GMO Registry

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Type:	Public
Industry:	Registry
Founded:	2009
Ownership:	GMO Internet Group
Headquarters:	Cerulean Tower 9-12F, 26-1 Sakuragaokacho, Shibuya ku, Tokyo
Country:	Japan
Website:	GMO-Registry (English site)
Twitter:	@gmoregistry
Key People
Masatoshi Kumagai, CEO Hirokatsu Ohigashi, Executive Director Hiroyuki Nishiyama, Director Tadashi Ito, Director Yoshitake Tamura, Director Yusuke Adachi, Director Hiroya Tsukahara, Director Masashi Yasuda, Auditor

GMO Registry offers assistance with the new gTLD application process which was approved by ICANN in 2008. ICANN expects that the application process will start considering new gTLDs in early 2011.^[1]

GMO Registry is the first such business in Japan;^[2] and it is one of many business that make up the highly successful and diversified, GMO Internet Group.^[3]

In November, 2011, it was announced that the Tokyo Metropolitan Government had chosen to work with GMO Registry and its partner, Cloud Registry, on its proposed .tokyo gTLD.^[4]

Services

The services offered by GMO Registry fall into three main categories:

• New gTLD application consultation
• Registry Services
• Marketing Support^[5]

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