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DeNA Headquarters & offices · Tokyo, Japan
DeNA · Tokyo, Japan
A headquarters high in Shibuya Scramble Square with seats for only 30% of staff — and up to ¥150,000 a month to commute in from far away.
Inside the WeWork floors above Shibuya Station, a leave bank of up to 60 days, and eight head-office addresses since 1999, almost all in Shibuya — then the pay. Every number from DeNA's own website, ESG data and IR pages.
- ≈ 30%average attendance the HQ is sized for
- ≈ 1/4of the desks at the old Hikarie HQ
- 7 yrs 1 moaverage tenure (Mar 2026)
- ¥150,000a month in commuting costs for staff living far away
Sources: dena.com news (Apr 30 and Aug 10, 2021) · Fullswing by DeNA (Dec 24, 2021) · DeNA ESG Data · dena.com recruit pages (2026)
Companies / Japan / Games & internet services / DeNA
THE HEADQUARTERS · SHIBUYA SCRAMBLE SQUARE · 2021
Four floors above Shibuya Station, built for a 30% day
Since August 10, 2021, DeNA's headquarters has been WeWork Shibuya Scramble Square: the whole 40th floor and parts of the 37th, 39th and 41st, directly connected to Shibuya Station. DeNA designed it for a mix of remote and office work, with seats for an average 30% attendance and about a quarter of the desks it had at Shibuya Hikarie. Most seats are free address; project teams gather in “Nests”, and a DeNA lounge by the entrance has free drinks, a 135-inch screen and craft beer from the Yokohama DeNA BayStars.
- Floors 37, 39, 40 & 41
- Seats for ≈ 30% attendance
- ≈ 1/4 of the old desks
- Free address + project “Nests”
- 135-inch lounge screen
- Directly connected to Shibuya Station
The Shibuya headquarters (WeWork Shibuya Scramble Square)
Since August 10, 2021, DeNA's headquarters has been WeWork Shibuya Scramble Square: the whole 40th floor and parts of the 37th, 39th and 41st, directly connected to Shibuya Station.
The DeNA lounge and project “Nests”
Most seats are free address; project teams gather in “Nests”, and a DeNA lounge by the entrance has free drinks, a 135-inch screen and craft beer from the Yokohama DeNA BayStars.
The “Playful” Yokohama office
DeNA also opened a second base on floors 5–6 of the Kannai Arai Building in Yokohama, with a lawn “camp area”, a raised tatami-style room and a streaming studio.
Facts: dena.com news “Notice of head office relocation” (Aug 10, 2021) and Apr 30, 2021 release · Fullswing by DeNA, “DeNA moves its head office” (Dec 24, 2021) · dena.com “Work environment”.
Shibuya and Yokohama
| Building | Address |
|---|---|
| Shibuya office (headquarters) | WeWork Shibuya Scramble Square, Shibuya Scramble Square, 2-24-12 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-6140 |
| Yokohama Arai Building office | Kannai Arai Building, 1-8 Onoe-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 231-0015 |
| Yokohama BASEGATE office | BASEGATE Yokohama Kannai Tower, 1-1-1 Minato-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 231-0017 |
Source: dena.com access map (2026) · See them on the map ↓
Source: dena.com news (Apr 30 and Aug 10, 2021) · Fullswing by DeNA (Dec 24, 2021)
Office tour videos
Benefits (Japan, DeNA Co., Ltd.)
Up to 12 days on joining, then up to 20 days every April 1 depending on tenure.
Expiring leave is saved, up to 10 days a year and 60 in total, for childcare, nursing care, illness, fertility treatment or pregnancy.
Staff living far away get actual costs up to ¥150,000 a month, by plane or ship if needed (manager approval).
Paid leave around the birth when a spouse gives birth, on top of annual leave.
Childcare subsidy after maternity leave or 2+ months of paternity leave, until the child is 18 months old.
Per child until the March after age 18; ¥10,000 from the third child.
Up to ¥7,500 a month.
DeNA adds an incentive in proportion to what employees put into the shareholding association.
Source: dena.com “DeNA benefits” and “Work environment” (2026)
Why people stay, in DeNA's own words and data
Up from 5 years 7 months three years earlier (DeNA, non-consolidated, March 2026).
In the year to March 2026, down from 9.7% in the year to March 2023.
The “Shake Hands” system: if you and the receiving division head agree, you transfer without your boss or HR stepping in.
Employees can take on another department's work as an internal side job.
Outside side jobs are allowed after approval; 23.4% used the system in the year to March 2026.
Year to March 2026; 100% of mothers did.
Source: DeNA ESG Data (csr.dena.com, DeNA non-consolidated) · dena.com “Evaluation and career system”
Who works here
employees in the group (consolidated, March 2026)
average age
of employees joined mid-career
founded, March 4
Source: DeNA ESG Data (year to March 2026) · dena.com company overview
Pay at DeNA
An average, not a median; includes bonuses and non-standard pay. It was ¥8,829,000 a year earlier.
Source: DeNA ESG Data (csr.dena.com)
Office history: eight addresses, almost all in Shibuya
- 1999 Founded in Shimouma, Setagaya
DeNA was set up as a limited company (yugen kaisha) at 4-20-6 Shimouma, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, in March 1999, and became a joint-stock company that August.
Source: dena.com, Corporate history
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 1999 Into Shibuya: Tomigaya, then Kamiyama-cho
The head office moved to 1-17-9 Tomigaya in August 1999 and to 5-3 Kamiyama-cho in October. The auction site Bidders launched that November.
Source: dena.com, Corporate history
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 2000 Hatagaya
In December 2000 the head office moved to 2-19-7 Hatagaya, Shibuya-ku.
Source: dena.com, Corporate history
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 2004 Sasazuka, and a listing
In March 2004 the head office moved to 2-1-6 Sasazuka, Shibuya-ku. DeNA listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers market in February 2005.
Source: dena.com, Corporate history
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 2008 Yoyogi
In February 2008 the head office moved to 4-30-3 Yoyogi, Shibuya-ku.
Source: dena.com, Corporate history
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 2012 Shibuya Hikarie — seven floors for nine years
In April 2012 DeNA moved its head office to Shibuya Hikarie, 2-21-1 Shibuya. It leased seven floors there until 2021.
Source: dena.com, Corporate history · Fullswing by DeNA (Dec 24, 2021)
Shibuya Hikarie, DeNA's home from 2012 to 2021 · Soramimi / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons - 2021 WeWork Shibuya Scramble Square, plus Yokohama
With head-office attendance at 6% or less in March 2021, DeNA moved next door to WeWork Shibuya Scramble Square on August 10, 2021, cutting desks to about a quarter, and opened a second base on floors 5–6 of the Kannai Arai Building in Yokohama.
Source: dena.com news (Apr 30 and Aug 10, 2021) · Fullswing by DeNA (Dec 24, 2021)
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it.
Map: how the headquarters moved
DeNA says it has moved from place to place within Shibuya ward since its early days. After a first address in Setagaya, every head office has been in Shibuya — and the last two stand next to each other at Shibuya Station.
- 1 · 1999Shimouma, Setagaya — Founded at 4-20-6 Shimouma
- 2 · 1999Tomigaya — 1-17-9 Tomigaya, Shibuya-ku (August)
- 3 · 1999Kamiyama-cho — 5-3 Kamiyama-cho, Shibuya-ku (October)
- 4 · 2000Hatagaya — 2-19-7 Hatagaya, Shibuya-ku
- 5 · 2004Sasazuka — 2-1-6 Sasazuka, Shibuya-ku
- 6 · 2008Yoyogi — 4-30-3 Yoyogi, Shibuya-ku
- 7 · 2012Shibuya Hikarie — 2-21-1 Shibuya — seven floors until 2021
- 8 · 2021Shibuya Scramble Square — WeWork Shibuya Scramble Square, 2-24-12 Shibuya — headquarters today
Addresses: dena.com Corporate history and access map · Fullswing by DeNA (Dec 24, 2021) · Locations: OpenStreetMap
What DeNA does
DeNA started in 1999 with the auction site Bidders. Today it runs games, live-streaming communities such as Pococha, the Yokohama DeNA BayStars and Yokohama Stadium, and healthcare and medical data businesses.
Business areas: Game, Live Community, Sports & Smart City, Healthcare & Medical, and others.
Source: dena.com IR Earnings Highlights · company overview · per-employee figure calculated by eciffo
Growth: revenue vs. people
¥134.9B → ¥147.7B
Fiscal years end March 31 (2026 = year to March 31, 2026). Revenue (IFRS): dena.com IR Earnings Highlights. Employees: consolidated, dena.com company overview (March 2026). Earlier years are in PDF filings we did not open. Multiple calculated by eciffo.
Chief executives
Founder. Returned as Representative Director, President and CEO in June 2026; owner of the Yokohama DeNA BayStars since 2015.
CEO from April 2021; Representative Director and Chairman since June 2026.
CEO before Shingo Okamura.
Founded DeNA in 1999 after McKinsey & Company.
Founder: Tomoko Namba.
Source: dena.com officers page · Fullswing by DeNA articles 100085 and 100199
Hear it from the CEO
DeNA: questions people ask
Where is DeNA's headquarters?
At WeWork Shibuya Scramble Square, 2-24-12 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo — the whole 40th floor and parts of the 37th, 39th and 41st floors of Shibuya Scramble Square. It also has offices in Yokohama's Kannai district.
Source: dena.com access map · news, Aug 10, 2021
When did DeNA move to Shibuya Scramble Square?
On August 10, 2021, after about nine years at Shibuya Hikarie next door.
Source: dena.com news, Aug 10, 2021 · Fullswing by DeNA
Why did DeNA move into a WeWork?
Remote work had cut head-office attendance to 6% or less. DeNA chose WeWork for its flexibility to add or remove rooms and seats as businesses change, and for access to WeWork spaces in other cities. The new office was sized for an average 30% attendance.
Source: dena.com news, Apr 30 and Aug 10, 2021 · Fullswing by DeNA
Can DeNA employees work remotely?
Yes. DeNA describes a hybrid style: home, WeWork locations and other flexible offices, plus the office. Employees get a remote work allowance of ¥450 a day, up to ¥7,500 a month.
Source: dena.com “Work environment” and “DeNA benefits”
What is DeNA's Yokohama office like?
Two floors in the Kannai Arai Building designed around the word “Playful”: a workshop zone with hexagonal desks, a lawn “camp area” with a trampoline donated by founder Tomoko Namba, a shoes-off raised room and a streaming studio.
Source: Fullswing by DeNA (Dec 24, 2021)
What benefits does DeNA offer?
In Japan: up to 20 days of paid leave a year, a leave bank of up to 60 days, 5 days of baby-care leave for new fathers, ¥20,000 a month in childcare support after leave, and commuting costs of up to ¥150,000 a month for staff who live far away.
Source: dena.com “DeNA benefits” and “Work environment”
How many people work at DeNA?
2,483 in the group and 1,400 at DeNA Co., Ltd. itself at the end of March 2026.
Source: dena.com company overview
How much do DeNA employees earn?
The average annual salary at DeNA Co., Ltd., including bonuses, was ¥11,179,000 in the year to March 2026.
Source: DeNA ESG Data
What is DeNA's turnover rate?
7.4% in the year to March 2026 (DeNA, non-consolidated), with an average tenure of 7 years 1 month.
Source: DeNA ESG Data
Who is DeNA's CEO?
Founder Tomoko Namba, who returned as Representative Director, President and CEO in June 2026. Shingo Okamura, CEO from 2021, became Chairman.
Source: dena.com officers page · Fullswing by DeNA
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