RUI and KANON on their representative emojis

[connie44]

BMSG Trainees KANON and RUI explain their reasoning behind the decision to make their representative emojis a ghost 👻 and a lightning bolt ⚡, respectively, and their little Instagram rules accident!

From their Instagram stories on August 4, 2023 here and here.

Translation by shizuna with modifications by connie44.

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SKY-HI on the SOCIAL INNOVATION WEEK 2022 stu special pannel

[connie44]

On November 11, 2022, SKY-HI was part of the stu SPECIAL SESSION pannel on the SOCIAL INNOVATION WEEK 2022, a Japanese business-centered event.

stu is a company that works with BMSG in the shooting of music videos.

The panel was comprised of SKY-HI, Tanaka Shinichi (screenwriter/film director), Kuroda Takayasu (stu CEO), Lauren Rose Kocher (stu COO), and Osada Shinko (executive producer of the SOCIAL INNOVATION WEEK).

You can find the full panel video here and read the modelpress coverage here.

I've summarized the important talking points of the event below

 

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BMSG financial reports (2020-2023)

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All companies in Japan report on their book keeping yearly, and BMSG is not the exception. However, since BMSG is a privately owned company (i.e. there are no external investors), their reports are not particularly detailed.

It's important to take into account that BMSG's financial years run from June to June, since according to SKY-HI they started keeping books of the company in June 2020.

Information taken from this tweet and here.

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First fiscal year: June 2020-June 2021 (pre BE:FIRST formation) (conversion to USD dated August 2023)
Total assets: 125M yen (~880k USD)
Liabilities: 106M yen (~750k USD)
Total net assets: 19M yen (~135k USD)

Second fiscal year: July 2021-June 2022 (conversion to USD dated August 2023)
Total assets: 2.4B yen (~17M USD)
---Fixed assets: 51M yen (~360k USD) ---> this is probably the BMSG office+studio
Liabilities: 1.3B yen (~9M USD)
Total net assets: 1.1B yen (~7.7M USD)

 
Third fiscal year: July 2022-June 2023 (conversion to USD dated February 2024)
Total assets: 3,385,329,000 yen (+40.33%) --> (~22.1M USD)
---Fixed assets: 54,455,000 yen --> (~360k USD)
Liabilities: 1,060,365,000 yen --> (~7M USD)
Total net assets: 1,250,347,000 yen (+16.24%) --> (~8.3M USD)

Fourth fiscal year: July 2023-June 2024 (conversion to USD dated October 2024)

* Total assets: 6,872,978,000 yen (~USD 45M)

  *  Fixed assets: 1,174,606,000 yen (~USD 7.7M) → old office + new building

  *  Liabilities: 2,572,731,000 yen (~USD 16.8M)

  *  Retained earnings: 4,260,247,000 yen (~USD 27.9M)

  *  Total net assets: 1,995,283,000 yen (~USD 13.1M)

Novel Core & The Will Rabbits — Bye Bye (Translation by shoceted)

[shoceted]

 Available here at my personal DW and at the BMSG wiki :)