About Us
Corporate Philosophy
Im‘s Six Principles
We promote our business, based on the following 6 principles:
Mission
- 公
- We contribute to the society by conducting a clear and fair business.
- 幸
- We aim to make everyone involved happy.
Value
- 恒
- We are in this business for the long term.
- 考
- We are a group of professionals who think and act accordingly.
Vision
- 行
- We act by our insight into the future.
- 交
- We interact with people from all over the world with our products.
Company Profile
- Company Name
- Im Co., Ltd.
- Founded
- July 1, 2005
- Capital
- 100,000,000 yen (Daiichi Sankyo Healthcare Co., Ltd. 100%)
- Employees
- 185 (including part-time workers, as of end of March, 2023)
Executive Officers
- Representative Director
President and Corporate Officer - Masamitsu Ishitsuka
- Director and Corporate Officer
General Manager of Corporate Planning Dept. - Kazuo Kamei
- Director (Part-time)
- Katsuhiko Yoshida
- Director (Part-time)
- Takahiro Uchida
- Director (Part-time)
- Shoji Aramaki
- Corporate Auditor
- Kazuhiro Kunishige
- Corporate Auditor (Part-time)
- Yoshiyuki Ojima
- Corporate Officer
Head of Brand Strategy Dept. - Atsushi Maruyama
- Corporate Officer
General Manager of ICT Solutions Dept.
(Oversight) Customer Communication Dept.
and Business Promotion Dept. - Naoki Ono
- Corporate Officer
Deputy Director of Brand Strategy Dept. - Haruo Tsunematsu
Location
Takamatsu Head Office
- Address
- 460-1 Yokoi, Konan-cho, Takamatsu-shi, Kagawa 761-8589, Japan
- Contact
- Tel: +81-87-879-0033
Fax: +81-87-879-8003
- Access
- About 8 minutes by car from Takamatsu Airport
About 30 minutes by car from JR Takamatsu Station
Tokyo Head Office
- Address
- 6F, 3-14-10 Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-8234, Japan
- Access
- Tokyo Metro, Nihombashi Station, 5-minute walk from Exit D1
Toei Asakusa Line, Nihombashi Station, 5-minute walk from Exit D1
Toei Asakusa Line, Takaracho Station, 10-minute walk from Exit A2
Tokyo Metro, Kayabacho Station, 10-minute walk from Exit 6
JR Tokyo Station, 10-minute walk from the Yaesu Central Exit
Ayagawa Office
- Address
- 2088 Ono, Ayagawa-cho, Ayauta-gun, Kagawa 761-2307, Japan
Business
Mail order business
Development and mail-order sales of skincare brands RICE FORCE, BRIGHTAGE, and Regain Triple Force.
Our Brands
RICE FORCE.
Nurture your skin.
Contains over 40% Rice Power® No.11 Extract, an active ingredient made from fermented Japanese rice. A quasi-drug skincare treatment that deeply moisturizes and nurtures your skin.
- Social media (Japanese)
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Let your true self shine.
Bringing together the findings of pharmaceutical company research, BRIGHTAGE uses the key active ingredient “tranexamic acid” to deliver a multipurpose quasi-drug skincare treatment that will leave your skin supple, bright, and deeply moisturized.
- Social media (Japanese)
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Remake your body. Create your future.
The ultimate product in the Regain Series that utilizes the scientifically proven results of pharmaceutical companies. This is a designated quasi-drug provided in tablet form that support people who want to stay “forever young.”
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History
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September
2000
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Launches RICE FORCE, a skincare product made from rice, as clothing mail order company Simree Co., Ltd.
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2002
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Releases products containing Rice Power® No.11 Extract:
- Atopi Light Cream
- SUPER MOISTURE Collection (currently, DEEP MOISTURE Collection)
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July
2005
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Establishes Im Co., Ltd., a cosmetics mail order company, as a subsidiary of Simree Co., Ltd.
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September
2007
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Takes over the cosmetics mail order business of Image Holdings Co., Ltd. (formerly, Simree Co., Ltd.).
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2008
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Releases a line of products for sebum issues that contain Rice Power Extract:
- ACPOLESS Collection
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2012
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Establishes a tieup with Moana Lani Spa in Hawaii, USA (contract ended in 2018).
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2013
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Establishes a tieup with Wellness Rooseveltova in Prague, Czech Republic (contract ended in 2019).
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2014
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Im Co., Ltd., merges with IJ Holdings Co., Ltd. (formerly, Image Holdings Co., Ltd.).
Establishes a tieup with Schnitzler in Frankfurt, Germany.
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2015
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Becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Daiichi Sankyo Healthcare Co., Ltd.
Establishes a tieup with Rikyu in London, UK.
Establishes a tieup with Anantara Bangkok Riverside Resort & Spa in Bangkok, Thailand.
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April
2017
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Releases BRIGHTAGE, an aging care cosmetics product containing tranexamic acid.
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April
2018
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Re-releases ACPOLESS Collection with a new formula containing Rice Power® No.6 Extract.
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February
2019
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Releases Regain Triple Force in tablet form (previously came as a drink).
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April
2020
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Obtains a patent (No. 6686223) for a method of evaluating skin condition through the Skin Care Program offered through the RICE FORCE brand.
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June
2020
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- Obtains a permit to open a pharmacy and opens Im Pharmacy, a retail store, inside the Head Office building.
- The first pharmaceutical product in the BRIGHTAGE line, BRIGHTAGE WHITE, is born. Im begins selling pharmaceutical products through mail order sales for the first time.
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January
2021
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Obtains a patent (No. 6821852) for a technology for judging skin condition through the Skin Care Program offered through the RICE FORCE brand.
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September
2022
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- RICE FORCE releases the Premium Perfect Series, a full-fledged anti-ageing care* line that contains the new active ingredient Rice Power® No. 11 α. *Age-appropriate care
- RICE FORCE launches a new “skin analysis” service using a unique “skin cell analysis system” to analyze, and give advice on, risks to beautiful skin, barrier functions, and aging.
- RICE FORCE, in addition to developing a skin analysis service, opens a new facility called the “Bare Skin Science Lab” that researches skin care and develops new products.
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January
2023
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BRIGHTAGE doubles the amount of active ingredients in product formulas, launches refillable products, and adopts container and packaging materials that have low environmental impact.
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February
2023
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Releases Regain Meneki Care Aojiru, a juice that contains the Regain ingredient “plasma lactobacillus.”
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April
2023
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Releases L‘active S, a pharmaceutical product in the Regain line that is effective for treating hip, shoulder, and joint pain when taken orally.
Im—bringing beauty and health, today, tomorrow, and in the future.