Cinq Deux Un
Cinq Deux Un is a Tokyo-based fashion model agency operating as CDU Model Management, representing women, men and Asian talent.
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Overview
Cinq Deux Un Co., Ltd. is a Japanese fashion model agency headquartered in Minato-ku, Tokyo, operating under the trade name CDU Model Management. The company was established on April 12, 1979, and is led by president Hideo Inoue. Its office is located at Albergo Nogizaka 508 in Akasaka, a short walk from Nogizaka Station on the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line. The agency's business covers fashion model recruitment and management for both Japanese and foreign models, model casting, production, and shooting coordination with interpretation services. Its roster is organized into three main divisions — Women, Men, and Asia — reflecting a focus on both domestic Japanese talent and international/Asian models. The website presents the divisions as "CINQ DEUX UN WOMEN MEN ASIA TALENT ABOUT SOCIAL USE OF AI." Cinq Deux Un recruits models aged 13 to 25, including half-Japanese applicants, with minimum height requirements of 165 cm for women and 175 cm for men. Experienced applicants are given preference. The agency states that no registration fee is charged. Applications can be submitted by mail or online, with required materials including a resume listing height, weight, three sizes and shoe size, plus recent full-body and close-up photographs. As a long-established Tokyo agency founded in the late 1970s, Cinq Deux Un has built its identity around connecting Japanese and international fashion talent with casting and production opportunities. Its bilingual website and dedicated Asian division indicate an orientation toward cross-border modeling work in the Japanese market.
History
Cinq Deux Un Co., Ltd. was established on April 12, 1979, in Tokyo, Japan. The company was founded under the leadership of Hideo Inoue, who serves as its president. From its base in Minato-ku, the agency developed into a fashion model management business serving the Japanese market. Over the decades, the agency built its operations around three divisions — Women, Men, and Asia — reflecting both domestic Japanese modeling and the recruitment and management of foreign and Asian models. Its stated business scope includes the invitation and management of foreign and Japanese fashion models, production, model casting, and shooting coordination with interpretation. The company operates from Albergo Nogizaka 508 in Akasaka, a location one minute on foot from Nogizaka Station on the Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line. It maintains a bilingual Japanese-English website under the CDU Model Management name, with separate contact channels for its women's, men's, and Asian divisions, as well as accounting. Cinq Deux Un recruits models aged 13 to 25, including half-Japanese applicants, with height requirements of 165 cm or more for women and 175 cm or more for men, and gives preference to experienced applicants. The agency states that no registration fee is charged. As of the available official information, the company remains active and privately held.
- 1979
Cinq Deux Un Co., Ltd. established on April 12 in Tokyo, Japan.
Operates as CDU Model Management with Women, Men and Asia divisions.
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Tokyo-based fashion model agency specializing in Japanese and international/Asian talent, with casting, production and coordination services.
Fashion model management
Model casting
Shooting coordination and interpretation
Model production
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