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au

Japanese telecommunication company/brand

Founded: November 1, 2000
Headquarters: Japan
Country: Japan
Industry: telecommunications industry
, mobile phone industry
Website: au.com/english
, au.com

Overview

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au, or au by KDDI, is a Japanese mobile phone operator. au is a brand marketed by KDDI in the main islands of Japan and by Okinawa Cellular in Okinawa for their mobile cellular services. au is the second-largest wireless carrier in Japan, with 60.398 million subscribers as of March 2021.

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Produced

1 linked to au in Wikidata

HHello GoodbyeJapanese video drama series

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28 statements · 21% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Name in kana: エーユー
Owned by: KDDI
Social media followers: 376,000(August 24, 2025) youtube channel id: UCnHmD0XBFFMnA3zhL85zL3g
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Sources
1.Stated in YouTube APIRetrieved 2025-08-24
View statement on Wikidata ↗
525,866(February 6, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 195775738
360,000(August 1, 2024) youtube channel id: UCnHmD0XBFFMnA3zhL85zL3g
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Sources
1.Stated in YouTube APIRetrieved 2024-08-01
View statement on Wikidata ↗
344,000(July 26, 2023) youtube channel id: UCnHmD0XBFFMnA3zhL85zL3g
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Sources
1.Stated in YouTube APIRetrieved 2023-07-26
View statement on Wikidata ↗
447,686(February 28, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 195775738
400,281(January 5, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 195775738
398,077(April 14, 2020) x (twitter) numeric user id: 195775738

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9 identifiers linking au across the web's reference databases

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statements

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