CyberStep Strengthens AI and Content DX Infrastructure by Acquiring All Shares of NAXA Inc.
CyberStep Holdings resolves to fully acquire AI/DX company NAXA Inc., aiming to integrate NAXA's subtitle generation and video editing AI into its group to maximize the value of its entertainment IPs through efficient content distribution.
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CyberStep Holdings, Inc. (Headquarters: Suginami-ku, Tokyo, President: Shinji Yuasa, TSE Standard: 3810, hereinafter "the Company") announces that at the Board of Directors meeting held on April 22, 2026, it resolved to acquire all shares of NAXA Inc. (Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director: Masaya Nakamura, hereinafter "NAXA") to make it a subsidiary, and has concluded a share transfer agreement.
■ Background of the Share Acquisition
The Company's group has grown primarily through its digital entertainment businesses, including "online games" and "crane game apps." Since transitioning to a holding company structure in 2025, in addition to strengthening existing businesses, it has been promoting the diversification of its business portfolio through M&As and alliances.
Within this context, not simply providing content, but "how to utilize it and maximize its value" has become a vital theme for future growth.
(Image: NAXA's proprietary product - Quoted from https://naxa.co.jp/)
■ NAXA's Strengths and Reasons for Acquisition
NAXA is an AI and DX company specialized in the television, distribution, and digital content sectors, providing technologies such as subtitle generation AI, video editing AI, and distribution app development. To date, it has a track record of over 70 development projects primarily for major broadcasting stations. It holds extensive know-how and proprietary technological assets in distribution apps, video editing apps, video analysis, and Japanese speech recognition models.
Meanwhile, the Company's group daily accumulates digital assets such as video content, prize introduction videos, and distribution materials; however, the efficiency of their secondary use, re-editing, and deployment for SNS has been a challenge.
Through this share acquisition, by incorporating NAXA's technological assets, human resources, and development know-how into the group, the Company aims to significantly advance the efficiency of content utilization, as well as strengthen its service development and operational capabilities.
Within the Company's group, NAXA is positioned not as an operating company that directly provides content, but as the "AI and Content DX Infrastructure" that supports existing businesses from a technological standpoint.
■ Connection with IP Strategy
Moving forward, the Company's group will more proactively promote the acquisition and utilization of IP (Intellectual Property).
By leveraging IPs acquired through collaborations with artists and contents in multifaceted ways—such as merchandising, online deployment, and digital contents—the Company aims to build a continuous revenue model rather than a one-off approach.
By utilizing NAXA's technology, it will become possible to efficiently perform content re-editing, secondary use, multilingual expansion, and short video utilization on SNS and video platforms, thereby establishing a system to maximize the value of IPs.
■ Future Outlook
Through this transaction, the Company's group will further strengthen its business foundation that integrates "Content x Technology x Distribution."
In addition to existing businesses, by advancing cross-sectional developments across IPs, digital contents, and real-life experiences, the Company will create new forms of entertainment and provide more attractive experiences for users.
■ Company Profiles
Company Name: CyberStep Holdings, Inc.
Representative: Shinji Yuasa, President
Location: 4F Asahi Seimei Daitabashi Bldg., 1-22-19 Izumi, Suginami-ku, Tokyo
Established: April 2000
Capital: 4,075.08 million yen (as of May 2025)
Listed Market: Tokyo Stock Exchange Standard Market (Securities Code: 3810)
Business Overview: Group business management, digital entertainment business (online crane game "Toreba", etc.), entertainment commerce business, FinTech, Web3 related businesses, etc.
Corporate Website: https://cshd.cyberstep.com/
Official X (IR): https://x.com/CyberStepHD_IR
Company Name: NAXA Inc.
Representative: Masaya Nakamura, Representative Director
Location: 4-2-7 Sendagaya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Established: October 11, 2021
Capital: 1.1 million yen
Business Overview: Advertising agency and general promotion business, distribution app development, provision of AI/DX solutions such as subtitle generation AI, video editing, and advertisement implementation.
Corporate Website: https://naxa.co.jp/
■ Inquiries regarding this matter
CyberStep Holdings, Inc.
PR / IR Department
TEL: 0570-032-085
Email: info@cyberstep.com
■ Background of the Share Acquisition
The Company's group has grown primarily through its digital entertainment businesses, including "online games" and "crane game apps." Since transitioning to a holding company structure in 2025, in addition to strengthening existing businesses, it has been promoting the diversification of its business portfolio through M&As and alliances.
Within this context, not simply providing content, but "how to utilize it and maximize its value" has become a vital theme for future growth.
(Image: NAXA's proprietary product - Quoted from https://naxa.co.jp/)
■ NAXA's Strengths and Reasons for Acquisition
NAXA is an AI and DX company specialized in the television, distribution, and digital content sectors, providing technologies such as subtitle generation AI, video editing AI, and distribution app development. To date, it has a track record of over 70 development projects primarily for major broadcasting stations. It holds extensive know-how and proprietary technological assets in distribution apps, video editing apps, video analysis, and Japanese speech recognition models.
Meanwhile, the Company's group daily accumulates digital assets such as video content, prize introduction videos, and distribution materials; however, the efficiency of their secondary use, re-editing, and deployment for SNS has been a challenge.
Through this share acquisition, by incorporating NAXA's technological assets, human resources, and development know-how into the group, the Company aims to significantly advance the efficiency of content utilization, as well as strengthen its service development and operational capabilities.
Within the Company's group, NAXA is positioned not as an operating company that directly provides content, but as the "AI and Content DX Infrastructure" that supports existing businesses from a technological standpoint.
■ Connection with IP Strategy
Moving forward, the Company's group will more proactively promote the acquisition and utilization of IP (Intellectual Property).
By leveraging IPs acquired through collaborations with artists and contents in multifaceted ways—such as merchandising, online deployment, and digital contents—the Company aims to build a continuous revenue model rather than a one-off approach.
By utilizing NAXA's technology, it will become possible to efficiently perform content re-editing, secondary use, multilingual expansion, and short video utilization on SNS and video platforms, thereby establishing a system to maximize the value of IPs.
■ Future Outlook
Through this transaction, the Company's group will further strengthen its business foundation that integrates "Content x Technology x Distribution."
In addition to existing businesses, by advancing cross-sectional developments across IPs, digital contents, and real-life experiences, the Company will create new forms of entertainment and provide more attractive experiences for users.
■ Company Profiles
Company Name: CyberStep Holdings, Inc.
Representative: Shinji Yuasa, President
Location: 4F Asahi Seimei Daitabashi Bldg., 1-22-19 Izumi, Suginami-ku, Tokyo
Established: April 2000
Capital: 4,075.08 million yen (as of May 2025)
Listed Market: Tokyo Stock Exchange Standard Market (Securities Code: 3810)
Business Overview: Group business management, digital entertainment business (online crane game "Toreba", etc.), entertainment commerce business, FinTech, Web3 related businesses, etc.
Corporate Website: https://cshd.cyberstep.com/
Official X (IR): https://x.com/CyberStepHD_IR
Company Name: NAXA Inc.
Representative: Masaya Nakamura, Representative Director
Location: 4-2-7 Sendagaya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Established: October 11, 2021
Capital: 1.1 million yen
Business Overview: Advertising agency and general promotion business, distribution app development, provision of AI/DX solutions such as subtitle generation AI, video editing, and advertisement implementation.
Corporate Website: https://naxa.co.jp/
■ Inquiries regarding this matter
CyberStep Holdings, Inc.
PR / IR Department
TEL: 0570-032-085
Email: info@cyberstep.com