Press Release

HI and Interactive Brains Enter into Alliances for 3D engine development.

Tokyo, Japan -HI CORPORATION (Headquarters: Meguro-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Kazuo Kawabata hereafter referred to as "HI") and Interactive Brains Co.,LTD. (Headquarters: Toshima-ku, Tokyo; CEO/President/CTO: Masaki Takeda hereafter referred to as "Interactive Brains") have agreed to an alliance to co-develop a 3D graphics engine for mobile devices.

Up until now, Interactive Brains and HI have had a relationship for content development with HI providing its own 3D engine, MascotCapsule®.
Now with this alliance, the rich experience and knowledge that Interactive Brains has gained from its content business can synergize with HI's 3D graphics engine technology. This will result in enhancement of HI's 3D graphics engine. This joint effort will enable higher quality content development and create more possibilities for future 3D Graphics Solutions.

About Interactive Brains Co., LTD.

Interactive Brains is a pioneer of mobile content business. In 2001 Interactive Brains began developing content for mobile phones and succeeded in porting Namco's "Ridge Racer®," a full-scale mobile 3D game in 2003. Since 2004, Interactive Brains has been operating an official game site called "High EndStyle" for Vodafone, au(KDDI) and DoCoMo. Through this popular site, many original mobile 3D games have been published. Interactive Brains also has operated its own content distribution in Korea since April 2005. By March 2006, Interactive Brains is planning to penetrate the US and European markets. For more details, please visit http://www.ibrains.co.jp.