TOTSU Inc. (株式会社東通, Totsu) was a television technical production company that formerly existed. A consolidated subsidiary of TBS Holdings, Inc., it provided technical cooperation for numerous productions, including camera operation and video editing for dramas, variety programs, and information programs.
Its corporate name was derived from an abbreviation of its original name, Tokyo Tsushinki Koji Co., Ltd. (東京通信機工事株式会社).
On April 1, 2021, it was merged into TBS Art & Technology, Inc., the surviving company, together with 12 TBS Group companies, and was dissolved when the surviving company changed its name to TBS Act, Inc. The names of the company's affiliated regional Totsu companies were not changed.
Credited On
- Hatsune Miku - Hatsune Miku Live Party 2013 in Kansai - Hatsune Miku, released August 30, 2013 (
MKPB-2002-1). Camera Assistant (衛藤憲明), Driver (山梨信行), Video Engineer (財津英司). - ONE OK ROCK - Jinsei Kakete Kimi wa Tour Live & Film - ONE OK ROCK, released October 9, 2013 (
AZBS-1015). Video Engineer (Takuyuki Mase).
History
Translated from the ja.wikipedia article 東通 (CC BY-SA 4.0), revision 111155828.
Locations
Head office: 9th Floor, Akasaka Park Building, 5-2-20 Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo
Distribution center warehouse: 6-1-1 Heiwajima, Ota, Tokyo
Date of Establishment
November 29, 1962 (Showa 37)
Executives
Representative Director and President: Mikio Kokubu
Senior Managing Director: Katsuji Ichikata (formerly Managing Director)
Managing Directors: Masamichi Amano; Yasuhiro Sato
Directors: Takahiro Yanagisawa; Naoya Tsukui (General Manager of the Accounting Department, TBS Holdings); Shin Okuda (Director-General and Chief Engineer of the Media Technology Bureau, TBS Television)
Auditors: Hiroshi Suzuki; Tatsuro Takeshita (Director-General of the Group Design Bureau, TBS Holdings)
Consolidated Subsidiaries
Kansai Totsu Co., Ltd. Nagoya Totsu Co., Ltd. Hokuriku Totsu Co., Ltd. Shikoku Totsu Co., Ltd. Kyushu Totsu Co., Ltd.
TOTSU Group Companies in Kansai
Rise Up (formerly TOTSU Lighting)
TOTSU Infinity (formerly TOTSU AV Center)
TOTSU Planning
Former Subsidiaries
Osaka Totsu (大阪東通)
NST Co., Ltd. (株式会社エヌ・エス・ティー)
Tamco Co., Ltd. (株式会社タムコ)
TLC Co., Ltd. (株式会社ティ・エル・シー)
Tect Co., Ltd. (株式会社テクト)
Nagoya Totsu Subsidiaries
Lumina Create 12 (formerly Nagoya Totsu Kikaku)
History
In November 1962, Tokyo Tsushinki Koji Co., Ltd. (東京通信機工事株式会社) was established in Minato, Tokyo. In November 1964, it changed its corporate name to Totsu Co., Ltd. (株式会社東通).
In October 1969, the Technical Headquarters was relocated to the TBS Television station building, and the company’s first outside broadcast vehicle entered service. In May 1970, the head office functions were relocated to the Matsudaira Building, and in December, the Production Division was established in the Kanno Building. In September 1971, the company’s third outside broadcast vehicle, a color vehicle, entered service.
In February 1974, a relay headquarters was established in a prefabricated building in the TBS parking lot. In August 1977, the head office functions were relocated to the Akasaka KT Building. In August 1979, the Production Division and Sales Department were relocated to the Akasaka Palos Building. In October 1984, the operations of the Art Department were spun off as Axx.
In July 1988, the Production Division and Technical Headquarters were relocated to the Akasaka TS Building. In October 1994, the head office functions and all divisions were relocated to the Akasaka Art Building.
In September 2000, the Video Center Division was established. In October, the company’s first HD outside broadcast vehicle, R-1, entered service. In April 2001, the head office was relocated to the Plaza Mikado Building. In May, the ENG Division was established, and in December, the Osaka Branch was established. In August 2002, a branch was established at 2300-1 Midoriyama, Aoba-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, commonly known as the Midoriyama Totsu Relay Base Station (緑山東通中継基地局).
In April 2003, the HD outside broadcast vehicle R-4 entered service. In July 2005, the HD outside broadcast vehicle R-8 entered service. In October 2006, the HD outside broadcast vehicle R-11, later R-C, entered service.
In March 2010, the Midoriyama Totsu Relay Base Station was moved to the Tokyo Ryutsu Center. In April, the Osaka Branch was spun off as Kansai Totsu. In November 2012, the HD outside broadcast vehicle R-3 entered service. In April 2014, the head office was relocated. In June 2015, the HD outside broadcast vehicle R-B entered service. In January 2017, the 4K outside broadcast vehicle R-1 entered service.
In January 2020, the 4K outside broadcast vehicle R-2 entered service. In June, TBS Art & Technology Co., Ltd. was established for the purpose of reorganising subsidiaries in the technical, art, and CG-related divisions. It subsequently absorbed and merged subsidiaries engaged in those operations.
On January 15, 2021, TBS Holdings announced that TBS Art & Technology Co., Ltd. would change its corporate name to TBS Act Co., Ltd. In April, TBS Act absorbed and merged Totsu and 12 companies under the Totsu Group, including NST, TLC, Tamco, Axx, and OXYBOT. Technical operations handled by Totsu were taken over by the TBS Act Production Headquarters and TBS Act Systems Headquarters; CG operations were taken over by the CG Operations Department of the Art Center, TBS Act Design Headquarters; and production and management operations were taken over by the TBS Act Management Headquarters.