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Type:	Public
Industry:	Registry
Founded:	2009
Ownership:	GMO Internet Group
Headquarters:	Cerulean Tower 9-12F, 26-1 Sakuragaokacho, Shibuya ku, Tokyo
Country:	Japan
Website:	GMO-Registry (English site)
Twitter:	@gmoregistry
Key People
Masatoshi Kumagai, Chairperson of the Board of Directors Hirokatsu Ohigashi, Representative Director and CEO Yoshitake Tamura, Director Yusuke Adachi, Director Tomoyuki Furuya, Auditor Takaaki Matsunaga, Auditor Tomohisa Matsuba, Aduditor

GMO Registry offers assistance with the new gTLD application process which was approved by ICANN in 2008.

GMO Registry is the first such business in Japan;^[1] and it is one of many businesses that make up the highly successful and diversified, GMO Internet Group.^[2]

In November 20011, it was announced that the Tokyo Metropolitan Government had chosen to work with GMO Registry and its partner, Cloud Registry, on its proposed .tokyo gTLD.^[3]

It is one of two applicants for .osaka. GMO Registry is listed as the applicant on 8 new gTLD applications and is the Registry Provider for 27 applications.^[4]^[5]

Services[edit | edit source]

TLD (Top Level Domain) Registry Operations and Management

Management, operation and sales of TLDs for which GMO Registry is the Registry Operator; .shop, .tokyo, .nagoya, .yokohama

TLD Backend Registry Services and Support Services

Registry Service Provider. TLD management and operations.

Specialized TLD Backend Registry Services and Support Services for Brand TLDs

Management and operation of TLDs representing global brands including .canon, .hitachi, .toshiba

ccTLD (country code Top Level Domain) Operations and Support

Management, operation and support for ccTLDs including Indonesia ccTLD, .id

History[edit | edit source]

July 2009	GMO Registry, Inc. is founded.
April 2010	Contracted to provide backend registry operation and support services to the Federal Republic of Somalia for .so.
May 2010	Partnership formed with Canon, Inc. to provide application and operation support for .canon.
September 2011	Contracted to provide backend registry operation and support services to the Republic of Indonesia for .id.
November 2011	GMO Registry receives official support from the Tokyo metropolitan government for .tokyo top level domain.
April 2012	Contracted to provide backend registry operation and support services for Japanese Geo TLDs .okinawa and .ryukyu.
July 2014	.tokyo opens for registration.
May 2015	GMO Registry launches 20th brand TLD on behalf of brand clients.
December 2015	Partnership formed with GMO Brights Consulting, Inc. to provider backend registry services to Brights Consulting customers.
January 2016	GMO Registry acquires .shop in record-breaking ICANN public auction.
September 2016	.shop opens registration.
January 2017	.shop opens for registration in China.

References[edit | edit source]

↑ GMO
↑ GMO Internet Group
↑ Press Release, JPubb.com
↑ Application Status Search, ICANN.orgRetrieved 11 Sept 2013
↑ Did GMO Flunk Evaluation on 27 gTLDs? - Domain InciteRetrieved 11 Sept 2013

[1] GMO

[2] GMO Internet Group

[3] Press Release, JPubb.com

[4] Application Status Search, ICANN.orgRetrieved 11 Sept 2013

[gmo-5] Did GMO Flunk Evaluation on 27 gTLDs? - Domain InciteRetrieved 11 Sept 2013

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 | linkedin        =
 | twitter         = gmoregistry
-| keypeople       = [[Masatoshi Kumagai]], CEO<br>
+| keypeople       = [[Masatoshi Kumagai]], Chairperson of the Board of Directors<br>
-[[Hirokatsu Ohigashi]], Executive Director<br>
+[[Hirokatsu Ohigashi]], Representative Director and CEO<br>
-[[Hiroyuki Nishiyama]], Director<br>
-[[Tadashi Ito]], Director<br>
 [[Yoshitake Tamura]], Director<br>
 [[Yusuke Adachi]], Director<br>
-[[Hiroya Tsukahara]], Director<br>
+[[Tomoyuki Furuya]], Auditor<br>
-[[Masashi Yasuda]], Auditor
+[[Takaaki Matsunaga]], Auditor<br>
+[[Tomohisa Matsuba]], Aduditor<br>
 }}
 '''GMO Registry''' offers assistance with the new [[gTLD]] application process which was approved by [[ICANN]] in 2008.
-GMO Registry is the first such business in Japan;<ref>[http://www.gmo.jp/en/news/article/?id=374 GMO]</ref> and it is one of many business that make up the highly successful and diversified, [[GMO Internet Group]].<ref>[http://www.gmo.jp/en/company-profile/groupinfo/ GMO Internet Group]</ref>
+GMO Registry is the first such business in Japan;<ref>[http://www.gmo.jp/en/news/article/?id=374 GMO]</ref> and it is one of many businesses that make up the highly successful and diversified, [[GMO Internet Group]].<ref>[http://www.gmo.jp/en/company-profile/groupinfo/ GMO Internet Group]</ref>
-In November, 2011, it was announced that the Tokyo Metropolitan Government had chosen to work with GMO Registry and its partner, [[Cloud Registry]], on its proposed [[.tokyo]] [[gTLD]].<ref>[http://www.jpubb.com/press/315991/ Press Release, JPubb.com]</ref>
+In November 20011, it was announced that the Tokyo Metropolitan Government had chosen to work with GMO Registry and its partner, [[Cloud Registry]], on its proposed [[.tokyo]] [[gTLD]].<ref>[http://www.jpubb.com/press/315991/ Press Release, JPubb.com]</ref>
 It is one of two applicants for [[.osaka]]. GMO Registry is listed as the applicant on 8 new gTLD applications and is the  Registry Provider for 27 applications.<ref>[https://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/viewstatus Application Status Search, ICANN.org]Retrieved 11 Sept 2013</ref><ref name="gmo">[http://domainincite.com/13092-did-gmo-flunk-evaluation-on-27-gtlds-centralnic-takes-over-the-whole-lot Did GMO Flunk Evaluation on 27 gTLDs? - Domain Incite]Retrieved 11 Sept 2013</ref>
 ==Services==
-The services offered by GMO Registry fall into three main categories:
+* ''' TLD (Top Level Domain) Registry Operations and Management'''
-*New [[gTLD]] application consultation
+Management, operation and sales of TLDs for which GMO Registry is the Registry Operator; .shop, .tokyo, .nagoya, .yokohama
-*Registry Services
+* '''TLD Backend Registry Services and Support Services'''
-*Marketing Support<ref>[http://www.gmo-registry.com/en/service/ GMO Registry Services]</ref>
+Registry Service Provider. TLD management and operations.
+* '''Specialized TLD Backend Registry Services and Support Services for Brand TLDs'''
+Management and operation of TLDs representing global brands including .canon, .hitachi, .toshiba
+* '''ccTLD (country code Top Level Domain) Operations and Support'''
+Management, operation and support for ccTLDs including Indonesia ccTLD, .id
-In May of 2013, [[CentralNic]] confirmed in a letter that the company will take over the back-end gTLD registry services for all 27 GMO Registry applications. This move raised concerns that GMO Registry may have failed its ICANN technical evaluations.<ref name="gmo"></ref>
+== History ==
+{| class="wikitable"
+|July 2009
+|GMO Registry, Inc. is founded.
+|-
+|April 2010
+|Contracted to provide backend registry operation and support services to the Federal Republic of Somalia for .so.
+|-
+|May 2010
+|Partnership formed with Canon, Inc. to provide application and operation support for .canon.
+|-
+|September 2011
+|Contracted to provide backend registry operation and support services to the Republic of Indonesia for .id.
+|-
+|November 2011
+|GMO Registry receives official support from the Tokyo metropolitan government for .tokyo top level domain.
+|-
+|April 2012
+|Contracted to provide backend registry operation and support services for Japanese Geo TLDs .okinawa and .ryukyu.
+|-
+|July 2014
+|.tokyo opens for registration.
+|-
+|May 2015
+|GMO Registry launches 20th brand TLD on behalf of brand clients.
+|-
+|December 2015
+|Partnership formed with GMO Brights Consulting, Inc. to  provider backend registry services to Brights Consulting customers.
+|-
+|January 2016
+|GMO Registry acquires .shop in record-breaking ICANN  public auction.
+|-
+|September 2016
+|.shop opens registration.
+|-
+|January 2017
+|.shop opens for registration in China.
+|}
 ==References==