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  "updated": "2026-10-01",
  "license": "© 2026 Yutaka Sugiura. All rights reserved.",
  "attribution": "The社史 (the-shashi.com) — https://the-shashi.com/tse/5253/decisions/",
  "source": {
    "long_term": {
      "primary": [
        "有価証券報告書"
      ],
      "extraction": "EDINET の XBRL、kabupro 掲載の旧有価証券報告書、会社年鑑・社史等からの転記",
      "row_field": "reference",
      "caveat": "創業期から現在までを 1 本に繋いだ長期系列のため、年代により出所・単位・連結範囲が変わる。行ごとの reference / unit / consolidation を必ず参照すること"
    }
  },
  "title": "カバーの歴史概略",
  "eras": [
    {
      "title": "カバーの設立と「hololive」の立ち上げ",
      "start_year": 2016,
      "end_year": 2019,
      "phase": "founding"
    },
    {
      "title": "「hololive English」の始動と東証グロース市場への上場",
      "start_year": 2020,
      "end_year": 2026,
      "phase": "rapid_growth"
    }
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  "timelineLead": "2016年に東京都渋谷区道玄坂で設立されたカバーが起源。\n2018年に女性VTuberグループ「hololive」を立ち上げ、2020年にインドネシア・英語圏へ展開した。VTuber事務所の大手で、2023年にグロース市場へ上場した。",
  "summary": {
    "description": "カバーの歴史。2016年、谷郷元昭氏が東京・渋谷でカバーを設立しVRゲーム開発から出発。VTuber「ときのそら」、女性グループ「hololive」、英語圏展開と東証グロース上場までの沿革と経緯を執筆。"
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