{"id":13067,"date":"2016-07-11T14:32:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-11T05:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ensapia-tokyo.com\/?post_type=story&p=13067"},"modified":"2026-03-09T12:52:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T03:52:12","slug":"%e5%8f%a4%e5%8f%82%e3%83%a1%e3%83%b3%e3%83%90%e3%83%bc%e5%ba%a7%e8%ab%87%e4%bc%9a-2-%ef%bc%9a%e4%ba%94%e5%8f%8d%e7%94%b0%e6%99%82%e4%bb%a3-%ef%bc%882008%e5%b9%b4%e3%80%9c2012%e5%b9%b4%ef%bc%89","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/ensapia-tokyo.com\/en\/recruit\/story\/interview\/id=13067\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Members Roundtable 2: The Gotanda Era (2008-2012) Smiles abound amidst hardships"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\u203bThis article is machine translated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even in the midst of hardship, there were smiles all around.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ishiwatari:<\/strong> I think there were about 20 people at the end of 2011, and now the company has grown to 200 people. I hear that you had a lot of hardships, but did you enjoy your time in Gotanda with a small number of people?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L.S:<\/strong> It was fun!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

C.Y: <\/strong> The atmosphere was great!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L.H:<\/strong> We used to go tangerine picking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

S.M:<\/strong> LH, you weren’t picking mandarin oranges! (laughs) We had an event at least once every three months to make memories. (S.M.: You weren’t picking mandarin oranges! We went to a pottery studio together and made pots….<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ishiwatari:<\/strong> That’s nice! You say you had fun, but can you tell me more about how exactly you had fun?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

S.M:<\/strong> We all got on the bus and went away together. I was sitting next to the developer and we talked the whole time. I remember many scenes like that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L.H.:<\/strong> After that, we released a series of language apps (English Listening Kingdom, Korean by Scene, English Assembly Town, Korean Assembly Town, JAPOW, and English Crossword), and they were ranked in the top or something, but the billing model was not like the current Pokecolo…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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episode<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Gotanda Period (2008): Cocone started in Gotanda<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Gotanda Era (2008-2012): Smiles abound amidst hardships<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. The Gotanda Era (2008-2012): What supported the Gotanda Era<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Roppongi Era (2012-2015): And to Roppongi<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Ebisu Period (2015-): And to Ebisu!<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. About Cocone and his friends in the future<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"author":230190673,"parent":0,"template":"","story_cat":[124876,124874],"class_list":["post-13067","story","type-story","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","story_cat-interview","story_cat-others"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t