Home >> History Apr / 1973   Daiichikosho Co., Ltd. established Feb / 1976   Commercial karaoke sales business began in Tokyo Apr / 1979   1st karaoke equipment retail sales and lease shop opened in Tokyo Apr / 1982   Wholesale commercial karaoke equipment business started in Nagoya Sep / 1984   DK Finance established as subsidiary for finance business Jul / 1988   DK Enterprises (GUAM) inc/ established Nov / 1988   1st [BIG ECHO] karaoke shop opened in Hiroshima Jan / 1989   New Daiichikosho Headquarters building opened in Shinagawa Tokyo Jul / 1990   DK Korea Co., Ltd. established Jun / 1991   1st overseas [BIG ECHO] opened in Hong Kong Sep / 1995   Stock shares listed with Japan Securities and Trade Association Oct / 1996   Digital satellite broadcast began on “PerfecTV”(present SKY PerfecTV) May / 1997   Announced 1.25-for-1 split of the company's common shares. Mar / 2000   [MeloDAM] ring-tone download service for Japan's i-mode mobile phone users, began Jun / 2000   [karaoke@dam] internet karaoke service launched Jan / 2001   [DK Elder], a community karaoke system for senior citizens, began Jul / 2001   Take over of Crown Records, well-known Japanese music recording company Oct / 2001   Buy out of Tokuma Japan Communications, well-known Japanese music recording company Apr / 2002   Selected for listing on the J-Stock Index as a leading company in the JASDAQ market Aug / 2002   Daiichikosho(Shanghai) Ltd. established Oct / 2003   Acquired all shares of Tri-M, Inc., making it a wholly owned subsidiary. Apr / 2004   Providing “club DAM MEMBERSHIP ” content on the DAM Station channel, began. May / 2004   Announced 2-for-1 split of the companys common shares. Jul / 2006   Announced 2-for-1 split of the companys common shares.