History

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1969–1989
1990–1999
2000–2009
2010–2019
2020–

1969–1989

1969

Mar.: Chairman of the Board（Current）,Hisaji Muraishi , founded Chikuma Real Estate as a sole proprietorship in Edogawa Ward, Tokyo

1972

Sep.: Established Chikuma Real Estate Co., Ltd. (currently Starts Corporation Inc.)

1973

May: Relocated to a newly constructed headquarters building in Ichinoe, Edogawa Ward

1975

Aug.: Established Chikuma Construction Co., Ltd. (currently Starts CAM Co., Ltd.)

Dec.: Opened the Japanese-style restaurant "Chikumagawa."

1977

Sep.: Opened the Gyotoku Branch, the company’s first branch office.

1982

Feb.: Opened the "Montgomery Brown" Guesthouse in Kirifuri Highlands, Nikko.

1983

Mar.: Established Chikuma Publishing Co., Ltd.
(Renamed Starts Publishing Coporation in October 1989)

Dec.: As part of its first overseas expansion, the company opened the Japanese restaurant “Chikumagawa” in Hawaii, U.S.

1984

Sep.: Changed the group name to "Starts."

Scenes from the Starts launch party.

1985

Mar.: Established Chikuma Management Service Co., Ltd.
(Renamed Starts Amenity Coporation in March 1997)

1986

Mar.: Established its first overseas subsidiary in Hawaii.

Aug.: Sponsored the 12th Edogawa Fireworks Festival (and has sponsored it every year since)

Oct.: The 1st Starts Sports festival (held annually since then)　

1st Starts Sports Day

1987

Jun.: Launched the lifestyle magazine "OZmagazine."

Jul.: Changed the company name to Starts Co., Ltd.

Nov.: Established a local subsidiary in Taiwan.

1988

Jan.: Opened the Osaka Branch, marking the company’s first nationwide expansion.

Oct.: Launched the real estate agency "Pitat House."

Nov.: Opened the Sapporo Branch

1989

Mar.: Opened the Sendai Branch

Mar.: Starts General Training Center Completed

Apr.: The 1st TPC Starts Senior Golf Tournament
(Held annually until 1998; renamed in 2008 and held annually since then)

May: Starts Co., Ltd. listed its shares on the over-the-counter (OTC) market.

Jul.: Established a local subsidiary in Los Angeles

Nov.: Established Woody Home Co.,Ltd
(Renamed Starts Home Coporationin 1996)

Nov.: Opened the Takasaki and Fukuoka branches

1990–1999

1990

Jan.: Sponsored the 14th Sanspo Chiba Marine Marathon.
(Special sponsor from 1991 through the 43rd tournament)

Jul.: Established a local subsidiary in the Gold Coast

1994

Jan.: Established Starts Tourist Co., Ltd.
(Acquired the travel agency business from the Sanyo Securities Group)

Apr.: Established of Chinju Hosho Service Co., Ltd.

1995

May: Established of Starts Commercial Firm Ltd.

1996

Mar.: Established Weave Coporation

Apr.: Established ST Maintenance Coporation

Sep.: Established Starts Research Institute Inc.

Oct.: Launched the lifestyle portal site "OZmall."

The early days of Ozmall

1997

Jan.: Launched a TV advertising campaign for "Pitat House" featuring actress Maki Mizuno as the brand ambassador.

Pitat House Poster

1998

Apr.: Launched the "NaviPark" hourly parking lot business.

Opened the very first "NaviPark" location.

Nov.: Real Estate Auction: “The 1st My Home Auction” to be held

1999

Jun.: Launched Corporate Housing Outsourcing Services

Oct.: Hosted the 1st Cinderella Circuit Pitat House Cup.
(Now the Starts Ladies Golf tournament)

Nov.: Established Starts Securities Co., Ltd.

2000–2009

2000

Jun.: Established Real Job Co., Ltd. (now Pitat House Network Co., Ltd.)

Nov.: Established the Starts Track and Field Club.

2001

Mar.: First Seismically Isolated Apartment Building Completed in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture

Apr.: Established of Sherlock Co., Ltd.
(Now the Sherlock Division of Starts Facility Service Co., Ltd.)

Sherlock Card Key
The original model, “Sherlock I”

Apr.: Established a local subsidiary in Seoul

Aug.: Starts Publishing Coporation Registered as an OTC-Traded Security with the Japan Securities Dealers Association

Aug.: Pitat House Launches Franchise Program;
First Network Store, the Tsukuba Branch, Opens

Sep.: Relocated the group headquarters to Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo.

Headquarters (at the time) along Nihonbashi Chuo-dori

Oct.: Established Starts Asset Management Investment Trust Co., Ltd.
(Renamed Starts Asset Management Co., Ltd. in 2010)

2002

Nov.: The Group’s First PFI Project
Secured the right of first refusal for the “PFI Project for the Renovation of Ichikawa Municipal Seventh Junior High School, the School Cafeteria, and the Civic Hall, as well as the Construction of a Daycare Center”
Nov.: Launched the free magazine "metromin"

Dec.: Published the mobile phone novel "Deep Love."
(Total circulation: 2.7 million copies / Starts Publishing Coporation)

2003

Mar.: Established Starts Hotel Development Coporation

Jul.: Established Starts Care Service Co., Ltd.

Aug.: Launched the "SEA Network."

Aug.: Establishment of Kyushu Starts Co., Ltd. (renamed Starts Kyushu Co., Ltd. in 2022)

Nov.: Established local subsidiary in Shanghai

Nov.: Opened “Kirara Ichikawa Myoden,” the First Group Home for Elderly People with Dementia

Operated by Starts Care Service Co., Ltd.

2004

Jan.: Opened Hotel Lumière Kasai

Operated by Starts Hotel Development Coporation

2005

Jun.: Opened Hotel Emion Tokyo Bay (a Tokyo Disney Resort® Partner Hotel).

Operated by Starts Hotel Development Coporation

Jul.: PFI Project in Tsukuda, Chuo Ward, Tokyo Completion of the
“Chuo Ward Project for the Development and Operation of Group Homes for Elderly People with Dementia”

Jul.: Established a local subsidiary in Düsseldorf

Aug.: Established a local subsidiary in Hong Kong

Oct.: Changed the corporate name from Starts Co., Ltd. to Starts Corporation Co., Ltd.
(Starts Corporation Co., Ltd. will serve as the holding company, and four new companies—Starts CAM Co., Ltd., Starts Pitat House Co., Ltd., Starts Development Co., Ltd., and Starts Corporate Service Co., Ltd.—will be established through a spin-off.)

Nov.: Starts Proceed Investment Corporation (J-REIT) listed on the JASDAQ Stock Exchange

Nov.: Special Sponsor of the 23rdAll-Japan Women’s University Ekiden
(Sponsored annually thereafter)

2006

Jan.: Established a local subsidiary in Bangkok

Feb.: Established Shinozaki Station West Exit Public Complex Co., Ltd.

Apr.: Established a local subsidiary in New York

May: Launched the"YumeNavi" customer loyalty program for group customers.

Jul.: Opened comprehensive senior care facility
"the Starts Community Care Center Ichinoe".

Operated by Starts Care Service Co., Ltd.

Aug.: Established a local subsidiary in Guangzhou

Aug.: Bilcom Co., Ltd. (now Starts Facility Service Co., Ltd.), a comprehensive building management company

Bilcom Control Center (at the time)

Oct.: Released the mobile novel *Koi Sora* (by Mika)
(A million-seller with 2.1 million copies sold across two volumes / Starts Publishing Co., Ltd.)

2007

Feb.: Silver sponsor for race bibs starting with the “1st Tokyo Marathon ” (and every year since)

Tokyo Marathon 2007
©TOKYO MARATHON FOUNDATION

Mar.: Acquired Hotel SEIFUEN (now Shinshu no Yu SEIFUEN)

Togura Kamiyamada Onsen, Nagano Prefecture
Operated by Starts Resort Co., Ltd.

Apr.: As an official partner of the Japan Table Tennis Association, we support the Japan National Table Tennis Team (and have continued to sponsor them every year since)

Apr.: First Professional Contract with a Female Golfer: Iyoko Wada

Jul.: Acquired Yukemuri no sato Kashiwaya Ryokan

Nikko Kawaji Onsen
Operated by Starts Resort Co., Ltd.

Jul.: Opened Hotel Lumière Nishikasai

Operated by Starts Hotel Development Co., Ltd.

Jul.: Completion of the “Nishi-Arai Station West Exit Area Redevelopment Project”

Sep.: Acquisition of the Group Headquarters Building at the Nihonbashi 3-chome Intersection in Tokyo: “Starts Yaesu Chuo Building”
(Group headquarters functions relocated in February 2008)

Oct.: Become a Supporting Member of the New Japan Philharmonic Foundation

Dec.: Special sponsorship of the “Starts Heartful Concert,” a special performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony by the New Japan Philharmonic (held annually thereafter)

2008

May: The “Wuhan International Half Marathon” was jointly organized by the Wuhan Municipal Government, Starts, and Wuhan Tongyi Food Co., Ltd.

May: Toei Shinjuku Line: Completion of the Shinozaki Station West Exit Public Facility Project,“Shinozaki Twin Place”

Jun.: The 11th Starts Senior Golf Tournament was held for the first time in 10 years (and has been held annually since then)

2009

Apr.: Launched the Senior Housing Placement Service (now the Third Life Division)

May: Established a local subsidiary in Hanoi

Jul.: Established Sapporo Starts Co., Ltd., Sendai Starts Co., Ltd., Chubu Starts Co., Ltd., and Kansai Starts Co., Ltd. (Renamed in 2022 toStarts Hokkaido Co., Ltd.,Starts Tohoku Co., Ltd.,Starts Tokai Co., Ltd., and Starts Kansai Co., Ltd.)

Sep.: Established Starts Trust Co., Ltd.

Nov.: Completion of the “Higashi-Ayase Complex Project,” a facility for both children and the elderly

Operated by Starts Care Service Co., Ltd.

2010–2019

2010

Jul.: Starts Proceed Investment Corporation to be transferred from JASDAQ to the Tokyo Stock Exchange

Starts Proceed Investment Corporation
Listed on the J-REIT Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange

Sep.: Completion of the “Chuo Ward Ningyocho Nursery School and Other Complex Development Project”

2011

Jan.: Established a local subsidiary in Singapore

Apr.: Established a local subsidiary in Wuhan

Apr.: Established a local subsidiary in Jakarta

May: Sponsored the Naoko Takahashi Cup Gifu Seiryu Half Marathon (and has sponsored it every year since)

Aug.: Opened a branch office in Beijing

Sep.: Established a local subsidiary in New Delhi

Oct.: Establish a local subsidiary in Phnom Penh

Nov.: Opened "Shunmi Kyobashi Flagship Restaurant," a Japanese kaiseki restaurant in Chuo-ku, Tokyo.

Nov.: Established a local subsidiary in Manila

2012

Jan.: Established a local subsidiary in São Paulo

Jan.: Male Professional Golfer: Signed a Contract with Tadahiro Takayama

May: Acquired the “Kasama Toyo Golf Club”
in Ibaraki Prefecture(Renamed “Starts Kasama Golf Club” in July of the same year)

Oct.: Established a local subsidiary in Kuala Lumpur

2013

Feb.: Acquired Okinawa Nahana Hotel & Spa

Operated by Starts Naha Operations Co., Ltd.

Feb.: Women's Professional Golfer: Signing a Contract with Hiromi Kamata

Mar.: Established a local subsidiary in Yangon

Apr.: Commenced operations at the Ho Chi Minh City Branch.

Sep.: Signed a contract with Mima Ito of the Women's Junior National Table Tennis Team

Member of Starts SC
Mima Ito (then 12 years old)

2014

May: Established a local subsidiary in Dubai

Jun.: Opened a branch office in Frankfurt

Jun.: Established a local subsidiary office in Vientiane

Sep.: Starts Corporation has moved from the Tokyo Stock Exchange JASDAQ (Standard) to the Tokyo Stock Exchange First Section

2015

Feb.: Women's Professional Golfer: Signing a Contract with Ayaka Matsumori

Mar.: Established Starts Agency Co., Ltd.

May: Completion of “Alpha Grande Koiwa Sky First,” the first phase of the Type 1 Urban Redevelopment Project in the Nishi District of Minami-Koiwa 7-chome, Edogawa Ward

Jul.: Opened a branch office in San Jose

Jul.: Establishment of Sumai Plus Small-Amount Short-Term Insurance Co., Ltd. (now Starts S.S.I Co., Ltd.)

2016

Mar.: Established of Anjo Private Profit-making Service Co., Ltd.

Oct.: Ayaka Matsumori claimed her first tour victory—and the first for a Starts-affiliated pro—at the “Fujitsu Ladies 2016”

Oct.: A local subsidiary has been established in Canada

Dec.: Starts Facility Philippines
Commenced operations of the Starts Rental Factory.

2017

Feb.: Established of Narashino Okubo Mirai Project Co., Ltd.

Mar.: Female Golfer: Signs Contract with Pro Kyoka Matsumori

May: Established Hirosaki Geijutsu Souzou Co., Ltd.

Jun.: Established Higashiokazakieki Hokutogaiku Fukugo-shisetsu Co., Ltd.

2018

Jan.: Established PHIL LIFE Inc.

Jan.: The new wing of Hotel Emion Tokyo Bay, “Emion Square,” has opened

Operated by Starts Hotel Development Co., Ltd.

Mar.: Opened the Starts Community Care Center Shin-Urayasu.a combined long-term care and childcare facility

Operated by Starts Care Service Co., Ltd.

Mar.: Established Starts Partners Consulting Co., Ltd.

Jul.: Public-Private Partnership Project: Kanda Higashi-Matsushita-cho Plan, Chiyoda Ward – Private Residential Building Development Project
Completion of “Alpha Grande Chisakura Tower”

Sep.: Opened "New Coast Shin-Urayasu," a large-scale shopping center.

Operated by Starts New Coast Co., Ltd.

Oct.: Opened "Hotel Emion Phnom Penh" in Cambodia, marking the group's first overseas hotel developed through in-house construction.

Operated by Starts Hotel (Cambodia) Corporation

Nov.: Opened company-owned stores within the “New Coast Shin-Urayasu” shopping center
・“Shunmi Shin-Urayasu Branch”
: Japanese cuisine restaurant

2019

Jan.: Established a local subsidiary in London

Jan.: Mima Ito becomes the first woman in history to win the “All Japan Table Tennis Championships” three times and secures her second consecutive title

Jan.: Opened "Hotel Lumière Grande Nagareyama-otakanomori."

Operated by Starts Hotel Development Coporation

Feb.: Established of Hirosaki Nigiwai Souzou Co., Ltd.

Mar.: We have signed a sponsorship agreement with Naoko Takahashi.
She has also been appointed as an advisor to the Starts Track and Field Team.

Mar.: Women's Professional Golfer: Signed a Contract with Professional Golfer Ayame Sakuma

May: Established a branch office in Gurugram, India

Sep.: Opened a branch office in Beverly Hills

Sep.: Starts 50th Anniversary Appreciation Party

Nov.: Opened "OTO RIVERSIDE TERRACE"
and its on-site coworking space "OTO CLUB"
under the Higashi-Okazaki Station Northeast District Redevelopment Project.

Nov.: Opened "Platz Narashino,"
a lifelong learning complex, under the Okubo District Public Facilities Revitalization Project.

2020–

2020

Feb.: Signed a sponsorship agreement with professional female golfer Saki Asai

Mar.: Nagareyama-otakanomori Station Municipal Land Development Project
“North Square 63” (Public Facilities Building, Hotel/Retail Complex,
and Residential Building) Commences Operations

May: “North Square 63” Project for the Utilization of City-Owned Land in Front of Nagareyama-otakanomori Station
Received the “Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Award” at the Japan Real Estate Society Achievement Awards

Jul.: Hirosaki City Yoshino-cho Green Space Development and Related PFI Project
Grand Opening of the “Hirosaki Brick Warehouse Museum”

Jul.: Kyoto City Central Wholesale Market No. 1 “Vibrant Zone” Revitalization Project
A mixed-use complex combining retail facilities and a hotel “Hotel Emion Kyoto” Opens

Operated by Starts Hotel Development Coporation

Sep.: Selected as the operator for the Hotei Station East Complex Public Facilities Development Project

Oct.: Starts Home Coporation’s housing project
“A Neighborhood with Expansive Extra Living Spaces” Wins the “2020 Good Design Award” for the First Time

Oct.: Kannai Station Front Port Town District Type 1 Urban Redevelopment Project
Kannai Station Front Port Town District Type 1 Urban Redevelopment Project Signing of a Basic Agreement on Project Cooperation

2021

Jan.: Women's Professional Golfer: Signed a Contract with Yuna Nishimura

Jan.: Acquisition of the business of Mitsuo Aida Museum Co., Ltd.

Feb.: Established Lift Management Co., Ltd.

Apr.: Established Starts Clean Partners Co., Ltd.

May: Professional golfer Yuna Nishimura
wins the “World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup” Claims her first major title

Jul.: Fuchu Green Plaza Site Development Project
“Hotel Keyaki Gate Tokyo Fuchu”
New Concept: Coworking Space with Shared Kitchen
“LIGHT UP LOBBY”Opens

Operated by Starts Hotel Development Co., Ltd.

Sep.

Professional golfer Yuna Nishimura wins back-to-back titles at the “Sumitomo Life Vitality Ladies Tokai Classic” (left)
and the “Miyagi TV Cup Dunlop Women's Open Golf Tournament” (right)

Professional golfer Yuna Nishimura wins back-to-back titles at the “Sumitomo Life Vitality Ladies Tokai Classic” (left)
and the “Miyagi TV Cup Dunlop Women's Open Golf Tournament” (right)

Sep.: Okubo District Public Facility Revitalization Project
Completion of the private ancillary facility “Proceed Keisei Okubo”
Operating “LIGHT UP STUDIO,” a rental housing complex for students, on the 2nd and 3rd floors

Oct.: 25th Anniversary of the Women’s Website “OZmall”

2022

Jan.: Mima Ito” Won Singles and Women’s Doubles Titles at the “2022 Emperor’s and Empress’s Cups
All-Japan Table Tennis Championships

Apr.: Welcomed Yoshihiro Kikaku Co., Ltd. into the Starts Group,
(Changed its name to Starts Nagasaki Co., Ltd. in 2024)

Jun.: Professional golfer Yuna Nishimura won the “Nichirei Ladies”

Jul.: Professional golfer Yuna Nishimura won the Nipponham Ladies Classic.

Sep.: Starts Securities Co., Ltd. Fully Online Discretionary Asset Management
“ON COMPASS,” Now Available

Oct.: “Hotel Lumière Grande Nagareyama-otakanomori”
Opened All-Day Dining & Deli
“LIGHT UP cafe&dining”

Operated by Starts Hotel Development Coporation

Nov.: Established Starts Okinawa Co., Ltd.

Nov.: Established Kumagaya Childcare Support and Health Facility Co., Ltd.

2023

Jan.: the contractor for the Tokyo University of Science (Nishikamata) Staff Housing Development and Management Project

Feb.: Established Minamikoiwa Kankyo-Fudousan Project LLC
Established Higashikanagawa Kankyo-Fudousan Project LLC

Apr.: Konan City Hotei Station East Complex Public Facilities Development Project
“toko+toko=labo” Opened

Mar.: “Seismic Isolation Retrofit of the Okazaki Shinkin Bank Museum”
Received the “Achievement Award” from the Japan Seismic Isolation Association

May: Established Sendaieki Higashiguchi Kankyo-Fudousan Project LLC

May: Established Starts Hiroshima Co., Ltd.

May: Opened the "Hirosaki Museum of Contemporary Art" under a conversion PFI project. Winner of the “32nd BELCA Award, Best Renovation Category”

May: Selected as the preferred bidder for the project to effectively utilize the former Fukuoka College of Advanced Technology site

Nov.: Established the Nishikamata PPP Project LLC

Dec.: Opened "Hotel Emion Sapporo."

Operated by Starts Hotel Development Coporation

Dec.: Published by Starts Publishing; Based on the original work by Starts; First production committee project
Released the movie "The Flower Falling on the Hill Where You and I Meet Agin" nationwide.

　

2024

Jan.: Established Starts Kankyo Development Co., Ltd.

Feb.: Women's Professional Golfer: Signed a Contract with Yuina Yogo

Apr.: Opened “Hotel Comment Yokohama Kannai”

Operated by Starts Hotel Development Coporation

Apr.: Launched operations of 「
"Starts Vision SHIBUYA,"」 a digital signage located at eye-level by the Shibuya Scramble Crossing.

Apr.: Women's Skateboarding Park: Signed a Contract with Athlete Hinano Kusaki

Jun.: “Project for the Development and Operation of a Multipurpose Indoor Facility and the East Side Area of Toyohashi Park”
in Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture A consortium led by Starts has been selected as the winning bidder

Jun.: “Maibara Station East Exit Area Urban Development Project”
in Maibara City, Shiga Prefecture Starts Tokai Participates as a Partner Company

Jul.: Established Toyohashi Next Park Co., Ltd.

Nov.: Established Fukuoka Chihaya Forest Co., Ltd.

2025

Jan.: MISIA's 2025 National Tour, “STARTS presents THE TOUR OF MISIA 2025 LOVE NEVER DIES,” has kicked off

Feb.: Sponsoring the Japan Curling Championships Yokohama 2025 as a Top Partner

Feb.: Signed a contract as the main sponsor of the women’s soccer club “Nankatsu SC WINGS”

Apr.: Yuina Yogo Wins Her First Title at the YANMAR HANASAKA Ladies Golf Tournament

May: Established Starts Career Management Co., Ltd.

Aug.: Completion of the “Tokyo University of Science (Nishikamata) Staff Housing Development and Management Project”

Aug.: Special Presented by Starts: Cinema Concert & Talk Show for the Film “TILL WE MEET AGAIN ON THE LILY HILL”

Sep.: Rosemary Wanjiru Monica won the Berlin Marathon 2025.

Oct.: Starts Presents: The Movie “CLIMBING FOR LIFE” Now in Theaters

Dec.: The Okubo District Public Facilities Revitalization Project (Platz Narashino) has received the “Chairman's Award” from the Urban Future Promotion Organization

2026

Jan.: MISIA's 2026 National Tour, “STARTS presents MISIA: Starry Sky Live XIII GRAND HORIZON - Rhythmedia 30th Anniversary,” has kicked off

Mar.: Published by Starts Publishing; based on the original work and produced in collaboration with the Starts Production Committee
Nationwide Release of the Movie “The Ogre's Bride”

Apr.: “Kuma Kids,” Kumagaya City's Child-Rearing Support and Health Center, Opens

Jun.: Opened a Branch office in New Jersey

1969–1989
1990–1999
2000–2009
2010–2019
2020–
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