Company name:	45rpm studio. Co., Ltd.
Year of establishment:	1978
Capital:	10,000,000 YEN
Representatives:	President	Shinji Takahashi
¡¡	Executive vice president	Masaki Nakashima
¡¡	Executive director	Yasumi Inoue
Number of employees:	244 (as of April 2012)
Sales:	6,400 million YEN (fiscal year 2011)
Main financing banks:	Mitsubishi Tokyo UFJ Bank, Mizuho Bank
Description of business:	Planning, production and sales of various apparel products.
Headquarters:	7-2-1, Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Company owned brands:	Badou-R / umii908 / R by 45rpm / 45rpm& / 45' AI INDIGO
Number of stores:	50 stores (Japan) / 11 stores (Overseas) (as of March 2012)

1977	Establishes business operation in Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo.
1978	Established "45rpm studio, co., ltd." .
1986	"45rpm BOY" evolves into a new brand, "NORTH MARINE DRIVE".
1997	On June 5th, the refurbished Shibuya Meiji dori store re-opens as "45rpm R shop", which specializes in Japanese blue and indigo dyeing.
	On September 11th, a new flagship store of Kansai area, "45rpm Osaka store" opens in Minami Senaba, Osaka.
	Launches "45rpm-no-Techo".
1998	On June 12th, "NORTH MARINE DRIVE" opens in Minami Aoyama 7 Chome, Minato-ku.
	On June 15th, "45rpm studio U.S.A inc." establishes in NY as an American corporation.
1999	On February 5th, a hand made leather brand, "HENRY CUIR" opens inside the store of NORTH MARINE DRIVE, Minami Aoyama.
	On April 5th, a flagship store of 45rpm, "Badou-R" opens in Minami Aoyama 7 Chome, Minato-ku.
2000	From the Autumn/Winter line, the two brands, 45rpm and NORTH MARINE DRIVE merge to become a new brand "45rpm&", which goes beyond the boundaries of age or sex, and another new brand, "R by 45rpm", which specializes in Japanese blue and Indigo dyeing.
	On October 10th, "R by 45rpm New York store" opens in NY, Soho.
2001	On March 16th, NORTH MARINE DRIVE Minami Aoyama store refurbishes and re-opens as a flagship store of "45rpm&" named as, "45rpm& Minami Aoyama store" .
	On March 21st, "R by 45 rpm Taipei store" opens in Taipei, Taiwan.
	On May 25th, a flagship store of R by 45rpm in Kansai area, "R by 45rpm Minamihorie store", opens.
	From Autumn/Winter line, a new brand, "Badou-R" launches.
2002	A custom tailoring shop of 45rpm, "Badou-R BESPOKE store" opens in Kotto-Dori, Aoyama.
2003	On April 11th, "45rpm& TAIWAN SOGO" opens in Taipei.
	On September 12th, "R by 45rpm Paris store" opens in Marché Saint-Honoré, Paris.
2004	"BADOU·R AI 45"is first issued.
2005	On September 8th, "forty five·R NEW YORK UPPER EAST store" opens in uptown NY.
	A new line "umii908" launches in the Autumn/Winter05.
	45rpm launches Kids' wear range.
	On December 9th, "45' AI INDIGO store" opens in Kotto-dori, Aoyama.
2008	On February 1st, "forty five·R Navy" opens in Umeda Hankyu MEN'S.
	From August, new brand "45' AI INDIGO" was started, which specialized in organic cotton.
	In October, "45R Harbor City Store" opens in Hong Kong Harbor City in Hong Kong.
2009	In March, the Hong Kong flagship store "45R Star Street Store" opens.
2011	Second store,"45' AI INDIGO PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN " opens in Paris on March 8th.
	In May, "forty five·R SANLITUN BEIJING" opens in Beijing Sanlitun Village .