Companies

Alibaba is China's commerce-and-entertainment backbone — Taobao and Tmall shopping habits fund Youku streaming and Alibaba Pictures, tying online spending to what China watches.

A skincare sale only matters if people come back for the second bottle.

Anta is China's largest sportswear group — it out-sells rivals at home and owns FILA China plus Arc'teryx and Salomon, turning national-brand pride into a global portfolio.

Bandai Namco sits behind toys, anime IP, games, and licensing that turn fandom into everyday consumer products.

Bilibili is where China's Gen-Z lives online — anime, gaming, and creator culture, with a fandom so loyal it powers a wildly popular New Year gala.

Capcom is a good read on how long-running game worlds keep producing sales, streams, and fandom years after launch.

CJ CheilJedang exports Hallyu to the freezer aisle — Bibigo dumplings and K-food that ride the Korean-culture wave onto American and global shelves.

Before the first song drops, H//PE Princess already has a global Warner deal.

Coupang is Korea's Amazon — overnight Rocket Delivery plus Coupang Play, a streaming service bundling K-content and live sports into the shopping habit.

CyberAgent runs ABEMA streaming and Cygames' hits like Uma Musume and Granblue Fantasy — a media-and-games force in Japanese pop culture.

Your Uniqlo basics keep you coming back.

GoTo is the app Indonesia runs on — Gojek rides, Tokopedia shopping, and GoPay wallets woven into daily life for the world's fourth-most-populous country.

Grab is the everyday super-app of Southeast Asia — rides, food, and payments in one wallet across eight countries, the way hundreds of millions actually move and eat.

A BTS comeback is not just songs. It’s albums, merch, tickets, and Weverse.

iQIYI is the 'Netflix of China' — the subscription streamer whose original C-dramas, variety shows, and donghua set what a billion-plus viewers binge.

Jollibee is turning nostalgia into stores.

JYP is tied to groups that drive albums, tours, subscriptions, merch, and international fan activity.

Kadokawa ties publishing, anime adaptation, games, and fandom discovery into one listed media company.

Kakao touches messaging, webtoons, music, and entertainment distribution in everyday Korean digital life.

Kikkoman is how Japanese flavor went global — the soy sauce that became a default condiment on Western tables and made 'umami' a kitchen word.

Konami sits on a vault of iconic IP — Yu-Gi-Oh cards, Metal Gear, Silent Hill — plus a huge trading-card and mobile business.

One of the layers behind PUBG: Battlegrounds, PUBG Mobile, The Callisto Protocol.

Kuaishou is China's number-two short-video platform, where livestream selling turned everyday creators into a shopping channel and rewired how goods get sold.

Li Ning is the face of 'guochao' — the national-pride streetwear wave that made Chinese consumers choose a homegrown label over Nike and Adidas.

Miniso turned character-IP collabs and blind-box impulse buys into a global store network — Sanrio, Disney, and Chiikawa merch you didn't plan to buy, plus its own TOP TOY chain.

One of the layers behind Webtoon, LINE, Snow.

One of the layers behind Lineage, Lineage W, Guild Wars 2.

Your playlist depends on deals you never see.

Netmarble is Korea's mobile-game powerhouse that turns pop-culture IP into games — from BTS titles to Marvel — and is one of HYBE's largest shareholders, linking K-pop and gamin...

Nexon matters because it sits behind long-running games, virtual spending, and IP people live inside for years.

If your kid wants Mario Kart, Nintendo still has the advantage.

Nissin invented instant ramen and Cup Noodles — the dorm-and-desk staple that turned a Japanese convenience food into a worldwide daily habit.

Nongshim is K-food's instant-noodle icon — Shin Ramyun and the 'jjapaguri' that Parasite turned into a global craving, now selling hard in American aisles.

Nykaa turned Indian beauty shopping into a cultural destination — influencer-led, house-brand-heavy, and bridging online with glossy physical stores.

Oriental Land matters because Tokyo Disney is a travel and fandom destination that normal consumers plan entire trips around.

Pop Mart turned blind-box designer toys into a global craze — Labubu queues, resale markups, and sold-out drops from Bangkok to Los Angeles.

PVR Inox is where India watches movies — the largest multiplex chain, and the theatrical engine behind Bollywood and Hollywood box office in the country.

Rakuten touches shopping, memberships, points, streaming, and platform habits that affect how people actually spend.

Sanrio wants Hello Kitty to be more than merch.

Saregama owns one of the largest Bollywood and Indian music catalogs — decades of film songs that stream, license, and soundtrack a billion-strong culture.

Sea is Southeast Asia's culture-and-commerce giant — Garena's Free Fire defined mobile gaming for the region while Shopee reshaped how it shops.

Sega Sammy stewards Sonic, Persona, and Like a Dragon — nostalgic franchises now spanning games, films, and anime for a global fanbase.

Shiseido is the standard-bearer of J-beauty — a 150-year-old house whose skincare rituals and prestige brands shape beauty across Asia and beyond.

SM is tied to idol groups, tours, fan clubs, and the long-running system behind some of K-pop's most recognizable acts.

One of the layers behind PlayStation, Sony Music, Sony Pictures.

One of the layers behind Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, Kingdom Hearts.

Studio Dragon is the studio behind the K-dramas the world binges — Crash Landing on You, Vincenzo, Sweet Home — selling globally through Netflix and beyond.

Tencent ties gaming, messaging, streaming, and social habits to one of Asia's biggest internet companies.

Toei Animation is tied to some of the biggest anime franchises and the global licensing machine around them.

Toho is the studio behind Godzilla and the distributor of Japan's biggest anime films — the gatekeeper of the country's blockbuster culture.

Trip.com Group is Asia's largest online travel agency — the booking layer behind the region's outbound tourism boom, from Ctrip in China to Skyscanner worldwide.

YG connects global K-pop attention to touring, brand deals, fan demand, and artist-centered entertainment revenue.

Zee is one of India's largest media networks — the TV channels and ZEE5 streaming that carry Bollywood and regional-language entertainment to a billion viewers and the diaspora.