1.Company Profile
| 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: | 313 (as of April 2010) | |
| Sales: | 66 billion YEN (fiscal year 2010) | |
| 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: | 54 stores (Japan) / 7 stores (Overseas) (as of May 2010) | |
2.History
| 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 | Launches "BADOU·R AI 45". |
| 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. | |
| On October, "45R Harbor City Store" opens in Hong Kong Harbor City in Hong Kong. | |
| 2009 | On March, the Hong Kong flagship store "45R Star Street Store" opens on March. |
