil.jp
Roomage: https://roomage.jp/ja/
International Montessori Mirai Kindergarten: https: //www.miraikinder.co.jp
