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Kadokawa Corporation
Company typeKabushiki kaisha
TYO:9477
IndustryPublishing,Films,Video games
FoundedApril 2, 1954
HeadquartersChiyoda, Tokyo,Japan
Key people
Tsuguhiko Kadokawa
(Chairman)
Tatsuo Sato
(President)
Number of employees
48 (2012)[1]
Websitewww.kadokawa.co.jp

Kadokawa Corporation(Chu thức hội xã KADOKAWA,Kabushiki-gaisha Kadokawa,formerly Kadokawa Holdings and Kadokawa Group Holdings)(TYO:9477) is the parent company of the Kadokawa Group, which brings together several affiliated companies related toKadokawa Shoten.

History

The company was founded on April 2, 1954 as Kadokawa Shoten. It was renamed to Kadokawa Holdings on April 1, 2003, transferring the existing publishing businesses to Kadokawa Shoten Publishing. The company was again renamed to Kadokawa Group Holdings on July 1, 2006. The company inherited the management and integration businesses within Kadokawa Shoten Publishing in January 2007. The magazine businesses were transferred to the Kadokawa Magazine Group. The company was renamed to Kadokawa Corporation on June 22, 2013. On October 1, 2013, nine companies in the Kadokawa Group were merged into Kadokawa Corporation. Eight of them operate now as brand companies. Kadokawa Production was dissolved and integrated into the General IP Business Headquarters.[2][3]

Subsidiaries

Kadokawa Corporation serves to bring together several affiliated Japanese companies related to Kadokawa Shoten under what is known as the Kadokawa Group.[4]These companies are of three types: publishing, film and visuals, and cross media. The publishers primarily deal withbooks,bunkobonpaperbacks,manga,and visual media magazines;[5]the film and visual companies deal with Japanese feature films and DVD sales of international films andanime;[6]the cross media companies deal with digital content, urban information and television program information magazines, along with information transmission combining paper media, theInternet,andmobile phones.[7]Other aspects of the group are handled by the other business segment which primarily takes care ofvideo games,real estateleasing, and comprises anadvertising agency.[8]

Former subsidiaries

  • Asmik Ace Entertainment
  • Kadokawa Entertainment: On November 1, 2009, Kadokawa Entertainment was merged into Kadokawa Pictures.
  • Kadokawa Group Publishing: On April 1, 2013, Kadokawa Group Publishing was merged into Kadokawa Group Holdings.
  • Kadokawa J:COM Media: Established in November 2005 as a joint venture between Kadokawa Shoten and Jupiter Telecommunications.[10]It was eliminated in June 2010.
  • So-net Kadokawa Link: Established on June 27, 2007 with So-net Entertainment (43.5%), Kadokawa Mobile (43.5%), and Dentsu E-link[11](13.0%).[12]
  • Kadokawa Mobile and Movie Gate: On October 1, 2009, Kadokawa Mobile merged with Movie Gate to form Kadokawa Contents Gate.[13]
  • Kadokawa Production: On October 1, 2013, the company was dissolved and integrated in Kadokawa Corporation.
  • MediaLeaves: On January 10, 2010, MediaLeaves was merged into Enterbrain.[14]
  • Sarugakucho: Became part of Kadokawa Group Holdings under Enterbrain during theASCIIacquisition. On March 31, 2010, Pole To Win announced that it has acquired Sarugakucho.[15]
  • Words Gear: On September 26, 2006,Matsushita Electric Industrialannounced the establishment of Words Gear with Kadokawa Mobile and Tokyo Broadcasting System, effective on October 2, 2006.[16]On September 30, 2010, Kadokawa Group Holdings announced merging Words Gear into Kadokawa Contents Gate, with Kadokawa Contents Gate as the surviving company, effective on January 1, 2011.[17]

References

  1. ^"Hội xã khái yếu"(in Japanese). Kadokawa Group Holdings. Archived fromthe originalon January 17, 2013.RetrievedNovember 21,2009.{{cite web}}:Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help)
  2. ^"Kadokawa to Merge 9 Subsidiaries Into 1 Company".Anime News Network.March 28, 2013.RetrievedOctober 8,2013.
  3. ^"Notice of Absorption-Type Merger of Consolidated Subsidiaries and Partial Amendments to the Trade Name and the Articles of Incorporation"(PDF).Kadokawa Corporation. March 28, 2013.RetrievedOctober 9,2013.
  4. ^"グループ hội xã nhất lãm"(in Japanese). Kadokawa Group Holdings.RetrievedNovember 10,2013.{{cite web}}:Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help)
  5. ^"Publishing businesses under Kadokawa Group Holdings".Kadokawa Group Holdings.RetrievedNovember 21,2009.
  6. ^"Movie/Visual businesses under Kadokawa Group Holdings".Kadokawa Group Holdings.RetrievedNovember 21,2009.
  7. ^"Cross media businesses under Kadokawa Group Holdings".Kadokawa Group Holdings.RetrievedNovember 21,2009.
  8. ^"Other businesses under Kadokawa Group Holdings".Kadokawa Group Holdings.RetrievedNovember 21,2009.
  9. ^"Report: Kadokawa Acquires Dark Souls Developers From Software".Silliconera. April 28, 2014.RetrievedMay 21,2014.
  10. ^"Giác xuyên ジェイコム・メディア “J:COM Walker” sang khan J:COM さいたま, J:COM tương mô nguyên ・ đại hòa các サービスエリアで8 nguyệt に phát hành "(in Japanese). PR Times. June 14, 2007.RetrievedApril 11,2012.
  11. ^"インターネット phân dã chuyên môn の quảng cáo hội xã “Điện thông イー・リンク” を thiết lập "(PDF)(in Japanese). Cyber Communications.RetrievedApril 11,2012.
  12. ^"－ “Địa vực tình báo ánh tượng” × “ネット địa vực quảng cáo” × “ネット đối ứng cơ khí” － “Chu thức hội xã ソネット・カドカワ・リンク” を3 xã cộng đồng で thiết lập ～ cao phẩm chất ánh tượng で thị hảo に thích した tình báo と xuất hội える『 địa vực tình báo tham phóng サイト』を cấu trúc ～ "(PDF)(in Japanese). So-net Entertainment.RetrievedApril 11,2012.
  13. ^"Liên kết tử hội xã giác xuyên モバイルとムービーゲートの hợp tịnh に quan して"(PDF)(in Japanese). Kadokawa Group Holdings.RetrievedApril 11,2012.
  14. ^"MediaLeaves, Inc. announcement"(in Japanese). MediaLeaves. Archived fromthe originalon October 28, 2010.RetrievedApril 11,2012.
  15. ^"Chu thức hội xã viên lặc sảnh の chu thức thủ đắc ( tử hội xã hóa ) に quan するお tri らせ"(PDF)(in Japanese). Pole To Win.RetrievedApril 11,2012.
  16. ^"Giác xuyên ・ tùng hạ điện khí ・TBS 3 xã が điện tử thư tịch sự nghiệp hội xã “ワーズギア chu thức hội xã” thiết lập で hợp ý ～ đọc thư đoan mạt とコンテンツを đề cung ～ "(in Japanese).Panasonic.RetrievedApril 11,2012.
  17. ^"グループ xí nghiệp tái biên による ánh tượng ・ tạp chí ・デジタル sự nghiệp の cường hóa について"(PDF)(in Japanese). Kadokawa Group Holdings.RetrievedApril 11,2012.
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