Private company

GyaO

Logo: 株式会社GYAO, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons²

GyaO is a Japanese video distribution service based in Tokyo, founded in 2008.¹ It employed 277 people in 2019.¹ It is part of LY Corporation.¹ It ceased to exist in 2024.¹

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

Oct 22, 2008Founded¹

HeadquartersTokyo¹
Websitegyao.yahoo.co.jp
Legal formkabushiki gaisha¹

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Corporate structure

GyaO is part of a group headed by SoftBank Group. 466 entities, 45 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

SoftBank Group 東京都港区, Japan
- Arm Holdings 100% · Cambridge, United Kingdom
  - Treasure Data Subsidiary
  - ARM LIMITED Subsidiary · Cambridge, United Kingdom
    - 2 more
- SoftBank Mobile 40.7% · 東京都港区, Japan
  - Agoop Subsidiary · Jingūmae, Japan
  - INCUDATA Subsidiary · Tokyo, Japan
  - CUBIC TELECOM LIMITED Subsidiary · Dublin, Ireland
  - SBパワー株式会社 Subsidiary · 東京都港区, Japan
- A Holdings Corporation Minato, Japan
  - LY Corporation 64.5% · Tokyo
    - GyaO 51% · Tokyo
    - and 17 more
- SOFTBANK VISION FUND (AIV M2) L.P. Wilmington, Delaware, United States
  - SVF Endurance (Cayman) Ltd George Town, Cayman Islands
  - SVF Pauling (Cayman) Ltd George Town, Cayman Islands
  - SVF Swift (Cayman) Ltd George Town, Cayman Islands
- Boston Dynamics Subsidiary · 100% · Waltham
- Fortress Investment Group Subsidiary · 100% · New York, New York, United States
  - Sogo & Seibu Subsidiary · 100% · Toshima
    - 1 more
  - Iconia Hospitality Subsidiary · Roppongi Hills, Japan
  - Revolution Studios Subsidiary · New York, New York, United States
  - Drawbridge Long Dated Value Fund II L P Fund · New York, New York, United States
- SB New Coronavirus Testing Center Subsidiary · 100% · Minato, Japan
- CloudMinds Subsidiary
- Cybertrust Subsidiary · Tokyo
- Denen Subsidiary · Shinagawa, Japan
- doValue Subsidiary · Milan
  - 1 more
- GameBank Corp. Subsidiary
- GungHo Online Entertainment Subsidiary · 東京都, Japan
  - Acquire Subsidiary · Tokyo
  - Game Arts Subsidiary · Chiyoda
  - Gravity Corporation Subsidiary · Seoul
  - Broccoli Subsidiary · Japan
- HAPSMobile Subsidiary · Tokyo
- IDC Frontier Subsidiary · Tokyo, Japan
- ITmedia Subsidiary · Tokyo
- LINE Financial Subsidiary · Bundang, South Korea
- LINE Pay Taiwan Subsidiary
- mybest Subsidiary · Tokyo
- Odds Park Subsidiary
- PayPay Card Corporation Subsidiary
- PayPay Securities Corporation Subsidiary
- Paytm Subsidiary · Noida, India
  - PAYTM WHOLESALE COMMERCE PRIVATE LIMITED Subsidiary · New Delhi, India
- Realize Mobile Communications Subsidiary · Tokyo, Japan
- Satofull Subsidiary · Tokyo, Japan
- and 106 more

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 of annual reports filed with the SEC; subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

LY Corporation

Owners

LY Corporation 51%

From Wikidata.¹

Employees over time

2019277¹

Timeline

Jan 1, 2024Dissolved Dissolved¹
Oct 22, 2008Founded Founded¹

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

1
WikidataGyaO on Wikidata
2
Wikimedia CommonsGyaO logo by 株式会社GYAO, Public domain