Pacific Voice Inc. | Corporate Profile

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Corporate Profile

Company Name

Pacific Voice Inc.

Head Office

SSU Bidg 4F, 4-12-8 Sendagaya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-0051

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Contact

TEL:+81-3-5474-8330 FAX:+81-3-5474-8331 E-mail info@pacvoice.com

Line of Business

Artist Management and Production
Planning and Operation of the Short Shorts Film Festival
Production and Merchandising of Film and Television Content
Production and Merchandising of Media Formats
Planning and Management of content based screenings and events

Incorpration

August 11,1994

Capital

10 million yen

Number of Employees

Main clientele

All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd./ASATSU-DK INC./Canon Marketing Japan Inc./Credit Saison Co.,Ltd./DENTSU INC./Digital Hollywood Co., Ltd./Faith, Inc./Google Inc./HAKUHODO Inc./HoriPro Inc./Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. /J-WAVE, Inc./Kobunsha Co., Ltd./Nestle Japan Limited/Nikkei Inc./SANKEI SHIMBUN CO.,LTD./Shochiku Co., Ltd./Shogakukan Inc./SHUEISHA Inc./The Asahi Shimbun Company/TOEI COMPANY,LTD./Toho Co., Ltd./TOKYO BROADCASTING SYSTEM TELEVISION, INC./Yomiuri Shimbun etc.

Main Financing Bank

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Hiroo Branch, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Kojimachi-chuo Branch, Mizuho Bank Kojimachi Branch

Accounting Period

March 1- February 28

Company Background

August 1994	Pacific Voice Co.,Ltd. established in Setagaya-ku, Tokyo (original capital: 3 million yen)
June 1999	American Short Shorts Film Festival launched in Tokyo and Naha
June 2000	American Short Shorts tours five cities across Japan after festival opens in Tokyo.
August 2000	Head office moves to Minami-Azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo
January 2001	Business Alliance established with actress Kiwako Harada
June 2001	American Short Shorts tours five cities in Japan and Singapore
November 2001	Yumiko Sato, Takashi Kobayashi, and Cyril Coppini join the Pacific Voice artist department
June 2002	American Short Shorts becomes the Short Shorts Film Festival and tours seven cities in Japan, Singapore and Los Angeles
June 2002	JVC Victor releases DVD compilations of American Short Shorts 1999, 2000, 2001
August 2002	Head office moves to Hirakawa-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
November 2002	Company Name changed to Pacific Voice Inc.
June 2003	The fifth annual Short Shorts Film Festival tours seven cities across Japan, Los Angeles and Rangoon, Myanmar
July 2003	Synchronized swimmer Fumiko Okuno joins the Pacific Voice artist department
May 2004	The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences adds Short Shorts to their list of official Academy festivals.
May 2004	Naoto Nojima join the Pacific Voice artist department
June 2004	The Short Shorts Film Festival tours eight Japan locales with additional screenings in Los Angeles and Rangoon, Myanmar
June 2004	Re release of the American Short Shorts 1999, 2000, 2001 compilation DVDs by Paramount Home Entertainment
October 2004	First annual Short Shorts Asia festival launches in Tokyo
June 2005	Short Shorts Film Festival and Short Shorts Asia combine to one festival
September 2005	Short Shorts Film Festival Expo 2005 launches at the Aichi Expo World’s Fair in collaboration with the Economic Planning Agency
October 2005	Short Shorts Film Festival Division divided to Cutural Event Operation Division and Visual Contents Division
October 2005	Short Shorts screened the award winning films from Short Shorts 2005 and Short Shorts Asia 2005 at the Tokyo International Film Festival
June 2006	Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2006 tours four Japanese cities and Mexico.
March 2006	Mamoru Kawai (actor) joins the Pacific Voice artist department.
June 2006	For the incubation of new talents, “Trial Artist” program was launched.
June 2007	Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2007 tours five Japanese cities and Mexico.
June 2008	This year marks the festival’s 10th anniversary and the founding of the Stop! Global Warming Competition in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment. Additionally, an “Online Competition” is also held for the first time. Furthermore, Pacific Voice’s sister company, Visual Voice, launches Brillia Short Shorts Theater in Yokohama.
January 2009	Saori Abe(actress) joins the Pacific Voice artist department.
June　2009	Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2009 tours one Japanese city and Mexico. The Music Shorts Competition is founded.
July 2009	Yasuhiko Tanaka (screenplay) joins the Pacific Voice artist department.
August 2009	Head office moves to Sendagaya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
November 2009	Takahiro Yamada (former member of national football team) joins the Pacific Voice artist department.
May 2010	Short film applications for iPhone are released.
June 2010	Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2010 tours Mexico and Malaysia. Additionally, the Let’s Travel! Project is founded in corporation with the Japan Tourism Agency (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism) and collaborations with Asiana International Short Film Festival (Korea) and Kaohsiung Film Festival (Taiwan) are begun.
June 2010	Short Shorts Film Festival Online Project is founded in corporation with Faith Wonder Works, Inc.
July 2010	Short film applications for iPad are released.
October 2010	In-flight-short films screenings with ANA are started.
November 2010	Shiro Tokiwa (iFilm Director/ Screenplay Writer ) joins the Pacific Voice artist department.
June 2011	Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2011 tours Mexico and Malaysia. The 3D Competition is founded and the Japan-Korea Tourism Promotion Project is held. The Football Program is also founded in celebration of J.LEAGUE’s 20th anniversary.
June 2011	Short film applications for Android are released.
June 2011	Mitsuo Sumio (baseball commentator) joins the Pacific Voice artist department.
December 2011	The free short film mobile application ‘Short Films Express’, for iPhone, iPad and Android, is released.