LISMO is an online music service provided by au, a Japanese mobile phone brand run by KDDI, a Japanese telecommunication company. This service uses a mobile phone as a music player. This service was introduced on January 19, 2006, and the service began operating at the end of January in Japan. The first mobile phone which supports LISMO was sold on January 26, 2006. Since 2008, KDDI and Okinawa Cellular introduced 'LISMO Video', a new service with new means to enjoy video content as well. In April 2013, KDDI acquired Taiwanese streaming service KKBOX. The LISMO and KKBOX services were merged under the KKBOX name. KKBOX is now expanding into other Asian markets. Name LISMO is short for au Listen Mobile service. The "LIS" in "LISMO" is pronounced the same as "risu", the Japanese word for "squirrel". Mascot The mascot of this service is LISMO-kun. It is a silhouette of a squirrel carrying an orange logo with earphones connected to it. Some original goods of this mascot are sold only at the "LISMO FOREST" of KDDI Designing Studio. Supported phones LISMO is supported by CDMA 1X WIN phones. Released in 2006 Casio: W41CA,"G'zOne" (W42CA), W43CA Hitachi: W41H, W42H, W43H, W43HII Kyocera: W41K, W42K, W43K, W44K Sanyo: W41SA, W42SA, W43SA Sharp: W41SH Sony Ericsson: W41S,"Walkman Phone" (W42S), W43S, W44S Toshiba: "Music-HDD" (W41T), W43T, W44T, W44TII, W44TIII, W45T, "DRAPE" (W46T), W47T au design project: "neon" (W42T by Toshiba) Released in 2007 Casio: W51CA, W52CA,"EXILIM Phone" W53CA Hitachi: W51H, W52SH, "Wooo Phone" W53H Kyocera: W51K Panasonic: W51P, W52P Sanyo: W51SA, W52SA, W53SA Sharp: "AQUOS Phone" (W51SH), W52SH Sony Ericsson: W51S,"Walkman Phone" W52S, W53S Toshiba: W51T, W52T, W53T, W54T, W55T au design project: "Media Skin" (W52K by Kyocera), and "INFOBAR 2" (W55SA by Sanyo) Released in 2008 Casio: W61CA,"G'zOne" (W62CA), "EXILIM PHONE" W63CA Hitachi: W61H, "Wooo Phone" (W62H / W63H) Kyocera: W61K, W64K, W65K Panasonic: W61P, W62P Pantech&Curitel: W61PT Sanyo: W61SA, W62SA, W63SA, W64SA Sharp: "AQUOS Phone" (W61SH / W64SH), W62SH, "URBANO" (W63SH) Sony Ericsson: "Cyber-Shot Phone" W61S, W62S, "re" (W63S), W64S, "Walkman Phone, Xmini" (W65S) Toshiba: W61T, W62T, "Sportio" (W63T), W64T, W65T Released in 2009 Casio: CA001 Hitachi: "Wooo Phone" (H001) Panasonic: P001 Sharp: SH001 Sony Ericsson: "Cyber-shot phone" S001, "Walkman Phone, Premier3(Cube)" (SOY01) Toshiba: T001 Features Function overview This system provides the following functions; Listen to music on a mobile phone and/or a personal computer. Download and share music on a mobile