GP Online Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture; Shinjuku City, Tokyo; President and CEO: Yutaka Toyonaga, hereinafter GP Online), a company specializing in website planning and production, has created its official character "Shibi" to commemorate its 25th anniversary in November 2025.

This character was born from a collaborative creation with illustrator YAMADA ZOMBIE, who handles artwork for magazines, artist jackets, and corporate characters across various fields. It symbolizes "human growth and challenge," which is the identity of our company, and will be widely utilized in future corporate branding.

Background of the Official Character "Shibi's" Birth

GP Online celebrated its 25th anniversary on November 1, 2025. Over this quarter-century, driven by the power of "people," we have challenged ourselves to create numerous values through our web integration business.

As we move to the next stage, we felt the need for a symbol that could more familiarly and emotionally convey our core belief of "making everyone involved happy" and the growth of each employee through "self-realization." We entrusted the "corporate culture that respects challenges," which is difficult to put into words, to the form of a character, and will create new touchpoints with our stakeholders.

Behind the scenes of the character's creation, there was a drama of endless design discussions and efforts to achieve internal consensus. Why did we approach design with "logic" rather than "preference"? We have also released the "making-of" story that summarizes the entire process of creating the official character, so please take a look.

Don't Discuss Design Based on "Preference." The Story of Logically Overcoming Endless Discussions in Official Character Creation

Character Profile: "Shibi," Who Dreams of Thunderclouds

"Shibi" was born from the inspiration of "challenge" and "thrilling growth" that GP Online cherishes.

Concept

A cloud that dreams of becoming a thundercloud.

Story

It wanders around the company, looking for the "energy of challenge" that overflows at GP Online. When it sees people growing or earnestly challenging something, it gains energy from them and transforms into a "thrilling form" itself.

Characteristics

Characterized by its adorable appearance as it searches for energy. It is a character that embodies our company culture of supporting challenges.

Collaboration with Illustrator YAMADA ZOMBIE

For the character design, we enlisted illustrator YAMADA ZOMBIE, known for his unique character expressions that are POP and humorous.

Through his creativity, he has sublimated the conflicting charms of GP Online's "professional technical capabilities" and the "individuality and warmth" of our members into a single character. The result is a playful character that befits our company culture of enjoying change at the forefront of the digital domain.

[YAMADA ZOMBIE Profile]

Illustrator. Draws POP and humorous characters. He has worked on illustrations for magazines, corporate characters, numerous artist CD/record jackets, and merchandise. He is also expanding his activities in the field of three-dimensional modeling, with the soft vinyl toy "DJ TACO" released by Ken Elephant.

Future Outlook

Official character "Shibi" will act as an ambassador to deliver our company's message through GP Online's official website, social media, and various promotional items.

Beyond the milestone of our 25th anniversary, GP Online will continue to take on further challenges with Shibi under the mission of "Creating 'Thank You' through People and Digital."

About GP Online Co., Ltd.

GP Online is a web production company founded in 2000. We develop business domains based on "marketing perspective" x "digital technology" x "creative thinking," which are indispensable for creating corporate value. By freely combining these three areas, we have adopted a system that allows our unique strengths to be demonstrated.

Under the mission of "Creating 'Thank You' through People and Digital," we solve our clients' challenges by leveraging our accumulated unique know-how.

Company Profile

Company Name: GP Online Co., Ltd. https://www.gpol.co.jp/

Location: Shinjuku Gyoen Front 8F, 1-6-3 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo

Doijma Axis Building 3F, 2-2-28 Dojimahama, Kita-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

Representative: Yutaka Toyonaga, President and CEO

Founding Date: November 1, 2000

Establishment Date: May 30, 2001

Business Activities: Comprehensive web site production, comprehensive web system production, web package product production, web marketing consulting

Inquiries regarding this matter

GP Online Co., Ltd. Marketing Group Public Relations Representative

TEL: 06-6343-9363

Business Hours: 10:00 - 19:00 (Holidays: Saturdays, Sundays, and Public Holidays)

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