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Cocone Co., Ltd.
Company typeCorporation
Headquarters3-1-18 Wakabayashi, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo
Key people
Shintaro Takaya, CEO
495,221,000 yen (as of December 31, 2019)
94,569,000 yen (as of December 31, 2019)
Total assets6,988,078,000 yen (as of December 31, 2019)
SubsidiariesCocone Fukuoka 100.0%

Cocone is a Japanese-headquartered company whose main business is avatar creation and styling. Cocone was founded in September 2008 by Chira Hyun[1].

Cocone employs over 1,100 people in 7 countries worldwide. Cocone has built a broad portfolio of award-winning apps[2] and supporting technology to help people express themselves via digital worlds (metaverses), from creating unique fashion looks to styling your avatar and participating in Peer-to-Peer (P2P) marketplaces.

The company develops avatar-led apps based on social networks, such as the character-themed app "Pokecolo"[3] and the story-type puzzle game "Cats Atelier[4].

Concurrently has the No. 1 avatar mobile app in Japan and has sold 16 billion digital assets, and is promoting the conversion of digital assets to NFT since 2022.

Since April 2017, Cocone has also been operating the kindergarten "International Montessori Mirai Kindergarten".

History

2008 Established by Chira Hyun or in September 2008.
2010 May: Established Cocone Korea[5] corporation to develop Japanese learning services in Korea.

December: Cocone’s official English learning site "Cocone" was launched.

2011 January: Cocone’s official Japanese learning site in Korea "Cocone" was launched.

April: "Listening Kingdom", the English listening app for iOS released. June: "Korean Assembly Town", the English Grammar learning app for iPhone Android released September: Pocket colony(Current:Pokecolo) the avatar-based app released for iOS

2012 May: Pocket colony (Current:Pokecolo) released for Android.
2013 August: "CONNECT" released.

September: "Mini Me" released December: "TonTon" and "AkuMatch" released

2014 "Pokecolo" selected as Google Play Best of 2014 app.
2015 June: The Vietnamese and Korean versions of "Pokemini" released

December: Sendai Design LAB Opened

2016 May: "Slaaash!" and "Akumatch" discontinued.

July: Cocone Education Co. established. September: "Disney My Little Doll", Disney’s first avatar app released in partnership with Cocone. November: "SUCRESIA" released.

2017 April: "International Montessori Mirai Kindergarten", Cocone’s kindergarten was established.

August: "Hello Sweet Days" released. October: "Sensil"* released. December: "Cats Atelier" released on iOS.

2018 January: "Cats Atelier" released for Android.
2019 January: Cocone acquired NHN Hangame Corp, making it a wholly owned subsidiary. Cocone then changed their trading name to Cocone Fukuoka.

October: "Han Game" renamed to "Hange" December: "Coconets" released "#Teach Me" released for iOS

2020 January: Yosuke Tomita becomes president
2021 April: Established Cocone Connect

July: "Livly Island" released

2022 March: "Pokepia - Pokecolo Utopia" released

May: Cocone changed the business name of Cocone Fukuoka Co., Ltd. to Cocone V Corp. July: Shintaro Takaya becomes president

Company services & structure

Cocone Co., Ltd.[6]
Main services Pokecolo, PKCL Twin – Avatar Dress Up, Pokepia, Livly Island, Disney My Little Doll, Hello Sweet Days, Sensil, Chocolate Land, Pokemini, Purenista, Sticht, Pokepia, Meta Lively, Janken Clawkiss, Cats Atelier* ~ Cat Nhaq ~ Nya Miserable
Company structure Cocone Connect corporation[7]

Cocone V corporation[8]

Cocone M corporation[9]

POST VOYAGER PTE LTD.[10]

CRUSH PALETTE PTE. LTD.

Cocone Europe OÜ

Cocone U.S. Inc.

Cocone N.Y. Inc.

Cocone Education

Awards

2014

2015

  • Cocone 2nd Top Publisher in( Non-Game iOS & Google Play )
  • "Pokecolo" 3rd place in Japan App Revenue Ranking ( Non-Game iOS & Google Play )

2016

  • "Pokecolo" 3rd place in Japan App Revenue Ranking ( Non-Game iOS & Google Play )

2017

  • "Disney My Little Doll" awarded Play Best of 2017 award (Social Category)
  • "Pokecolo" 3rd place in Japan App Revenue Ranking ( Non-Game iOS & Google Play )
  • "Disney My Little Doll" 26th place in Japan App Revenue Ranking(Non-Game iOS & Google Play)

2018

  • "Cats Atelier" awarded Google Play Best of 2018 Grand Prize in Game category "Cute & Casual Category"
  • Cats Atelier awarded App Ape Award 2018 for "Game of the year 2018 Excellence Award"
  • 8th place in app consumption expenditure ranking by Google Play publisher
  • "Pokecolo" 5th place in Japan App Revenue Ranking

2019

  • "Pokecolo" 8 th place in Japan App Revenue Ranking
  • Named 27th ‘Greatest Place to work’ in the medium-sized company category in Japan

2020

  • App Annie Aggregate Ranking (Cocone) Consumption expenditure 6th place
  • "Pokecolo Twin" awarded Google Play Best of 2020 User-Voted Excellence Award

Notable appearances

References

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[[Category:Companies established in 2008]] [[Category:Video game companies of Japan]]