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SoftBank Group: History, Companies, Art & Technology

SoftBank Group Corp. (ソフトバンクグループ株式会社, SofutoBanku Gurūpu Kabushiki gaisha) is a Japanese multinational investment holding company headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, that focuses on investment management. The group primarily invests in companies operating in technology that offer goods and services to customers in a multitude of markets and industries…

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SoftBank Group topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Companies, Art and Technology as prominent areas in the source structure around SoftBank Group. 2 topics appear in more than one source area, which can help identify connections that are less obvious in a linear reading.

Related topics
234
Source areas
7
Connected nodes
243
Extracted relationships
252
Concept neighborhoods
52
Bridge connections
243

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

History · 108 topics
Business units · 56 topics
Overview · 32 topics
Marketing · 19 topics
SoftBank Ventures Asia · 12 topics
Institutional ownership · 8 topics
Vision fund investments · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Founded
3 September 1981; 44 years ago (1981-09-03)
Industry
Conglomerate
Owner
Masayoshi Son (29.14% economic, 71.36% voting)
Headquarters
Tokyo PortCity Takeshiba, Minato, Tokyo, Japan
AUM
¥347.7 billion (2023)
Formerly
SoftBank Corp. (1981-2015)

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

History

Institutional ownership

Business units

Marketing

Vision fund investments

SoftBank Ventures Asia

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How SoftBank Group connects Entity context

The extracted context around SoftBank Group shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, SoftBank Group → Aldiscon, Atago Hills, CEO, Chiyoda-ku, Commenced, Company, December, Ericsson, European, February, First Section, GHz, Headquarters, Inc, Internet, Investment, ISP, J-Phone, J-Sky, Japan Another extracted example is SoftBank Group → Alibaba, Alibaba Group Holding, April, Arm, August, B2B, Cubic Telecom, Eurus Energy, Five, Fortress, Fortress Investment Group, In, In April, In August, In December, In February, In May, IPO, Irish, It. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

SoftBank Group

Top relations

related to Timeline · 65
SoftBank Group → Aldiscon, Atago Hills, CEO, Chiyoda-ku, Commenced, Company, December, Ericsson, European, February, First Section, GHz, Headquarters, Inc, Internet, Investment, ISP, J-Phone, J-Sky, Japan
related to 2022–present · 43
SoftBank Group → Alibaba, Alibaba Group Holding, April, Arm, August, B2B, Cubic Telecom, Eurus Energy, Five, Fortress, Fortress Investment Group, In, In April, In August, In December, In February, In May, IPO, Irish, It
related to 2019–2021 · 31
SoftBank Group → Consequently, COVID-19, Elliott Management, Fast Retailing's CEO, Getaround, Holdings, In December, In February, In January, In November, In September, Japan's, Katerra, Line Corp, March, Naver Corporation, On, Oyo, Rappi, September
related to 2017–2018 · 22
SoftBank Group → At, August, Didi Chuxing Technology Co, February, Flipkart, Fortress Investment Group LLC, In February, India, January, March, May, On, Paytm, Silver Lake, Snapdeal, Social Finance Inc, SoftBank, SoftBank Group Corporation, SoftBank's, Vision Fund
related to SoftBank Ventures Asia · 17
SoftBank Group → AI, Artificial Intelligence, By October, ICT, IoT, IPO, Japan, Korean-Japanese, Nexon Co, SBVA, SBVA’s, SoftBank Group The, SoftBank Ventures Asia, SoftBank Ventures Korea, South Korea, South Korean, US
Subsidiaries · 16
SoftBank Group → Alibaba Group (14.2%), Ampere Computing, Arm Holdings (87.1%), Coupang（26.7%）, DiDi (21.5％）, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, Graphcore, OpenAI（11%）, SB Energy, SB Global Advisers, SB Investment Advisers (UK), SB Pan Pacific Corporation, Softbank Corp (50%), SoftBank Group Capital Limited, Stargate (40%), T-Mobile US (7.6%)
related to Vision fund investments · 12
SoftBank Group → According, AI, By, CEOs, It, Masayoshi Son, SoftBank Investment Advisers, SoftBank's Vision Fund, SoftBank’s, Son, Son’s, Vision Fund
Products · 7
SoftBank Group → Artificial Intelligence, E-commerce, Internet of Things, Internet service, Investment, Robotics, Telecommunications
related to External links · 4
SoftBank Group → BBC Witness History, Official, SoftBank, The
Traded as · 3
SoftBank Group → Nikkei 225 component, TOPIX Core30 component, TYO: 9984

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

softbank billion japan group company investment announced fund would stake vodafone corp vision arm million companies son ai 2020 mobile

SoftBank Group relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 252 structured relationships around SoftBank Group. Examples in this analysis include SoftBank Group → ASN → .mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:r… and SoftBank Group → AUM → ¥347.7 billion (2023). The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
SoftBank GroupASN.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:r…1.00infobox
SoftBank GroupAUM¥347.7 billion (2023)1.00infobox
SoftBank GroupFormerlySoftBank Corp. (1981-2015)1.00infobox
SoftBank GroupFounded3 September 1981; 44 years ago (1981-09-03)1.00infobox
SoftBank GroupFounderMasayoshi Son1.00infobox
SoftBank GroupHeadquartersTokyo PortCity Takeshiba, Minato, Tokyo, Japan1.00infobox
SoftBank GroupIndustryConglomerate1.00infobox
SoftBank GroupISINJP34361000061.00infobox
SoftBank GroupKey peopleMasayoshi Son (chairman and CEO)1.00infobox
SoftBank GroupNative nameソフトバンクグループ株式会社1.00infobox
SoftBank GroupNet income¥209.2 billion (2023)1.00infobox
SoftBank GroupNumber of employees65,352 (2023)1.00infobox
SoftBank GroupOperating income¥57.8 billion (2023)1.00infobox
SoftBank GroupOwnerMasayoshi Son (29.14% economic, 71.36% voting)1.00infobox
SoftBank GroupProductsInvestment1.00infobox
SoftBank GroupProductsTelecommunications1.00infobox
SoftBank GroupProductsInternet service1.00infobox
SoftBank GroupProductsInternet of Things1.00infobox
SoftBank GroupProductsArtificial Intelligence1.00infobox
SoftBank GroupProductsRobotics1.00infobox
SoftBank GroupProductsE-commerce1.00infobox
SoftBank GroupRevenue¥6.76 trillion (2023)1.00infobox
SoftBank GroupRomanized nameSofutoBanku Gurūpu Kabushiki gaisha1.00infobox
SoftBank GroupSubsidiariesSoftBank Group Capital Limited1.00infobox
SoftBank GroupSubsidiariesSoftbank Corp (50%)1.00infobox
SoftBank GroupSubsidiariesSB Pan Pacific Corporation1.00infobox
SoftBank GroupSubsidiariesAlibaba Group (14.2%)1.00infobox
SoftBank GroupSubsidiariesStargate (40%)1.00infobox
SoftBank GroupSubsidiariesCoupang（26.7%）1.00infobox
SoftBank GroupSubsidiariesDiDi (21.5％）1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around SoftBank Group bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Softbank, Announced and Stake. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • SoftBank Group
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    • Stake
    • Corp
    • Investment
    • Billion
    • Company
    • Would
    • Vision
    • Openai
    • Mobile
    • Capital
  • softbank group
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    • Announced
    • Stake
    • Corp
    • Investment
    • Billion
    • Company
    • Us
    • Would
    • Technology
    • Arm
    • Son
  • investment holding company
    • Billion
    • Softbank
    • Fund
    • Group
    • Capital
    • Corp
    • Vision
    • Public
    • Japan
    • Subsidiary
    • Masayoshi
    • Venture
  • investment management
    • Billion
    • Softbank
    • Fund
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    • Openai
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    • Stake
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    • Technology
    • Venture
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    • Group
    • Holdings
  • masayoshi son
    • Son
    • Would
    • Intelligence
    • Venture
    • Arm
    • Vision
    • Robotics
    • Us
    • Softbank
    • Ai
    • Corporation
    • Japan
  • arm
    • Capital
    • Holdings
    • Venture
    • Us
    • Public
    • Group
    • Masayoshi
    • Billion
    • Corp
    • Son
    • Company
    • Softbank
  • mizuho financial group
    • Softbank
    • Announced
    • Corp
    • Investment
    • Billion
    • Company
    • Stake
    • Us
    • Technology
    • Arm
    • Son
    • Openai

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For SoftBank Group, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects SoftBank Group with History. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
SoftBank Group — History · splits 135 ⟂ 109
SoftBank Group — Business units · splits 187 ⟂ 57
SoftBank Group — Overview · splits 211 ⟂ 33
SoftBank Group — Marketing · splits 224 ⟂ 20
SoftBank Group — SoftBank Ventures Asia · splits 231 ⟂ 13
SoftBank Group — Institutional ownership · splits 235 ⟂ 9

Map overview Semantic statistics

SoftBank Group

Nodes244
Edges243
Triples252
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.008197
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around SoftBank Group to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Companies, Art & Technology, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — SoftBank Group · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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