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line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Native name</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">株式会社KADOKAWA</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Romanization" title="Romanization">Romanized</a> name</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Kabushiki gaisha KADOKAWA</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formerly</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Kadokawa Dwango Corporation (2014–2019)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Company type</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Public_company" title="Public company">Public</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Ticker_symbol" title="Ticker symbol">Traded as</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Stock_Exchange" title="Tokyo Stock Exchange">TYO</a>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www2.jpx.co.jp/tseHpFront/StockSearch.do?callJorEFlg=1&method=topsearch&topSearchStr=9468">9468</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Publishing" title="Publishing">Publishing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Film" title="Film">film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Copyright" title="Copyright">copyright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mass_media" title="Mass media">mass media</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Video_games" class="mw-redirect" title="Video games">video games</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>November 10, 1945<span class="noprint">; 79 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1945-11-10</span>)</span> (as <a href="/wiki/Kadokawa_Shoten" title="Kadokawa Shoten">Kadokawa Shoten</a>)</li><li>June 6, 1997<span class="noprint">; 27 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1997-06-06</span>)</span> (as <a href="/wiki/Dwango_(company)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dwango (company)">Dwango</a>)</li><li>October 1, 2014<span class="noprint">; 10 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2014-10-01</span>)</span> (as Kadokawa Dwango Corporation)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Genyoshi Kadokawa (for the <a href="/wiki/Kadokawa_Shoten" title="Kadokawa Shoten">Kadokawa Shoten</a> branch)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Fujimi,_Chiyoda,_Tokyo" title="Fujimi, Chiyoda, Tokyo">Fujimi, Chiyoda, Tokyo</a>, <div class="ib-company-country country-name">Japan</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Area served</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Global</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Key people</div></th><td class="infobox-data agent">Takeshi Natsuno (president)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Revenue</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <span style="white-space: nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Japanese_yen" title="Japanese yen">¥</a>258,109 million</span><sup id="cite_ref-FY2023_report_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FY2023_report-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (2024)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Earnings_before_interest_and_taxes" title="Earnings before interest and taxes">Operating income</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <span style="white-space: nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Japanese_yen" title="Japanese yen">¥</a>18,454 million</span><sup id="cite_ref-FY2023_report_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FY2023_report-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (2024)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Asset" title="Asset">Total assets</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <span style="white-space: nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Japanese_yen" title="Japanese yen">¥</a>340,310 million</span><sup id="cite_ref-FY2023_report_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FY2023_report-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (2024)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Number of employees</div></th><td class="infobox-data">5,349<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://group.kadokawa.co.jp/global/">group<wbr />.kadokawa<wbr />.co<wbr />.jp<wbr />/global<wbr />/</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kadokawa_SakuraTown.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Kadokawa_SakuraTown.jpg/220px-Kadokawa_SakuraTown.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Kadokawa_SakuraTown.jpg/330px-Kadokawa_SakuraTown.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Kadokawa_SakuraTown.jpg/440px-Kadokawa_SakuraTown.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1440" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption>Kadokawa SakuraTown Complex in <a href="/wiki/Tokorozawa,_Saitama" title="Tokorozawa, Saitama">Tokorozawa, Saitama</a></figcaption></figure> <p><b>Kadokawa Corporation</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<a href="/wiki/Japanese_language" title="Japanese language">Japanese</a>: <span lang="ja">株式会社KADOKAWA</span>, <a href="/wiki/Hepburn_romanization" title="Hepburn romanization">Hepburn</a>: <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Kabushiki-gaisha Kadokawa</i></span>)</span>, formerly <b>Kadokawa Dwango Corporation</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a Japanese media conglomerate that was created as a result of the <a href="/wiki/Merger" class="mw-redirect" title="Merger">merger</a> of the original Kadokawa Corporation and <a href="/wiki/Dwango_(company)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dwango (company)">Dwango Co., Ltd.</a> on October 1, 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kadokawa_Corporation&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The holding company known today as Kadokawa Corporation was originally founded in 1945 as <a href="/wiki/Kadokawa_Shoten" title="Kadokawa Shoten">Kadokawa Shoten</a>, to "revitalize Japanese culture through publishing" in the postwar era.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was merged with <a href="/wiki/Dwango_(company)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dwango (company)">Dwango Co., Ltd.</a> to form Kadokawa Dwango on October 1, 2014, and became a subsidiary of Kadokawa Dwango. </p><p>In February 2019, Kadokawa Dwango announced that Dwango would stop being their subsidiary to be a direct subsidiary of Kadokawa Corporation in a reorganization of the company. This made Kadokawa Corporation the sole subsidiary of the holding company Kadokawa Dwango.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On July 1, 2019, Kadokawa Dwango was reorganized again;<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> only the publishing business remained in Kadokawa Corporation, and it was renamed <a href="/wiki/Kadokawa_Future_Publishing" title="Kadokawa Future Publishing">Kadokawa Future Publishing</a>, while Kadokawa Dwango itself became the second iteration of Kadokawa Corporation and the holding company of all of the Kadokawa Group companies. The original name <a href="/wiki/Kadokawa_Shoten" title="Kadokawa Shoten">Kadokawa Shoten</a> remains as a brand and a division of Kadokawa Future Publishing. </p><p>On February 4, 2021, Kadokawa announced that the company had formed a Capital Alliance with <a href="/wiki/Sony" title="Sony">Sony</a> and <a href="/wiki/CyberAgent" title="CyberAgent">CyberAgent</a> to strengthen the company's creation, development, and acquisition of new IP while also maximizing use of existing IPs. As part of the agreement, both Sony and CyberAgent would receive a 1.93% stake in the company.<sup id="cite_ref-alliance_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-alliance-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By August 2021, <a href="/wiki/Kakao_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="Kakao Japan">Kakao Japan</a> had acquired an 8.3 percent stake in Kadokawa, making them the largest shareholder.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On October 29, 2021, Kadokawa announced that it had formed a capital and business alliance with <a href="/wiki/Tencent" title="Tencent">Tencent</a>, which acquired a 6.86% stake in the conglomerate for ¥30 billion ($264 million). The aim of the alliance is for Kadokawa to expand its global reach using Tencent's platforms. China, where the company has an existing joint venture with Tencent, is a particular target.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Reuters" title="Reuters">Reuters</a> reported in November 2024 that the entertainment and electronics giant <a href="/wiki/Sony" title="Sony">Sony</a> was in talks to acquire Kadokawa.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Arrest_of_chairman">Arrest of chairman</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kadokawa_Corporation&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Arrest of chairman"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Concerns_and_controversies_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics#Olympic_sponsorship_contract_scandals" title="Concerns and controversies at the 2020 Summer Olympics">Concerns and controversies at the 2020 Summer Olympics § Olympic sponsorship contract scandals</a></div> <p>In September 2022 chairman Tsuguhiko Kadokawa—son of founder Genyoshi—was arrested as part of a police investigation into <a href="/wiki/Bribery" title="Bribery">bribery</a>. Prosecutors alleged that the Kadokawa chairman authorized a ¥76 million payment (adjusted to ¥69 million under Japan's <a href="/wiki/Statute_of_limitations" title="Statute of limitations">statute of limitations</a>) to a consulting company with ties to a former executive of the <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Organising_Committee_of_the_Olympic_and_Paralympic_Games" title="Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games">Tokyo Olympics organizing committee</a> in exchange for being selected as an official sponsor of the <a href="/wiki/2020_Summer_Olympics" title="2020 Summer Olympics">2020 Tokyo Olympic</a> and <a href="/wiki/2020_Summer_Paralympics" title="2020 Summer Paralympics">Paralympic Games</a>. Kadokawa has denied the allegations, and his company announced that it would cooperate with the investigation.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kadokawa was <a href="/wiki/Indictment" title="Indictment">indicted</a> by <a href="/wiki/Public_Prosecutors_Office_(Japan)" title="Public Prosecutors Office (Japan)">prosecutors</a> on October 4, 2022. Later that day he announced his intent to resign as the chairman of his company. He continued to deny the allegations and vowed to prove his innocence at trial.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In July 2024, the company announced that it had acquired anime studio <a href="/wiki/Doga_Kobo" title="Doga Kobo">Doga Kobo</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2024_ransomware_attack">2024 ransomware attack</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kadokawa_Corporation&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 2024 ransomware attack"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2024_cyberattack_on_Kadokawa_and_Niconico" title="2024 cyberattack on Kadokawa and Niconico">2024 cyberattack on Kadokawa and Niconico</a></div> <p>On June 8, 2024, a group of hackers called BlackSuit launched a <a href="/wiki/Ransomware" title="Ransomware">ransomware</a> attack on multiple websites owned by Kadokawa, including the video streaming website <a href="/wiki/Niconico" title="Niconico">Niconico</a>, resulting in most of its services being temporarily suspended. On June 27, the hacker group published a statement on the <a href="/wiki/Dark_web" title="Dark web">dark web</a>, claiming responsibility for the attack and threatening to release 1.5 <a href="/wiki/Terabytes" class="mw-redirect" title="Terabytes">terabytes</a> of stolen data, which included business partner information and user data, unless a ransom was paid.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Group_companies">Group companies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kadokawa_Corporation&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Group companies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kadokawa Corporation serves to bring together several affiliated Japanese companies related to Kadokawa Shoten under what is known as the Kadokawa Group.<sup id="cite_ref-companies_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-companies-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These companies are of three types: publishing, film and visuals, and cross media. The publishers primarily deal with <a href="/wiki/Japanese_books" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese books">books</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bunkobon" title="Bunkobon">bunkobon</a> paperbacks, <a href="/wiki/Manga" title="Manga">manga</a>, and visual media magazines;<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the film and visual companies deal with Japanese feature films and DVD sales of international films and <a href="/wiki/Anime" title="Anime">anime</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the cross media companies deal with digital content, urban information and television program information magazines, along with information transmission combining paper media, the <a href="/wiki/Internet" title="Internet">Internet</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mobile_phone" title="Mobile phone">mobile phones</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other aspects of the group are handled by the other business segment which primarily takes care of <a href="/wiki/Video_game" title="Video game">video games</a>, <a href="/wiki/Real_estate" title="Real estate">real estate</a> leasing, and comprises an <a href="/wiki/Advertising_agency" title="Advertising agency">advertising agency</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation" style="width: 70%;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Publication">Publication</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kadokawa_Corporation&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Publication"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BookWalker" title="BookWalker">BookWalker</a> <ul><li>GeeXPlus, Inc</li> <li>Trista</li></ul></li> <li>Choubunsha Publishing Co.</li> <li>Comic Walker</li> <li>eb Creative</li> <li>Japan Digital Library Service</li> <li>Kadokawa ASCII Research Laboratories</li> <li>Kadokawa Book Navi</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kadokawa_Future_Publishing" title="Kadokawa Future Publishing">Kadokawa Future Publishing</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ASCII_Media_Works" title="ASCII Media Works">ASCII Media Works</a></li> <li>Building Book Center</li> <li>Chukei Publishing</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enterbrain" title="Enterbrain">Enterbrain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fujimi_Shobo" title="Fujimi Shobo">Fujimi Shobo</a></li> <li>Kadokawa Gakugei Publishing</li> <li>Kadokawa Key-Process</li> <li>Kadokawa Magazines</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kadokawa_Shoten" title="Kadokawa Shoten">Kadokawa Shoten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Media_Factory" title="Media Factory">Media Factory</a></li></ul></li> <li>Kadokawa Game Linkage</li> <li>Kadokawa Uplink</li> <li>Mainichi GA Hakken</li> <li>Production Ace</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaspereau_Press" title="Gaspereau Press">Gaspereau Press</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Group_media">Group media</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kadokawa_Corporation&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Group media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dwango_(company)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dwango (company)">Dwango</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Spike_Chunsoft" title="Spike Chunsoft">Spike Chunsoft</a></li> <li>Dehogallery</li> <li>Dwango AG Entertainment</li> <li>Dwango Music Publishing</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niconico" title="Niconico">Niconico</a></li> <li>Project Studio Q</li> <li>Vaka</li> <li>Vantan</li> <li>Virtual Cast Co., Ltd.</li> <li>Watanabe Amaduction</li> <li>FromNetworks</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Docomo_Anime_Store" class="mw-redirect" title="Docomo Anime Store">Docomo Anime Store</a></li> <li>K.Sense (80%)</li> <li>Kadokawa Media House</li> <li>Kadokawa Uplink</li> <li>Kids Net</li> <li>Movie Walker <ul><li>Movie Ticket</li></ul></li> <li>T Gate</li> <li>Smile Edge</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Films_and_visuals">Films and visuals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kadokawa_Corporation&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Films and visuals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Doga_Kobo" title="Doga Kobo">Doga Kobo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ENGI" title="ENGI">ENGI</a> (53%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/EuropaCorp#International_dimension" title="EuropaCorp">EuropaCorp Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glovision" title="Glovision">Glovision</a></li> <li>Japan Film Fund</li> <li>Kadokawa Anime</li> <li>Kadokawa Architecture</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kadokawa_Daiei_Studio" title="Kadokawa Daiei Studio">Kadokawa Daiei Studio</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lionsgate#Motion_pictures" title="Lionsgate">Globalgate Entertainment</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kinema_Citrus" title="Kinema Citrus">Kinema Citrus</a> (31.8%)</li> <li>Nihon Eiga Satellite Broadcasting</li> <li>Movie Walker</li> <li>Persol Media Switch (30%)</li> <li>Studio Kadan</li></ul> <p><br /> </p> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Interactive_entertainment_and_gaming">Interactive entertainment and gaming</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kadokawa_Corporation&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Interactive entertainment and gaming"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Spike_Chunsoft" title="Spike Chunsoft">Spike Chunsoft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FromSoftware" title="FromSoftware">FromSoftware</a><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (69.66%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Acquire_(company)" title="Acquire (company)">Acquire</a></li> <li>Gotcha Gotcha Games</li> <li>FromNetworks</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Others">Others</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kadokawa_Corporation&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Others"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>ATX</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anime_Tourism_Association" title="Anime Tourism Association">Anime Tourism Association</a></li> <li>Chara-Ani Corporation</li> <li>Customcast</li> <li>C・P・S</li> <li>Kadokawa ASCII Research Laboratories <ul><li>Cool Japan Travel, Inc. (75%)</li></ul></li> <li>Kadokawa Architecture</li> <li>Kadokawa Contents Academy</li> <li>Kadokawa Connected</li> <li>Kadokawa Craft</li> <li>K's Lab</li> <li>Karksa Media Partner Corporation (34%)</li> <li>Page Turner</li> <li>Production Ace</li> <li>Tokorozawa Sakuratown Corporation</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Overseas">Overseas</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kadokawa_Corporation&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Overseas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Animate Oversea (joint venture under Kadokawa Taiwan with <a href="/wiki/Animate_(retailer)" title="Animate (retailer)">Animate</a> and United Distribution Co.)</li> <li>Bookwalker Taiwan</li> <li>Guangzhou Tianwen Kadokawa Animation and Comics</li> <li>Hemisphere Motion Picture Partners I</li> <li>Hemisphere Motion Picture Partners II</li> <li>Japan Manga Alliance (joint venture with <a href="/wiki/Animate_(retailer)" title="Animate (retailer)">Animate</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kodansha" title="Kodansha">Kodansha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shueisha" title="Shueisha">Shueisha</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shogakukan" title="Shogakukan">Shogakukan</a> <ul><li>Animate JMA (Thailand)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J-Novel_Club" title="J-Novel Club">J-Novel Club</a></li> <li>Kadokawa Amarin (joint venture with <a href="/wiki/Amarin_Group" title="Amarin Group">Amarin Group</a>, marketed under the brand Phoenix Next)</li> <li>Kadokawa Contents Academy</li> <li>Kadokawa Hong Kong</li> <li>Kadokawa Holdings Asia <ul><li>J-Guide Marketing</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gempak_Starz" title="Gempak Starz">Kadokawa Gempak Starz</a> (Malaysia) (80%)</li></ul></li> <li>Kadokawa Holdings US</li> <li>Kadokawa International Edutainment (Taiwan)</li> <li>Kadokawa Pictures America</li> <li>Kadokawa Taiwan Corporation <ul><li>Kadokawa Consulting (Thailand)</li></ul></li> <li>Kadokawa Qingyu (Shanghai) Culture & Creation</li> <li>Kadokawa World Entertainment (US) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anime_News_Network" title="Anime News Network">Anime News Network</a><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li>Phoenix Gramedia Indonesia (joint venture with <a href="/wiki/Kompas_Gramedia" class="mw-redirect" title="Kompas Gramedia">Kompas Gramedia</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Sun Wah Kadokawa (Hong Kong) Group</li> <li>Taiwan Animate</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yen_Press" title="Yen Press">Yen Press</a> (51%, co-owned with <a href="/wiki/Hachette_Book_Group" title="Hachette Book Group">Hachette Book Group</a>)</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Technology">Technology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kadokawa_Corporation&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Technology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Pixel_Game_Maker_MV" title="Pixel Game Maker MV">Pixel Game Maker MV</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Former_subsidiaries">Former subsidiaries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kadokawa_Corporation&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Former subsidiaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Asmik_Ace" title="Asmik Ace">Asmik Ace</a></li> <li>Daihyakka News: Merged with Dwango in July 2019.</li> <li>Kadokawa Entertainment: On November 1, 2009, Kadokawa Entertainment was merged into Kadokawa Pictures.</li> <li>Kadokawa Group Publishing: On April 1, 2013, Kadokawa Group Publishing was merged into Kadokawa Group Holdings.</li> <li>Kadokawa Games: In May 2022, Kadokawa Games divested its business into a separate company called Dragami Games, including its IPs.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Kadokawa J:COM Media: Established in November 2005 as a joint venture between Kadokawa Shoten and <a href="/wiki/KDDI" title="KDDI">J:COM</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was eliminated in June 2010.</li> <li>So-net Kadokawa Link: Established on June 27, 2007, with <a href="/wiki/So-net" title="So-net">So-net Entertainment</a> (43.5%), Kadokawa Mobile (43.5%), and <a href="/wiki/Dentsu" title="Dentsu">Dentsu E-link</a><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (13.0%).<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Kadokawa Mobile and Movie Gate: On October 1, 2009, Kadokawa Mobile merged with Movie Gate to form Kadokawa Contents Gate.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Kadokawa Production: On October 1, 2013, the company was dissolved and integrated into Kadokawa Corporation.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mages_(company)" title="Mages (company)">Mages</a>: On July 12, 2019, Mages was acquired by <a href="/wiki/Chiyomaru_Studio" class="mw-redirect" title="Chiyomaru Studio">Chiyomaru Studio</a>, a concept and copyright company also headed by Mages CEO.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>MediaLeaves: On January 10, 2010, MediaLeaves was merged into Enterbrain.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>NTT Prime Square: On November 30, 2010, Fan service ended a joint venture with <a href="/wiki/Nippon_Telephone_and_Telegraph" class="mw-redirect" title="Nippon Telephone and Telegraph">NTT</a>.</li> <li>Sarugakucho: Became part of Kadokawa Group Holdings under Enterbrain during the <a href="/wiki/ASCII_(company)" class="mw-redirect" title="ASCII (company)">ASCII</a> acquisition. On March 31, 2010, Pole To Win announced that it has acquired Sarugakucho.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Studio Lide: Closed in April 2019.</li> <li>Words Gear: On September 26, 2006, <a href="/wiki/Panasonic" title="Panasonic">Panasonic</a> announced the establishment of Words Gear with Kadokawa Mobile and <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Broadcasting_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Tokyo Broadcasting System">Tokyo Broadcasting System</a>, effective on October 2, 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On September 30, 2010, Kadokawa Group Holdings announced that it will merging Words Gear into Kadokawa Contents Gate, with Kadokawa Contents Gate as the surviving company, effective on January 1, 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kadokawa_Corporation&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ASCII_Media_Works" title="ASCII Media Works">ASCII Media Works</a> – They split from Kadokawa, but became a subsidiary of Kadokawa again.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/D.League" title="D.League">D.League</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kadokawa_Corporation&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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