JPD

What JPD does

JPD (株式会社JPD) is a privately held Japanese content production company founded on December 24, 1999, and headquartered in Shinjo City, Yamagata Prefecture, with additional offices in Shinjo (Photo/Kitchen Studio) and Tokyo. The company operates four service lines: wedding video production (profile movies, end rolls, reception effects); general content production including CM and promotional videos, photography, web development, and article writing; the arisar (アライザー) smartphone AR application that lets businesses add augmented reality experiences to printed materials; and operation of the Shinjo Film Commission, a regional initiative to promote Shinjo City's brand through video work.

JPD's underlying technology stack centers on video production and editing, photography, web and DTP development, and a proprietary smartphone AR application. The arisar product is the most differentiated technical asset, providing an accessible price point for businesses seeking to overlay digital experiences on flyers and point cards. The company maintains relationships with regional government and tourism bodies (Shinjo City Cool Japan Promotion Office, Yumeria Future Creation Joint Venture, Mogami Regional Exchange Center Yumeria), and banks including Yamagata Bank, Kirayaka Bank, and Shinjo Shinkin Bank. Capital is stated at 10 million yen.

JPD generates revenue through one-time service fees for wedding video production, professional services fees for content creation projects, and subscription/recurring revenue from arisar. Its customer base spans individual wedding clients, SMBs requiring promotional content, and businesses adopting arisar for print-based AR campaigns. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; quotes are negotiated per project. The company is closely held with no external institutional investors or parent company disclosed; leadership consists of Representative Director Sunao Kana (菅聡), Managing Director Kenichi Akagawa (赤川健一), and Director Akira Nakamura (中村出).

Name

JPD

Legal name

株式会社JPD

Website

https://jpd-inc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Short description

JPD (株式会社JPD) is a privately held Japanese content production company founded in 1999 in Shinjo City, Yamagata, offering wedding video production, photography, web and promotional content services, the arisar AR smartphone app, and operating the Shinjo Film Commission for regional clients and SMBs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Video Production Services

NAICS

Motion Picture and Video Production (51211), Motion Picture and Video Production (512110)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812), Services-Mailing, Reproduction, Commercial Art & Photography (7330)

akta.pro primary industry

Party Photography & Videography Services (HSACACAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Corporate & Internal Communications Video (MPADAEAC)

Keywords

• Video production
• Wedding videography
• Content creation
• AR applications
• Web design

Headquarters

HQ city

Shinjo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Video Production Services: Wedding video production including reception video effects, profile movies, and end rolls. One-time service fees for video shooting and editing.
2. Content Production Services: Photography services, CM and promotional video production, website development, writing and article creation. Revenue from various content creation projects.
3. AR Application Services: arisar AR app services for businesses to create interactive experiences through printed materials.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

JPD (株式会社JPD) is a Shinjo City, Yamagata-based content production company that produces wedding videos for consumers and a broad range of corporate content — including promotional videos, photography, website production, and AR applications — for businesses. The company operates from its Yamagata headquarters and a Tokyo office and also runs the Shinjo Film Commission initiative to support regional video production.

Product overview

JPD is a content production company offering video production, photography, web development, and AR technology services. The core offerings include wedding video production (映像制作事業), various content creation including CM and promotional videos (各種コンテンツ制作), the arisar AR smartphone application, and the Shinjo Film Commission initiative. The company operates from Yamagata Prefecture with studios in Shinjo and a Tokyo office.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• arisar (アライザー): AR smartphone app for easy augmented reality experiences, allowing users to utilize AR with printed materials such as flyers and point cards at affordable prices

Products and services

• Wedding Video Production

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Shinjo Film Commission (新庄フィルムコミッション)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner
• Shinjo City Commerce, Tourism and Industry Division Cool Japan Promotion Office (新庄市商工観光課クールジャパン新庄推進室)coreOthers
• Mogami Regional Exchange Center Yumeria (最上広域交流センターゆめりあ)minorOthers
• Yumeria Future Creation Joint Venture (ゆめりあ未来創造共同企業体)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Hakuhodo Inc. Hakuhodo is one of Japan's largest advertising agencies and produces large volumes of commercial, promotional, and branded video content. It is a broad incumbent that competes with JPD for commercial video and CM work, albeit at a much larger scale and with full-service agency capabilities.
• CyberAgent Inc. CyberAgent operates ABEMA and a broad digital advertising/media business that includes significant video production for advertisers. It is an incumbent competitor to JPD's commercial content and web development work, especially for digital-first clients.
• Dentsu Inc. Dentsu is Japan's largest advertising agency group with significant video and content production capabilities. It competes with JPD for higher-end CM and promotional video clients across Japan.

Direct peers

• T-Time Inc. T-Time is a Japanese wedding video and profile-movie production company serving couples nationwide. It is the closest direct comparable to JPD's core wedding videography line and competes for similar profile-movie and end-roll commissions.
• 東北新社 (Tohokushinsha): Tohokushinsha is a long-established Japanese post-production, dubbing, and video production company headquartered in Tokyo. It is comparable to JPD across video production and post-production services for commercial and broadcast clients.
• Studio Briller: Studio Briller is a Japanese wedding video/photography studio with studios in multiple prefectures. It overlaps directly with JPD's wedding production services and represents a larger-scale operator in the same niche.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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