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For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Taito_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Taito (disambiguation)">Taito (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Japanese toy and video game company</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1242257876">.mw-parser-output .ib-company .infobox-label{padding-right:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .ib-company .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-company .infobox-below{line-height:1.35em}.mw-parser-output .ib-company-logo img{background-color:#f8f9fa}.mw-parser-output .ib-company-locality,.mw-parser-output .ib-company-country{display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-company vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org" style="font-size: 125%;">Taito Corporation</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image ib-company-logo logo"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Taito_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Taito_logo.svg/220px-Taito_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Taito_logo.svg/330px-Taito_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Taito_logo.svg/440px-Taito_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="132" data-file-height="48" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image ib-company-logo logo"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Square_Enix_HQ_(Shinjuku_Eastside_Square).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Square_Enix_HQ_%28Shinjuku_Eastside_Square%29.jpg/220px-Square_Enix_HQ_%28Shinjuku_Eastside_Square%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="331" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Square_Enix_HQ_%28Shinjuku_Eastside_Square%29.jpg/330px-Square_Enix_HQ_%28Shinjuku_Eastside_Square%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Square_Enix_HQ_%28Shinjuku_Eastside_Square%29.jpg/440px-Square_Enix_HQ_%28Shinjuku_Eastside_Square%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="4912" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Taito shares its headquarters building (in <a href="/wiki/Shinjuku" title="Shinjuku">Shinjuku</a>) with its parent company, <a href="/wiki/Square_Enix" title="Square Enix">Square Enix</a>.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Native name</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">株式会社タイトー</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">Kabushikigaisha Taitō</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formerly</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Taito Trading Company</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Company type</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Subsidiary" title="Subsidiary">Subsidiary</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Video_game_industry" title="Video game industry">Video games</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Arcade_game" title="Arcade game">Arcades</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Toys" class="mw-redirect" title="Toys">Toys</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">August 24, 1953<span class="noprint">; 71 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">August 24, 1953</span>)</span><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Kogan" title="Michael Kogan">Michael Kogan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="ib-company-locality locality"><a href="/wiki/Shinjuku" title="Shinjuku">Shinjuku</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a></div>, <div class="ib-company-country country-name"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a></div></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"><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>Katsuhiko Iwaki</li><li><small>(President)</small></li><li>Tetsu Yamada</li><li><small>(Chairman)</small></li><li>Yukio Lizawa</li><li><small>(Honorary chairman)</small></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Products</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Taito_games" title="List of Taito games">Video games</a></li><li>Arcade systems</li><li>Mobile games</li><li>Toys</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Equity_(finance)" title="Equity (finance)">Total equity</a></span></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">¥45.70 billion</span></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">752 (March 2020)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Parent_company" class="mw-redirect" title="Parent company">Parent</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Square_Enix" title="Square Enix">Square Enix</a> (2005–present)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Subsidiary" title="Subsidiary">Subsidiaries</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Taito Game Rental</li><li>Taitotech</li></ul></div></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="http://www.taito.com">www<wbr />.taito<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><b>Footnotes / references</b><br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200515031003/https://www.taito.co.jp/Content/Media/pdf/taito_corp2019.pdf">"Taito Corporation Company Profile 2019"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> (in Japanese). Taito. 2019. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.taito.co.jp/Content/media/pdf/taito_corp2019.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on May 15, 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">May 27,</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Taito+Corporation+Company+Profile+2019&rft.pub=Taito&rft.date=2019&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.taito.co.jp%2FContent%2Fmedia%2Fpdf%2Ftaito_corp2019.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATaito" class="Z3988"></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Taito Corporation</b><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a Japanese company that specializes in <a href="/wiki/Video_games" class="mw-redirect" title="Video games">video games</a>, <a href="/wiki/Toy" title="Toy">toys</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arcade_cabinet" title="Arcade cabinet">arcade cabinets</a>, and game centers, based in <a href="/wiki/Shinjuku" title="Shinjuku">Shinjuku</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a>. The company was founded by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Kogan" title="Michael Kogan">Michael Kogan</a> in 1953 as the <b>Taito Trading Company</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> importing <a href="/wiki/Vodka" title="Vodka">vodka</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vending_machine" title="Vending machine">vending machines</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jukebox" title="Jukebox">jukeboxes</a> into Japan. It began production of video games in 1973. In 2005, Taito was purchased by <a href="/wiki/Square_Enix" title="Square Enix">Square Enix</a>, becoming a wholly owned subsidiary by 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Taito is recognized as an important industry influencer in the early days of video games, producing a number of hit <a href="/wiki/Arcade_games" class="mw-redirect" title="Arcade games">arcade games</a> such as <i><a href="/wiki/Speed_Race" title="Speed Race">Speed Race</a></i> (1974), <i><a href="/wiki/Western_Gun" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Gun">Western Gun</a></i> (1975), <i><a href="/wiki/Space_Invaders" title="Space Invaders">Space Invaders</a></i> (1978), <i><a href="/wiki/Bubble_Bobble" title="Bubble Bobble">Bubble Bobble</a></i> (1986), and <i><a href="/wiki/Arkanoid" title="Arkanoid">Arkanoid</a></i> (1986). Alongside <a href="/wiki/Capcom" title="Capcom">Capcom</a>, <a href="/wiki/Konami" title="Konami">Konami</a>, <a href="/wiki/Namco" title="Namco">Namco</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sega" title="Sega">Sega</a>, it is one of the most prominent video game companies from Japan and the first that exported its games into other countries.<sup id="cite_ref-Ultimate_History_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ultimate_History-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several of its games have since been recognized as important and revolutionary for the industry – <i>Space Invaders</i> in particular was a major contributor to the growth of video games in the late 1970s, and the aliens featured in the games are seen as iconic <a href="/wiki/Emblems" class="mw-redirect" title="Emblems">emblems</a> within the <a href="/wiki/Video_game_industry" title="Video game industry">video game industry</a>. </p><p>The company maintains a chain of arcade centers, known as "Taito Game Stations", across Japan, alongside being a manufacturer of toys, plush dolls and UFO-catcher prizes. </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=Taito&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1944, a <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Ukraine" title="History of the Jews in Ukraine">Jewish-Ukrainian</a> businessman named <a href="/wiki/Michael_Kogan" title="Michael Kogan">Michael Kogan</a> founded Taitung in <a href="/wiki/Shanghai" title="Shanghai">Shanghai</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Smith_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Smith-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A refugee of the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>, Kogan previously worked in a factory in Japan during the country's involvement in <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, before moving to Shanghai to join his father.<sup id="cite_ref-Smith_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Smith-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Akagi_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Akagi-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Taitung, which translated to "Taito" in Japanese, dealt in floor coverings, natural hair wigs, and hog bristles.<sup id="cite_ref-Smith_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Smith-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1950s–1960s"><span id="1950s.E2.80.931960s"></span>1950s–1960s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taito&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 1950s–1960s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Civil_War" title="Chinese Civil War">Communist takeover of China</a> prompted Kogan to liquidate the business in 1950 and move operations to Japan, which after the war was suffering a significant economic decline.<sup id="cite_ref-Smith_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Smith-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The second business, a clothing distributor named Taito Yoko, struggled financially as a result of employee carelessness and constant loss of products.<sup id="cite_ref-Akagi_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Akagi-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On August 24, 1953, Taito Yoko was abolished and replaced with the Taito Trading Company, where Kogan was joined by lawyer and retired newspaperman Akio Nakatani.<sup id="cite_ref-Smith_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Smith-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Taito Trading Company began as a vodka distillery—the first company to produce vodka in Japan—and an importer of peanut vending machines and perfume machines.<sup id="cite_ref-History_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-History-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ashcraft_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ashcraft-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Increasing competition led to Taito abandoning the vodka business in 1955 and focusing on its successful vending machines, in addition to importing jukeboxes.<sup id="cite_ref-Smith_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Smith-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Akagi_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Akagi-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ashcraft_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ashcraft-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As Taito lacked a proper license to import jukeboxes into Japan, it purchased broken-down machines from United States military bases and refurbished them with working parts from defective units.<sup id="cite_ref-Smith_6-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Smith-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The recovering Japanese economy allowed Taito to become the official distributor of AMI jukeboxes in the country. Though the deal had little impact at first, over 1,500 machines were sold by 1960 when the company began mixing Japanese records with American folk songs.<sup id="cite_ref-Smith_6-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Smith-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A partnership with the <a href="/wiki/Seeburg_Corporation" title="Seeburg Corporation">Seeburg Corporation</a> made Taito its exclusive agent in Japan and one of the nation's leading jukebox companies.<sup id="cite_ref-Smith_6-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Smith-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Taito began manufacturing <a href="/wiki/Electro-mechanical_games" class="mw-redirect" title="Electro-mechanical games">electro-mechanical games</a> (EM games) in the 1960s. In 1967, they released <i>Crown Soccer Special</i> (1967), a two-player sports game that simulated <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">association football</a> using electronic components such as pinball flippers.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1968, <i>Crown Basketball</i> debuted in the US as the highest-earning arcade game at the 1968 Tampa Fair.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1970s–1980s"><span id="1970s.E2.80.931980s"></span>1970s–1980s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taito&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1970s–1980s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Taito changed its name from Taito Trading Company to Taito Corporation in August 1972. It established its American subsidiary in 1973 in downtown Chicago, Taito America.<sup id="cite_ref-Smith_6-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Smith-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="First_video_game">First video game</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taito&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: First video game"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Taito's first video game was called <i>Elepong</i>. It is a ping-pong arcade cabinet released in 1973 in Japan. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tomohiro-nishikado.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Tomohiro-nishikado.jpg/220px-Tomohiro-nishikado.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Tomohiro-nishikado.jpg/330px-Tomohiro-nishikado.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Tomohiro-nishikado.jpg/440px-Tomohiro-nishikado.jpg 2x" data-file-width="630" data-file-height="473" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Tomohiro_Nishikado" title="Tomohiro Nishikado">Tomohiro Nishikado</a> in 2011</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Tomohiro_Nishikado" title="Tomohiro Nishikado">Tomohiro Nishikado</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Denki_University" title="Tokyo Denki University">Tokyo Denki University</a> engineering graduate who joined the company in 1968, was instrumental in the company's transition to video games. After developing the hit electro-mechanical target shooting games <i>Sky Fighter</i> (1971) and <i>Sky Fighter II</i>, his bosses at Taito believed <a href="/wiki/Transistor-transistor_logic" class="mw-redirect" title="Transistor-transistor logic">transistor-transistor logic</a> (TTL) technology would play a significant role in the arcade industry, so they tasked Nishikado with investigating TTL technology as he was the company's only employee who knew how to work with <a href="/wiki/Integrated_circuit" title="Integrated circuit">integrated circuit</a> (IC) technology, and one of the few engineers at any Japanese coin-op company with significant expertise in <a href="/wiki/Solid-state_electronics" title="Solid-state electronics">solid-state electronics</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Smith192_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Smith192-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nishikado spent six months dissecting <a href="/wiki/Atari,_Inc." title="Atari, Inc.">Atari</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Pong" title="Pong">Pong</a></i> arcade unit and learning how the game's IC chips worked, and began modifying the game.<sup id="cite_ref-Smith192_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Smith192-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This led to his development of the <i>Pong</i>-style <a href="/wiki/Sports_video_games" class="mw-redirect" title="Sports video games">sports video games</a> <i>Soccer</i> and <i>Davis Cup</i> for Taito,<sup id="cite_ref-Kohler_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kohler-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with <i>Soccer</i> developed first<sup id="cite_ref-Smith192_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Smith192-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but both released in November 1973.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He then developed several original arcade video game hits for Taito, notably the sports game <i><a href="/wiki/TV_Basketball" class="mw-redirect" title="TV Basketball">TV Basketball</a></i> (1974), the <a href="/wiki/Racing_game" title="Racing game">racing game</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Speed_Race" title="Speed Race">Speed Race</a></i> (1974), and the <a href="/wiki/Shooter_game" title="Shooter game">shooter game</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Western_Gun" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Gun">Western Gun</a></i> (1975); these three titles were localized by <a href="/wiki/Midway_Manufacturing" class="mw-redirect" title="Midway Manufacturing">Midway Manufacturing</a> in North America as <i>TV Basketball</i>, <i>Wheels</i>, and <i>Gun Fight</i>, respectively. </p><p>In 1978, Nishikado created <i><a href="/wiki/Space_Invaders" title="Space Invaders">Space Invaders</a></i>, which became the company's most popular title and one of the most popular games in <a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_arcade_video_game_history" title="Timeline of arcade video game history">arcade history</a>, partially responsible for beginning the <a href="/wiki/Golden_age_of_arcade_video_games" title="Golden age of arcade video games">golden age of arcade video games</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After Michael Kogan died in February 1984, his son, Abraham "Abba" Kogan, became Taito's chairman and Akio Nakanishi became its president.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Taito_logo_(old).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Taito_logo_%28old%29.svg/220px-Taito_logo_%28old%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Taito_logo_%28old%29.svg/330px-Taito_logo_%28old%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Taito_logo_%28old%29.svg/440px-Taito_logo_%28old%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="320" data-file-height="125" /></a><figcaption>Taito's former logo</figcaption></figure> <p>In April 1986 and barely a month after becoming part of the <a href="/wiki/Kyocera" title="Kyocera">Kyocera</a> group, Taito merged with two of its subsidiaries, Pacific Industrial Co., Ltd. and the Japan Vending Machine Co., Ltd, and absorbed them both. Japan Vending Machine was once an independent company but was purchased by Taito in July 1971 to strengthen its presence in the operation of amusement facilities.<sup id="cite_ref-history_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pacific Industrial was created by Taito itself in 1963 to develop products for the company.<sup id="cite_ref-history_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1990s–2000s"><span id="1990s.E2.80.932000s"></span>1990s–2000s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taito&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1990s–2000s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1992, Taito announced a <a href="/wiki/CD-ROM" title="CD-ROM">CD-ROM</a>-based <a href="/wiki/Video_game_console" title="Video game console">video game console</a> named WOWOW, that would have allowed people to play near-exact ports of Taito's arcades (similar to the <a href="/wiki/Neo_Geo_(console)" class="mw-redirect" title="Neo Geo (console)">Neo Geo</a>), as well as download games from a satellite transmission (as the <a href="/wiki/Satellaview" title="Satellaview">Satellaview</a> would do later). It was named after the Japanese television station <a href="/wiki/Wowow" title="Wowow">WOWOW</a> and would have utilized its stations to download games. The WOWOW was never released.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Taito America ceased operations in July 1996 after more than 20 years of existence. Taito had already sold exclusive rights for publishing its games in America to <a href="/wiki/Acclaim_Entertainment" title="Acclaim Entertainment">Acclaim Entertainment</a> the previous year.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Similarly, a division existed in <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> to distribute Taito games in Europe. <b>Taito (Europe) Corporation Limited</b> was created in 1988 and liquidated in February 1998. </p><p>When Taito was owned by <a href="/wiki/Kyocera" title="Kyocera">Kyocera</a>, its headquarters were in <a href="/wiki/Hirakawach%C5%8D" title="Hirakawachō">Hirakawachō</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chiyoda,_Tokyo" title="Chiyoda, Tokyo">Chiyoda</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October 2000, Taito merged with Kyocera Multimedia Corporation to enter the market of mobile phones for the first time.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:TAITO_Ebina_Development_Center.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/TAITO_Ebina_Development_Center.jpg/220px-TAITO_Ebina_Development_Center.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/TAITO_Ebina_Development_Center.jpg/330px-TAITO_Ebina_Development_Center.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/TAITO_Ebina_Development_Center.jpg/440px-TAITO_Ebina_Development_Center.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2347" data-file-height="1762" /></a><figcaption>Taito Ebina Development Center in <a href="/wiki/Ebina,_Kanagawa" title="Ebina, Kanagawa">Ebina</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kanagawa_Prefecture" title="Kanagawa Prefecture">Kanagawa Prefecture</a>. Opened in 1979, it closed in 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>In August 2005, it was announced that the gaming conglomerate <a href="/wiki/Square_Enix" title="Square Enix">Square Enix</a> would purchase 247,900 Taito shares worth ¥45.16 billion (<a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">US$</a>409.1 million), to make Taito Corporation a subsidiary of Square Enix.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The purpose of the takeover by Square Enix was to both increase Taito's profit margin exponentially as well as begin its company's expansion into new forms of gaming, most notably, the arcade scene, and various other entertainment venues. The takeover bid from Square Enix was accepted by previous stockholder Kyocera, making Taito a Square Enix subsidiary.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On September 22, 2005, Square Enix announced successfully acquiring 93.7% of all shares of Taito, effectively owning the company by September 28, 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In March 2006, Square Enix wanted to make Taito a wholly owned subsidiary.<sup id="cite_ref-Taito-SQEX_merger_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Taito-SQEX_merger-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-second_company_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-second_company-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To accomplish this goal, Square Enix merged Taito into SQEX Corporation.<sup id="cite_ref-Taito-SQEX_merger_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Taito-SQEX_merger-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-second_company_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-second_company-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although the combined company took on the name "Taito Corporation", it was actually Taito that was dissolved and SQEX that was the surviving entity.<sup id="cite_ref-second_company_31-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-second_company-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Taito became a subsidiary wholly owned by Square Enix and was delisted from the First Section of the <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Stock_Exchange" title="Tokyo Stock Exchange">Tokyo Stock Exchange</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-second_company_31-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-second_company-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2008, <a href="/wiki/Square_Enix" title="Square Enix">Square Enix</a> announced that it would liquidate two subsidiaries of Taito, Taito Art Corporation (an insurance and travel agent subsidiary) and Taito Tech Co., Ltd. (an amusement and maintenance subsidiary) on the grounds that both had fulfilled their business purpose. The process ended in October 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010s–present"><span id="2010s.E2.80.93present"></span>2010s–present</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taito&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2010s–present"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In February 2010, Taito's unit for home video games split into a separate company called Taito Soft Corporation (not to be confused with Taito Software, the North American division of the late 1980s).<sup id="cite_ref-second_company_31-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-second_company-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On March 11, 2010, Taito Soft was folded into Square Enix.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All of Taito's franchises for video game consoles in Japan are since published by Square Enix. </p><p>Square Enix Holdings wanted all of its arcade operations to be regrouped into one subsidiary. The third and present Taito Corporation came to being on February 1, 2010, by merging the second company (formerly SQEX/Game Designers Studio) with ES1 Corporation.<sup id="cite_ref-third_company_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-third_company-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In an "absorption-type company split" move, the second company was split and renamed Taito Soft Corporation, while ES1 Corporation became the third Taito Corporation.<sup id="cite_ref-third_company_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-third_company-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During its merger with the second company to become itself the new Taito Corporation, ES1 inherited all of Taito's arcade and mobile businesses, and nearly the totality of its employees.<sup id="cite_ref-third_company_34-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-third_company-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the other hand, Taito Soft Corporation (formerly SQEX) was left with 10 employees to concentrate exclusively on the development and publishing of video games for home consoles.<sup id="cite_ref-third_company_34-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-third_company-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Taito Soft Corporation was eventually merged into Square Enix in March 2010 and dissolved. ES1 Corporation was established on June 1, 2009, as an operator of arcade facilities.<sup id="cite_ref-third_company_34-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-third_company-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> ES1 Corporation was owned by the <a href="/wiki/Shell_corporation" title="Shell corporation">shell company</a> SPC1, itself a wholly owned subsidiary of Square Enix Holdings.<sup id="cite_ref-third_company_34-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-third_company-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> SCP1 dissolved when ES1 became Taito Corporation in February 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-third_company_34-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-third_company-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As such, the current Taito Corporation is technically the company formerly called ES1 Corporation.<sup id="cite_ref-third_company_34-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-third_company-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On November 30, 2016, Taito announced that it will distribute <i>Space Invaders</i> and <i>Arkanoid</i> for <a href="/wiki/Facebook" title="Facebook">Facebook</a> with Instant Games on <a href="/wiki/Facebook_Messenger" class="mw-redirect" title="Facebook Messenger">Facebook Messenger</a> and Facebook News Feed.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On July 3, 2018, Taito announced in Famitsu that it will return to the software publishing business for the <a href="/wiki/Eighth_generation_of_video_game_consoles" title="Eighth generation of video game consoles">eighth generation of video game consoles</a>. The intention to return to the home console market came about because the company decided that it would be necessary to release Taito's intellectual properties on current platforms in order to increase profit. The company has various properties planned in its software pipeline, from re-releases to new titles for various platforms; however, Taito highlighted that the console software market is a challenging business for the company. Taito intends to develop original games for consoles in the future.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <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=Taito&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1266661725">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output 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class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Current company established in June 2009.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Japanese_language" title="Japanese language">Japanese</a>: <span lang="ja">株式会社タイトー</span>, <a href="/wiki/Hepburn_romanization" title="Hepburn romanization">Hepburn</a>: <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Kabushiki gaisha Taitō</i></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Japanese_language" title="Japanese language">Japanese</a>: <span lang="ja">太東貿易株式会社</span>, <a href="/wiki/Hepburn_romanization" title="Hepburn romanization">Hepburn</a>: <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Taitō Bōeki Kabushiki gaisha</i></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <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=Taito&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gamasutra.com/business/revitalizing-the-legacy-an-interview-with-taito-s-keiji-fujita">"Revitalizing The Legacy: An Interview With Taito's Keiji Fujita"</a>. <i>Gamasutra</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Gamasutra&rft.atitle=Revitalizing+The+Legacy%3A+An+Interview+With+Taito%27s+Keiji+Fujita&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gamasutra.com%2Fbusiness%2Frevitalizing-the-legacy-an-interview-with-taito-s-keiji-fujita&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATaito" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Ultimate_History-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Ultimate_History_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKent2002" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Steven_L._Kent" title="Steven L. Kent">Kent, Steven L.</a> (2002). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=PTrcTeAqeaEC"><i>The Ultimate History of Video Games: The Story Behind the Craze that Touched our Lives and Changed the World</i></a>. New York: Random House International. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7615-3643-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7615-3643-7"><bdi>978-0-7615-3643-7</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/59416169">59416169</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160624183529/https://books.google.com/books?id=PTrcTeAqeaEC&printsec=frontcover">Archived</a> from the original on June 24, 2016.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Ultimate+History+of+Video+Games%3A+The+Story+Behind+the+Craze+that+Touched+our+Lives+and+Changed+the+World&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Random+House+International&rft.date=2002&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F59416169&rft.isbn=978-0-7615-3643-7&rft.aulast=Kent&rft.aufirst=Steven+L.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DPTrcTeAqeaEC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATaito" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Smith-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Smith_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Smith_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Smith_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Smith_6-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Smith_6-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Smith_6-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Smith_6-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Smith_6-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Smith_6-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Smith_6-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSmith2019" class="citation book cs1">Smith, Alexander (November 19, 2019). <i>They Create Worlds</i>. CRC Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780429752612" title="Special:BookSources/9780429752612"><bdi>9780429752612</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=They+Create+Worlds&rft.pub=CRC+Press&rft.date=2019-11-19&rft.isbn=9780429752612&rft.aulast=Smith&rft.aufirst=Alexander&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATaito" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Akagi-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Akagi_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Akagi_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Akagi_7-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAkagi2005" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Akagi, Masumi (September 21, 2005). <i>それは「ポン」から始まった-アーケードTVゲームの成り立ち</i> [<i>It Started From Pong</i>] (in Japanese). Amusement News Agency. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-4990251208" title="Special:BookSources/978-4990251208"><bdi>978-4990251208</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=%E3%81%9D%E3%82%8C%E3%81%AF%E3%80%8C%E3%83%9D%E3%83%B3%E3%80%8D%E3%81%8B%E3%82%89%E5%A7%8B%E3%81%BE%E3%81%A3%E3%81%9F-%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B1%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89TV%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%81%AE%E6%88%90%E3%82%8A%E7%AB%8B%E3%81%A1&rft.pub=Amusement+News+Agency&rft.date=2005-09-21&rft.isbn=978-4990251208&rft.aulast=Akagi&rft.aufirst=Masumi&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATaito" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200515031003/https://www.taito.co.jp/Content/Media/pdf/taito_corp2019.pdf">"Taito Corporation Company Profile 2019"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> (in Japanese). Taito. 2019. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.taito.co.jp/Content/media/pdf/taito_corp2019.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on May 15, 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">May 27,</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Taito+Corporation+Company+Profile+2019&rft.pub=Taito&rft.date=2019&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.taito.co.jp%2FContent%2Fmedia%2Fpdf%2Ftaito_corp2019.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATaito" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-History-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-History_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200507144431/https://www.taito.co.jp/corporate/about/history">"History"</a> (in Japanese). Taito. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.taito.co.jp/corporate/about/history">the original</a> on May 7, 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 4,</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=History&rft.pub=Taito&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.taito.co.jp%2Fcorporate%2Fabout%2Fhistory&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATaito" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Ashcraft-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Ashcraft_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ashcraft_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAshcraft2018" class="citation web cs1">Ashcraft, Brian (May 2, 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200808183910/https://kotaku.com/before-space-invaders-taito-made-vodka-1825707817">"Before Space Invaders, Taito Made Vodka"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Kotaku" title="Kotaku">Kotaku</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/G/O_Media" title="G/O Media">G/O Media</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://kotaku.com/before-space-invaders-taito-made-vodka-1825707817">the original</a> on August 8, 2020.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Kotaku&rft.atitle=Before+Space+Invaders%2C+Taito+Made+Vodka&rft.date=2018-05-02&rft.aulast=Ashcraft&rft.aufirst=Brian&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fkotaku.com%2Fbefore-space-invaders-taito-made-vodka-1825707817&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATaito" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=16047"><i>Crown Soccer Special</i></a> at the <a href="/wiki/Killer_List_of_Videogames" class="mw-redirect" title="Killer List of Videogames">Killer List of Videogames</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/cashbox29unse_31/page/61">"Munves' Southern Tour Reveals High Earnings For Several Games At Tampa Fair"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Cash_Box" class="mw-redirect" title="Cash Box">Cash Box</a></i>. 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title="Square Enix Image Studio Division">Image Studio Division</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lists of video games</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Square_Enix_video_game_franchises" title="List of Square Enix video game franchises">List of franchises</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Square_Enix_video_games" title="List of Square Enix video games">Square Enix</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Square_Enix_mobile_games" title="List of Square Enix mobile games">mobile</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Enix_games" title="List of Enix games">Enix</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Enix_home_computer_games" title="List of Enix home computer games">home computer</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Square_video_games" title="List of Square video games">Square</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Naoki_Hamaguchi" title="Naoki Hamaguchi">Naoki Hamaguchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiroyuki_Ito" title="Hiroyuki Ito">Hiroyuki Ito</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akitoshi_Kawazu" title="Akitoshi Kawazu">Akitoshi Kawazu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoshinori_Kitase" title="Yoshinori Kitase">Yoshinori Kitase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiroshi_Minagawa" title="Hiroshi Minagawa">Hiroshi Minagawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naoshi_Mizuta" title="Naoshi Mizuta">Naoshi Mizuta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tetsuya_Nomura" title="Tetsuya Nomura">Tetsuya Nomura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazuko_Shibuya" title="Kazuko Shibuya">Kazuko Shibuya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masayoshi_Soken" title="Masayoshi Soken">Masayoshi Soken</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takashi_Tokita" title="Takashi Tokita">Takashi Tokita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motomu_Toriyama" title="Motomu Toriyama">Motomu Toriyama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daisuke_Watanabe" title="Daisuke Watanabe">Daisuke Watanabe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naoki_Yoshida" title="Naoki Yoshida">Naoki Yoshida</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Takahito_Eguchi" title="Takahito Eguchi">Takahito Eguchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenichiro_Fukui" title="Kenichiro Fukui">Kenichiro Fukui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nasir_Gebelli" title="Nasir Gebelli">Nasir Gebelli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masashi_Hamauzu" title="Masashi Hamauzu">Masashi Hamauzu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shinji_Hashimoto" title="Shinji Hashimoto">Shinji Hashimoto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yasuyuki_Honne" title="Yasuyuki Honne">Yasuyuki Honne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nobuyuki_Inoue" title="Nobuyuki Inoue">Nobuyuki Inoue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koichi_Ishii" title="Koichi Ishii">Koichi Ishii</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takeharu_Ishimoto" title="Takeharu Ishimoto">Takeharu Ishimoto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenji_Ito" title="Kenji Ito">Kenji Ito</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masato_Kato" title="Masato Kato">Masato Kato</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiroki_Kikuta" title="Hiroki Kikuta">Hiroki Kikuta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noriko_Matsueda" title="Noriko Matsueda">Noriko Matsueda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yasumi_Matsuno" title="Yasumi Matsuno">Yasumi Matsuno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yasunori_Mitsuda" title="Yasunori Mitsuda">Yasunori Mitsuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yuji_Naka" title="Yuji Naka">Yuji Naka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Junya_Nakano" title="Junya Nakano">Junya Nakano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazushige_Nojima" title="Kazushige Nojima">Kazushige Nojima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soraya_Saga" title="Soraya Saga">Soraya Saga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hironobu_Sakaguchi" title="Hironobu Sakaguchi">Hironobu Sakaguchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hitoshi_Sakimoto" title="Hitoshi Sakimoto">Hitoshi Sakimoto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryuji_Sasai" title="Ryuji Sasai">Ryuji Sasai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsuyoshi_Sekito" title="Tsuyoshi Sekito">Tsuyoshi Sekito</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoko_Shimomura" title="Yoko Shimomura">Yoko Shimomura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hajime_Tabata" title="Hajime Tabata">Hajime Tabata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tetsuya_Takahashi" title="Tetsuya Takahashi">Tetsuya Takahashi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiromichi_Tanaka" title="Hiromichi Tanaka">Hiromichi Tanaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumi_Tanioka" title="Kumi Tanioka">Kumi Tanioka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toshiro_Tsuchida" title="Toshiro Tsuchida">Toshiro Tsuchida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nobuo_Uematsu" title="Nobuo Uematsu">Nobuo Uematsu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoichi_Wada" title="Yoichi Wada">Yoichi Wada</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Frequent contractors</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yoshitaka_Amano" title="Yoshitaka Amano">Yoshitaka Amano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yuji_Horii" title="Yuji Horii">Yuji Horii</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koichi_Nakamura" title="Koichi Nakamura">Koichi Nakamura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keiichi_Okabe" title="Keiichi Okabe">Keiichi Okabe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koichi_Sugiyama" title="Koichi Sugiyama">Koichi Sugiyama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoko_Taro" title="Yoko Taro">Yoko Taro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akira_Toriyama" title="Akira Toriyama">Akira Toriyama</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former assets</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beautiful_Game_Studios" class="mw-redirect" title="Beautiful Game Studios">Beautiful Game Studios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DigiCube" title="DigiCube">DigiCube</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eidos_Hungary" title="Eidos Hungary">Eidos Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enix" title="Enix">Enix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Game_Designers_Studio" class="mw-redirect" title="The Game Designers Studio">The Game Designers Studio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ion_Storm" title="Ion Storm">Ion Storm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luminous_Productions" title="Luminous Productions">Luminous Productions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quest_Corporation" title="Quest Corporation">Quest Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tokyo_RPG_Factory" title="Tokyo RPG Factory">Tokyo RPG Factory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Square_(video_game_company)" title="Square (video game company)">Square</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sold</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Crystal_Dynamics" title="Crystal Dynamics">Crystal Dynamics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eidos-Montr%C3%A9al" title="Eidos-Montréal">Eidos-Montréal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IO_Interactive" title="IO Interactive">IO Interactive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Square_Enix_Montreal" title="Square Enix Montreal">Square Enix Montreal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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Coaster</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gunslinger_Stratos" title="Gunslinger Stratos">Gunslinger Stratos</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Densha_de_Go!" title="Densha de Go!">Let's Go By Train</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lufia" title="Lufia">Lufia</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sonic_Blast_Man" title="Sonic Blast Man">Sonic Blast Man</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/List_of_Space_Invaders_video_games" title="List of Space Invaders video games">Space Invaders</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Space_Invaders_series89" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Space_Invaders" title="Template:Space Invaders"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Space_Invaders" title="Template talk:Space Invaders"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Space_Invaders" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Space Invaders"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Space_Invaders_series89" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><i>Space Invaders</i> series</div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><a href="/wiki/List_of_Space_Invaders_video_games" title="List of Space Invaders video games">List of games</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Games</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Main entries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Space_Invaders" title="Space Invaders">Space Invaders</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Space_Invaders_(Atari_2600_video_game)" title="Space Invaders (Atari 2600 video game)">Atari 2600 version</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Space_Invaders_Part_II" title="Space Invaders Part II">Part II</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Space_Invaders_DX" title="Space Invaders DX">DX</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Space_Invaders_%2795" title="Space Invaders '95">'95</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Space_Invaders_Extreme" title="Space Invaders Extreme">Extreme</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Space_Invaders_Extreme_2" title="Space Invaders Extreme 2">Extreme 2</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Space_Invaders_Infinity_Gene" title="Space Invaders Infinity Gene">Infinity Gene</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Spin-offs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Space_Raiders_(video_game)" title="Space Raiders (video game)">Space Raiders</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Space_Invaders_Get_Even" title="Space Invaders Get Even">Get Even</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Arkanoid_vs._Space_Invaders" title="Arkanoid vs. Space Invaders">Arkanoid vs. Space Invaders</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Compilations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Companies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aiwa" title="Aiwa">Aiwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alaxala_Networks" title="Alaxala Networks">Alaxala Networks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alinco" title="Alinco">Alinco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alps_Electric" title="Alps Electric">Alps</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alpine_Electronics" title="Alpine Electronics">Alpine</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anritsu" title="Anritsu">Anritsu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AOR_(company)" title="AOR (company)">AOR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Audio-Technica" title="Audio-Technica">Audio-Technica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bandai_Namco_Holdings" title="Bandai Namco Holdings">Bandai Namco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brother_Industries" title="Brother Industries">Brother</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canon_Inc." title="Canon Inc.">Canon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Casio" title="Casio">Casio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CatEye" title="CatEye">CatEye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Citizen_Watch" title="Citizen Watch">Citizen Watch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cosina" title="Cosina">Cosina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%2BM_Group" title="D+M Group">D+M Group</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Denon" title="Denon">Denon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marantz" title="Marantz">Marantz</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daikin" title="Daikin">Daikin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denso" title="Denso">Denso</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Denso_Ten" title="Denso Ten">Denso Ten</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dai_Nippon_Printing" title="Dai Nippon Printing">DNP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eiki" title="Eiki">Eiki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eizo" title="Eizo">Eizo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elecom" title="Elecom">Elecom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ESP_Guitars" title="ESP Guitars">ESP Guitars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FANUC" title="FANUC">FANUC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fostex" title="Fostex">Fostex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fuji_Electric" title="Fuji Electric">Fuji Electric</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fujifilm" title="Fujifilm">Fujifilm</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fujifilm_Business_Innovation" title="Fujifilm Business Innovation">Business Innovation</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fujitsu" title="Fujitsu">Fujitsu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Funai" title="Funai">Funai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Furuno" title="Furuno">Furuno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Futaba_Corporation" title="Futaba Corporation">Futaba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamamatsu_Photonics" title="Hamamatsu Photonics">Hamamatsu Photonics</a></li> <li><a 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title="Japan Remote Control">JR Propo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/JVCKenwood" title="JVCKenwood">JVCKenwood</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/JVC" title="JVC">JVC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenwood_Corporation" title="Kenwood Corporation">Kenwood</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kawai_Musical_Instruments" title="Kawai Musical Instruments">Kawai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keyence" title="Keyence">Keyence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kioxia" title="Kioxia">Kioxia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiramek" title="Kiramek">Kiramek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Konami" title="Konami">Konami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Konica_Minolta" title="Konica Minolta">Konica Minolta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KO_PROPO" title="KO PROPO">KO PROPO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korg" title="Korg">Korg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyocera" title="Kyocera">Kyocera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luxman" title="Luxman">Luxman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mabuchi_Motor" title="Mabuchi Motor">Mabuchi Motor</a></li> <li><a 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