# Sony

> Sony Group is a Tokyo-based creative entertainment and technology company whose businesses span PlayStation, music, film and television, anime, cameras, audio gear and image sensors. Its unusual advantage is not simple diversification: Sony can help creators make work, own or license the resulting intellectual property, distribute it through global networks and sell the hardware used to experience it.

- **Founded:** 1946
- **Headquarters:** Tokyo, Japan
- **Founders:** Masaru Ibuka (Co-founder), Akio Morita (Co-founder)
- **Team size:** 112,300 consolidated employees as of March 31, 2025.
- **Products:** PlayStation, Sony Music, Sony Pictures, Crunchyroll, Alpha and Cinema Line
- **Notable:** Launched Japan’s first magnetic tape recorder in 1950., Turned the Walkman into a new category of private, portable listening beginning in 1979., Built PlayStation from a 1994 console launch into a global game hardware, software and network ecosystem.

## Products & services

- **PlayStation** — Game consoles, first-party studios, PlayStation Network, subscriptions and digital distribution.
- **Sony Music** — Recorded music, publishing, artist services and distribution operating across global and Japanese businesses.
- **Sony Pictures** — Film and television production, licensing and distribution, including Columbia Pictures and television studios.
- **Crunchyroll** — Direct-to-consumer anime streaming, theatrical distribution, games, commerce and fan experiences.
- **Alpha and Cinema Line** — Mirrorless cameras, lenses and professional cinema systems for photographers and filmmakers.
- **BRAVIA, audio and personal entertainment** — Televisions, headphones, speakers and related home and mobile entertainment products.
- **Imaging and sensing solutions** — CMOS image sensors and related semiconductor technologies used in smartphones, cameras, industry and emerging physical-AI applications.
- **Creator and production technologies** — Professional cameras, virtual production, spatial content, sports production and workflow tools.

## Achievements

- Launched Japan’s first magnetic tape recorder in 1950.
- Turned the Walkman into a new category of private, portable listening beginning in 1979.
- Built PlayStation from a 1994 console launch into a global game hardware, software and network ecosystem.
- Expanded from electronics into recorded music, film, television and anime through long-term investment and acquisitions.
- Grew Crunchyroll to more than 17 million paid members by March 31, 2025.
- Established a leading position in smartphone image sensors based on deep analog, stacking and process expertise.
- Reached ¥12.4796 trillion in fiscal 2025 continuing-operations sales.
- Received an A rating in CDP’s supplier-engagement assessment for an eighth consecutive year in 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Sony Semiconductor Solutions and TSMC signed a definitive agreement to establish a next-generation image-sensor joint venture.
- **2026-07** — Sony joined SoftBank, NEC, Honda and other investors in Noetra’s full-scale R&D program for a Japan-developed multimodal foundation model aimed at robotics and physical AI.
- **2026-05** — Sony’s corporate strategy sharpened its focus on entertainment, creator support, AI and image sensors after the financial-services spin-off.
- **2026-04** — Sony and Honda decided to scale down Sony Honda Mobility after concluding that planned products were not feasible in the short to medium term under the existing framework.
- **2026-03** — Sony and TCL signed definitive agreements for a home-entertainment partnership; separately, Sony and Honda cancelled development and launch of AFEELA’s first two models.
- **2025-10** — Sony executed the partial spin-off of its financial-services business, distributing slightly more than 80% of Sony Financial Group to Sony shareholders.

## Links

- Website: https://www.sony.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sony
- Twitter/X: https://www.twitter.com/sonyelectronics
- GitHub: https://github.com/sony
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Sony
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sony/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Sony

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Last updated: 2026-08-21