Hulu Japan
Hulu Japan is a Japanese subscription streaming service owned and operated by Nippon TV. Launched in September 2011, it is the Japanese counterpart to the American service with the same name. The service would be acquired by Nippon TV in 2014, and has since branched off from its American counterpart.
| Type of business | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
Type of site | OTT video streaming platform |
| Headquarters | Higashi-Shinbashi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan |
| Area served | Japan |
| Key people | Hiroyuki Oho (President) Kazuo Takaya (CEO) |
| Parent | Nippon TV |
| URL | www |
| Advertising | Yes |
| Registration | Required |
| Users | 2.8 million (as of 5 October 2021) |
| Launched | September 1, 2011 |
| Current status | Active |
Hulu Japan offers a library of television series from Nippon and other broadcasters (including NHK, TBS Television, Fuji Television, and TV Tokyo among others), as well as original programming.
As of October 5, 2021, Hulu Japan has a total of 2.8 million subscribers in Japan. In March 2015, Hulu Japan subscription's numbers had risen to 1 million memberships in all time record for the service. This service was the sixth highest-grossing subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) service in Japan as of 2022.