HISTORY
1961 | Banjiro Uemura founded TFC in Tokyo. |
1962 | Begins a dub house for foreign TV programs, distribution of foreign movies and TV dramas. |
1963 | Starts TV programs production business. |
1964 | Launches TV commercial production business. |
1966 | Distributes the hit British TV series “Thunderbirds” in Japan with sensational results. |
1970 | Establishes Video Graph |
1980 | Establishes National Interior (formerly known as National Trading) |
1984 | Nibankohboh Productions Corp. becomes a TFC Group company to expand TV commercial production. TFC’s subsidiary National Interior signs an agency agreement with JAB ANSTOETZ, a high-end fabric manufacturer in Germany. |
1986 | Starts sales and promotion business. |
1987 | Establishes Omnibus Japan Inc. to begin full-scale post production operations. Introduces Super! drama TV (formerly known as Super Channel). |
1992 | Establishes Digital Egg, a joint venture company to begin digital post production. |
1993 | Produces the TV commercial series “Nissin Cup Noodle Hungry?”, which wins the Cannes Grand Prix. |
1995 | Acquires Kimura Brewery, Inc. located in Akita Pref. Family Gekijyo begins broadcasting. |
2002 | Listed on the JASDAQ stock market (IPO). |
2009 | Igo & Shogi Channel Inc joins TFC as a group company. |
2012 | Enters into a licensing & merchandising agreement with Aardman Studios, an animation studio known for creating such popular characters as “Shaun the Sheep”. |
2013 | Establishes Soda! Communications Inc. |
2021 | Enjin Inc. joins TFC as a group company. |
2025 | Listed on the Nagoya Stock Exchange (Main Market). |