History
YA-MAN's Theory of Evolution
YA-MAN's Continuous Dramatic Advancements
in Home-care Beauty Devices
Proves Nothing Compares to Our Innovation
Transforming professional device into home-care use requires
sophisticated technology to develop compact, yet high-performance multi-functional devices.
We always break the norm at incredible speed,
only possible with our passionately innovative spirit and outstanding R&D.
Transforming professional device
into home-care use requires
sophisticated technology to develop compact, yet high-performance
multi-functional devices.
We always break the norm
at incredible speed,
only possible with our passionately
innovative spirit and outstanding R&D.
1981
Renamed as YA-MAN LTD.
Over four decades of depilator expertise
1979: YA-MAN introduces needle hair removal to Japan and develops the high-frequency depilator.
1980s: YA-MAN develops its first laser depilator for professional use.
1985: YA-MAN develops a home-care optical beauty devices.
1985
YA-MAN develops Japan’s first body fat scale*.
*Using an impedance method to measure four contact points of hands and feet.
2006
YA-MAN launches PLATINUM GEL ROLLER
This product becomes a huge hit, recording cumulative shipments of more than 2 million rollers* for the series. YA-MAN’s brand name becomes widely recognized. *Cumulative shipments of devices between December 2006 and March 2011 (Source: YA-MAN data)
2009
YA-MAN becomes listed on JASDAQ.
2011
YA-MAN becomes listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
2012
YA-MAN becomes listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
YA-MAN's global expansion begins
YA-MAN makes its first memorable foray overseas, into Hong Kong (SAR of China).
2014
YA-MAN launches Rei Beauté series of home optical beauty devices
YA-MAN launches Cavispa series of home cavitation beauty devices
These products enable users to perform cavitation -a popular beauty salon treatment- in the privacy of their own homes. Cavispa realizes provision of evolved beauty care that will make you love your body even more.
2015
YA-MAN U.S.A. LTD. is established.
YA-MAN expands the business to mainland China.
2016
YA-MAN opens its first directly owned store in Ginza, Tokyo.
2018
YA-MAN expands the business to Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam and Russia.
2019
mysé home beauty treatment brand is born
ACETINO series is revamped as a new brand that recreates the fine massage technique of an esthetician, enabling users to enjoy the superb care of a beauty salon, whenever and wherever they like.
2020
FACE LIFT GYM -a training gym specialized in exercising face muscles- opened
FACE LIFT GYM operates under the concept of ‘You make yourself beautiful’. This gym is a new experiential service created by YA-MAN to help users acquire beauty-creating techniques through training with beauty devices under the guidance of specialized trainers.
2020
Acquires "MAKANAI" and "Professional and Business Use" brands
YA-MAN expanded its lineup of cosmetics.
2021
YA-MAN Scholarship Foundation is founded
YA-MAN starts providing continuous educational support to raise the next generation of female engineers.
(February 2023: The foundation is qualified as a public interest incorporated foundation by the Japanese government.)
2021
YA-MAN opens a flagship store of ONLY MINERALS on Tmall in China.
2022
Launches electric shaver with warmth "HOT SHAVE"
2022
9/9 Established "Home-care Facial Beauty Device Day " as a memorial day
Officially recognized as a memorial day by Japan Anniversary Association.
2023
Starts a joint research program with Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo
2023
Starts full-scale business development in the US
Cumulative shipment of "Medi Lift Needle Cosmetics" series
October, 2023: Exceeds 1 million units
2024
Expanding sales of professional beauty equipment for salons in Vietnam
2025
Launching business in Saudi Arabia, marking our first foray into the Middle East
2025
Transition to a company with an audit committee or an audit and supervisory committee, and change the fiscal year end from the end of April to the end of December from the 52nd fiscal year onwards
1978
YA-MAN Limited is established
Company is founded as a manufacture of precision electronic instruments. Company develops an optical displacement meter which brings an innovation to its measuring instrument technology to create a non-contact device. The equipment is used to measure the curvature of the Great Seto Ohashi Bridge.
2004
Mineral-based foundation becomes all the rage.
YA-MAN is the first company in Japan to sell foundation products 100% made from mineral ingredients. These products become a huge hit.
2007
A mineral cosmetic brand ONLY MINERALS is born
2011
The company launches ACETINO series of home-care beauty devices, offering high quality salon experiences at home
Its high functionality responds to women’s desire for having salon-quality at home.
2013
The first model in YA-MAN’s home RF (radio frequency) facial beauty device series makes its debut
Platinum White RF model is the first in the RF Facial Beauty Device, a beauty device series which achieves cumulative shipments of more than 4 million units. This product series becomes the facial beauty device standard for providing total care for skin issues with its high-performing multiple functions.
2015
YA-MAN launches YA-MAN Professional, a professional beauty devices line for beauty salons
Featuring a high degree of user friendliness, these products realizes miniaturization of beauty devices for professional use.
MINERALair -A make-up experience for a new age
These products fuse cosmetics and the technology that YA-MAN uses in the evolution of our beauty devices. Here, YA-MAN develops the completely new make-up experience of Showering in Foundation.
2018
YA-MAN launches Medi Lift series of wearable EMS facial beauty devices
YA-MAN develops a revolutionary 100% hands-free facial care device. The functionality and impact of the device takes the beauty industry by storm, sparking social media trends and even making headlines in other industries.
2020
EFFECTIM Co., Ltd. is established as a joint venture with Shiseido Co., Ltd.
2020
HYOJO Science Lab project starts
YA-MAN begins working with various experts to research facial muscles scientifically to enhance beautiful expressions.
(July 2022: Opening of research and development center "HYOJO Science Lab")
2020
D-FIT Co., Ltd. is dissolved.
2021
YA-MAN (SHANGHAI) BEAUTY TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD is established.
2021
Launches "Lift Dryer", YA-MAN's first ever* hair dryer with facial treatment feature
Starts selling hair-care products.
*As a YA-MAN hair dryer
2022
Realigned to the Prime Market section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, due to its market restructuring.
Cumulative shipments of RF Beauty Device Series
September 2019: Exceeds 2 million units
August 2020: Exceeds 2.5 million units
May 2021: Exceeds 3 million units
September 2022: Exceeds 4 million units
2023
Wearable EMS facial beauty devise "Medi Lift PLUS“ receives US FDA clearance
Launches full-scale beauty device business in the US.
2023
Opens our first global flagship store “YA-MAN the store GINZA” at Ginza, Tokyo
("FACE LIFT GYM" opens on the second floor of the store in January 2024.)
2024
Opens the first large-scale permanent store in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, carrying multiple YA-MAN brand lineup
Cumulative shipment of "Professional and Business Use" Series
April, 2025：Exceeds 4 million units
The numbers tell our legacy of innovation
Patents : 380 *¹
Intellectual property rights : 981 *²
Our motto is continuous innovation, putting all our energy to create new inventions which the World has never seen before. The numbers tell all about our policy.
*¹ The cumulative number of patents acquired as the end of April 2025.
*² The cumulative number of IPRs acquired as the end of April 2025.
1978
YA-MAN Limited is established
Company is founded as a manufacture of precision electronic instruments. Company develops an optical displacement meter which brings an innovation to its measuring instrument technology to create a non-contact device. The equipment is used to measure the curvature of the Great Seto Ohashi Bridge.
Over four decades of depilator expertise
1979: YA-MAN introduces needle hair removal to Japan and develops the high-frequency depilator.
1980s: YA-MAN develops its first laser depilator for professional use.
1985: YA-MAN develops a home-care optical beauty devices.
1981
Renamed as YA-MAN LTD.
1985
YA-MAN develops Japan’s first body fat scale*.
*Using an impedance method to measure four contact points of hands and feet.
2004
Mineral-based foundation becomes all the rage.
YA-MAN is the first company in Japan to sell foundation products 100% made from mineral ingredients. These products become a huge hit.
2006
YA-MAN launches PLATINUM GEL ROLLER
This product becomes a huge hit, recording cumulative shipments of more than 2 million rollers* for the series.YA-MAN’s brand name becomes widely recognized.
*Cumulative shipments of devices between December 2006 and March 2011 (Source: YA-MAN data)
2007
A mineral cosmetic brand ONLY MINERALS is born
2009
YA-MAN becomes listed on JASDAQ.
2011
YA-MAN becomes listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
2011
The company launches ACETINO series of home-care beauty devices, offering high quality salon experiences at home
Its high functionality responds to women’s desire for having salon-quality at home.
2012
YA-MAN becomes listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
YA-MAN's global expansion begins
YA-MAN makes its first memorable foray overseas, into Hong Kong (SAR of China).
2013
The first model in YA-MAN’s home RF (radio frequency) facial beauty device series makes its debut
Platinum White RF model is the first in the RF Facial Beauty Device, a beauty device series which achieves cumulative shipments of more than 4 million units. This product series becomes the facial beauty device standard for providing total care for skin issues with its high-performing multiple functions.
2014
YA-MAN launches Rei Beauté series of home optical beauty devices
YA-MAN launches Cavispa series of home cavitation beauty devices
These products enable users to perform cavitation -a popular beauty salon treatment- in the privacy of their own homes. Cavispa realizes provision of evolved beauty care that will make you love your body even more.
2015
YA-MAN launches YA-MAN Professional, a professional beauty devices line for beauty salons
Featuring a high degree of user friendliness, these products realizes miniaturization of beauty devices for professional use.
2015
YA-MAN U.S.A. LTD. is established.
YA-MAN expands the business to mainland China.
2016
YA-MAN opens its first directly owned store in Ginza, Tokyo.
2018
YA-MAN expands the business to Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam and Russia.
MINERALair -A make-up experience for a new age
These products fuse cosmetics and the technology that YA-MAN uses in the evolution of our beauty devices. Here, YA-MAN develops the completely new make-up experience of Showering in Foundation.
2018
YA-MAN launches Medi Lift series of wearable EMS facial beauty devices
YA-MAN develops a revolutionary 100% hands-free facial care device. The functionality and impact of the device takes the beauty industry by storm, sparking social media trends and even making headlines in other industries.
2019
mysé home beauty treatment brand is born
ACETINO series is revamped as a new brand that recreates the fine massage technique of an esthetician, enabling users to enjoy the superb care of a beauty salon, whenever and wherever they like.
2020
FACE LIFT GYM -a training gym specialized in exercising face muscles- opened
FACE LIFT GYM operates under the concept of ‘You make yourself beautiful’. This gym is a new experiential service created by YA-MAN to help users acquire beauty-creating techniques through training with beauty devices under the guidance of specialized trainers.
2020
EFFECTIM Co., Ltd. is established as a joint venture with Shiseido Co., Ltd.
2020
HYOJO Science Lab project starts
YA-MAN begins working with various experts to research facial muscles scientifically to enhance beautiful expressions.
(July 2022: Opening of research and development center "HYOJO Science Lab")
2020
D-FIT Co., Ltd. is dissolved.
2020
Acquires "MAKANAI" and "Professional and Business Use" brands
YA-MAN expanded its lineup of cosmetics.
2021
YA-MAN (SHANGHAI) BEAUTY TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD is established.
2021
YA-MAN Scholarship Foundation is founded
YA-MAN starts providing continuous educational support to raise the next generation of female engineers.
(February 2023: The foundation is qualified as a public interest incorporated foundation by the Japanese government.)
2021
Launches "Lift Dryer", YA-MAN's first ever* hair dryer with facial treatment feature
Starts selling hair-care products.
*As a YA-MAN hair dryer
2021
YA-MAN opens a flagship store of ONLY MINERALS on Tmall in China.
2022
Realigned to the Prime Market section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, due to its market restructuring.
2022
Launches electric shaver with warmth "HOT SHAVE"
2022
9/9 Established "Home-care Facial Beauty Device Day " as a memorial day
Officially recognized as a memorial day by Japan Anniversary Association.
Cumulative shipments of RF Beauty Device Series
September 2019: Exceeds 2 million units
August 2020: Exceeds 2.5 million units
May 2021: Exceeds 3 million units
September 2022: Exceeds 4 million units
2023
Starts a joint research program with Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo
2023
Starts full-scale business development in the US
2023
Wearable EMS facial beauty devise "Medi Lift PLUS“ receives US FDA clearance
Launches full-scale beauty device business in the US.
2023
Opens our first global flagship store “YA-MAN the store GINZA” at Ginza, Tokyo
("FACE LIFT GYM" opens on the second floor of the store in January 2024.)
Cumulative shipment of "Medi Lift Needle Cosmetics" series
October, 2023: Exceeds 1 million units
2024
Expanding sales of professional beauty equipment for salons in Vietnam
2024
Opens the first large-scale permanent store in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, carrying multiple YA-MAN brand lineup
2025
Launching business in Saudi Arabia, marking our first foray into the Middle East
Cumulative shipment of "Professional and Business Use" Series
April, 2025：Exceeds 4 million units
2025
Transition to a company with an audit committee or an audit and supervisory committee, and change the fiscal year end from the end of April to the end of December from the 52nd fiscal year onwards
The numbers tell our legacy of innovation
Patents : 380*¹
Intellectual property rights : 981*²
Our motto is continuous innovation, putting all our energy to create new inventions which the World has never seen before. The numbers tell all about our policy.
*¹ The cumulative number of patents acquired as the end of April 2025.
*² The cumulative number of IPRs acquired as the end of April 2025.
