Kadokawa Group Holdings
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is a Japanese holding company
of the Kadokawa Group under Kadokawa Shoten
. The company was founded on April 2, 1954 and is located in Chiyoda, Tokyo
, Japan
. The company brings together 43 affiliated companies related to Kadokawa Shoten.
, bunkobon
paperbacks, manga
, and visual media magazines; the film and visual companies deal with Japanese feature films and DVD sales of international films and anime
; the cross media companies deal with digital content, urban information and television program information magazines, along with information transmission combining paper media, the Internet
, and mobile phone
s. Other aspects of the group are handled by the other business segment which primarily takes care of video games, real estate
leasing, and comprises an advertising agency
. While there are a large number of companies in the group, the majority of them are subsidiaries
of larger companies, leaving only twelve main companies.
Holding company
A holding company is a company or firm that owns other companies' outstanding stock. It usually refers to a company which does not produce goods or services itself; rather, its purpose is to own shares of other companies. Holding companies allow the reduction of risk for the owners and can allow...
of the Kadokawa Group under Kadokawa Shoten
Kadokawa Shoten
is a well-known Japanese publishing company based in Tokyo, Japan. Kadokawa has published both manga novels and magazines, such as Newtype magazine...
. The company was founded on April 2, 1954 and is located in Chiyoda, Tokyo
Chiyoda, Tokyo
is one of the 23 special wards in central Tokyo, Japan. In English, it is called Chiyoda ward. As of October 2007, the ward has an estimated population of 45,543 and a population density of 3,912 people per km², making it by far the least populated of the special wards...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. The company brings together 43 affiliated companies related to Kadokawa Shoten.
Kadokawa Group
Kadokawa Group Holdings serves to bring together 43 affiliated Japanese companies related to Kadokawa Shoten under what is known as the Kadokawa Group. These companies are of three types: publishing, film and visuals, and cross media. The publishers primarily deal with booksJapanese books
The book in Japan has had a long history, beginning in the late eighth century AD. The majority of books were hand-copied until the Edo period , when woodblock printing became comparatively affordable and widespread...
, bunkobon
Bunkobon
In Japan, bunkobon are small-format paperback books, designed to be affordable and portable.The great majority of bunkobon are A6 in size...
paperbacks, manga
Manga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
, and visual media magazines; the film and visual companies deal with Japanese feature films and DVD sales of international films and anime
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
; the cross media companies deal with digital content, urban information and television program information magazines, along with information transmission combining paper media, the Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
, and mobile phone
Mobile phone
A mobile phone is a device which can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link whilst moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile network operator...
s. Other aspects of the group are handled by the other business segment which primarily takes care of video games, real estate
Real estate
In general use, esp. North American, 'real estate' is taken to mean "Property consisting of land and the buildings on it, along with its natural resources such as crops, minerals, or water; immovable property of this nature; an interest vested in this; an item of real property; buildings or...
leasing, and comprises an advertising agency
Advertising agency
An advertising agency or ad agency is a service business dedicated to creating, planning and handling advertising for its clients. An ad agency is independent from the client and provides an outside point of view to the effort of selling the client's products or services...
. While there are a large number of companies in the group, the majority of them are subsidiaries
Subsidiary
A subsidiary company, subsidiary, or daughter company is a company that is completely or partly owned and wholly controlled by another company that owns more than half of the subsidiary's stock. The subsidiary can be a company, corporation, or limited liability company. In some cases it is a...
of larger companies, leaving only twelve main companies.
Member companies
- ASCII Media WorksASCII Media Worksis a Japanese publishing company in the Kadokawa Group which formed on April 1, 2008 as a result of a merger between ASCII and MediaWorks where MediaWorks legally absorbed ASCII. Despite this, the former president of ASCII, Kiyoshi Takano, became the president of ASCII Media Works. The company...
- Building Book Center
- Chukei Publishing
- Shin-Jinbutsuoraisha
- Fujimi ShoboFujimi Shobois a Japanese publishing company that specializes in the publication of light novels, manga, role-playing games and collectible card games. The company started in 1991 as a subsidiary of Kadokawa Shoten.-Magazines published:Light novel magazines...
- Kadokawa Contents Gate
- Wordsgear
- Kadokawa Games
- Kadokawa Group Publishing
- Kadokawa Holdings US
- Kadokawa Shuppan Hanbai
- Kadokawa Media Management
- Kadokawa Digix
- Kadokawa Magazines
- Kadokawa Marketing
- Movietime
- Kadokawa Media House
- Kadokawa SS Communications
- Kadokawa PicturesKadokawa Picturesis a Japanese movie studio.-History:One of the most famous studios in Japan and founded in 1942 as , it is best known for having produced the giant monster Gamera film series and the Daimajin Trilogy. It also produced the Zatoichi and Nemuri Kyoshiro film series and the television series Shōnen Jet...
- Glovision
- Japan Film Fund
- Kadokawa Cineplex
- Kadokawa Entertainment
- Kadokawa Production
- Kadokawa Shoten PublishingKadokawa Shotenis a well-known Japanese publishing company based in Tokyo, Japan. Kadokawa has published both manga novels and magazines, such as Newtype magazine...
- Chara-Ani
- Kadokawa Gakugei Shuppan
- Kadokawa Holdings China
- Kadokawa Holdings US in Hong Kong
- Kadokawa Intercontinental Group
- Kadokawa Intercontinental Publishing Asia
- Kadokawa Media (Taiwan)
- Media FactoryMedia Factoryis a Japanese publisher. It was founded on December 1, 1986, and its headquarters are situated in Shibuya, Tokyo. It is a subsidiary of Recruit Co., Ltd...
- MediaLeaves
- EnterbrainEnterbrainis a Japanese magazine publisher established on April 1, 2000. Enterbrain magazines are generally focused on video games and computer entertainment as well as video game and strategy guides. In addition, the company publishes a small selection of anime artbooks. Enterbrain is based in Tokyo, Japan...
- Sarugakucho
- Enterbrain
Affiliates
- Asmic Ace Entertainment
- Kadokawa J:com Media
- Kids Net
- Nihon Eiga Satellite Broadcasting
- So-net Kadokawa Link
- T-Gate
- Taiwan Animate