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Kadokawa Key-Process

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{{Short description|Publishing arm of Kadokawa Corporation}}
{{Infobox company
|name = Kadokawa Future Publishing
|logo = [[File:Kadokawa Group Holdings.svg|100px]] [[File:Kadokawa logo.svg|200px]]
|logo_caption =
|type = [[Kabushiki gaisha]] [[Subsidiary]]
|traded_as = {{tyo|9477}} (until September 26, 2014)
| native_name = 株式会社KADOKAWA {{ruby-ja|Future|フューチャー}} {{ruby-ja|Publishing|パブリッシング}}
| romanized_name = ''Kabushiki-gaisha KADOKAWA Fyūchā Paburisshingu''
|former_name = {{plainlist|
* [[Kadokawa Shoten|Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co., Ltd.]]
* Kadokawa Holdings, Inc.
* Kadokawa Group Holdings, Inc.
* First incarnation of [[Kadokawa Corporation]]}}
|foundation = {{start date and age|1954|4|2}}
|founder = Genyoshi Kadokawa
|fate =
|defunct =
|successor = [[Kadokawa Corporation|Second iteration of Kadokawa Corporation]]
|key_people = Tsuguhiko Kadokawa {{small|(Chairman)}} Masaki Matsubara {{small|(President and [[Chief Executive Officer|CEO]])}} Shinichiro Inoue {{small|(Senior Vice-President)}}
|location_city = [[Chiyoda, Tokyo]]
|location_country = [[Japan]]
|revenue =
|industry = [[Publishing]]
|area_served = Japan
|num_employees =
|parent = [[Kadokawa Dwango|Kadokawa Corporation]]
|divisions = [[ASCII Media Works]] Chukei Publishing [[Enterbrain]] [[Fujimi Shobo]] Kadokawa Gakugei Publishing Kadokawa Magazines [[Kadokawa Shoten]] [[Media Factory]]
|subsid = Building Book Center Kadokawa Key-Process
|homepage = {{URL|https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/}}
}}
{{nihongo|'''Kadokawa Future Publishing'''|株式会社KADOKAWAフューチャーパブリッシング|Kabushiki kaisha Kadokawa Fyūchā Paburishingu}} is the publishing arm of [[Kadokawa Corporation]], publishing [[manga]], [[novel]]s, [[light novel]]s, [[magazine]]s, [[tabletop role-playing game]]s and other type of content with eight different publishing brand companies that previously merged with it.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ir.kadokawa.co.jp/global/bc.php|title=Brand Companies|publisher=[[Kadokawa Corporation]]|access-date=August 13, 2019}}</ref> The company used to be the first iteration of {{Nihongo foot|Kadokawa Corporation|株式会社KADOKAWA|Kabushiki-gaisha Kadokawa}} and was the parent company of the Kadokawa Group companies, which brought together several affiliated companies related to [[Kadokawa Shoten]]. Kadokawa Dwango announced a restructuring in February 2019. On July 1, 2019, Kadokawa Corporation was reorganized; the publishing business remained and the company was renamed to Kadokawa Future Publishing. Kadokawa Dwango itself became the second iteration of Kadokawa Corporation.

== History ==
The company was founded on April 2, 1954 as Kadokawa Shoten. It was renamed Kadokawa Holdings on April 1, 2003, transferring the existing publishing businesses to Kadokawa Shoten Publishing. The company was again renamed Kadokawa Group Holdings on July 1, 2006. The company inherited the management and integration businesses within Kadokawa Shoten Publishing in January 2007. The magazine businesses were transferred to the Kadokawa Magazine Group. The company was renamed Kadokawa Corporation on June 22, 2013.

On October 1, 2013, nine companies in the Kadokawa Group ([[ASCII Media Works]], Chukei Publishing, [[Enterbrain]], [[Fujimi Shobo]], Kadokawa Gakugei Publishing, Kadokawa Production, Kadokawa Magazines, [[Kadokawa Shoten]] and [[Media Factory]]) were merged into Kadokawa Corporation. Eight of them operate now as brand companies. Kadokawa Production was dissolved and integrated into the General IP Business Headquarters.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-03-28/kadokawa-to-merge-9-subsidiaries-into-1-company|title=Kadokawa to Merge 9 Subsidiaries Into 1 Company|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=March 28, 2013|access-date=October 8, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ir.kadokawa.co.jp/investor/5-20130328.pdf|title=Notice of Absorption-Type Merger of Consolidated Subsidiaries and Partial Amendments to the Trade Name and the Articles of Incorporation|date=March 28, 2013|publisher=Kadokawa Corporation|access-date=October 9, 2013|format=PDF}}</ref> On December 30, 2013, Kadokawa had announced that the company has acquired 100% of publisher Choubunsha.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-12-29/kadokawa-buys-barefoot-gen-publisher-choubunsha | title=Kadokawa Buys Barefoot Gen's Publisher Choubunsha | publisher=[[Anime News Network]] | date=December 30, 2013 | access-date=December 30, 2019}}</ref>

On May 14, 2014, it was announced that Kadokawa Corporation and [[Dwango (company)|Dwango]], the owner of [[Niconico]], would merge on October 1, 2014, and form the new holding company [[Kadokawa Dwango]]. Both Kadokawa and Dwango became subsidiaries of the new company.<ref>{{cite news|last=Schilling|first=Mark|date=May 14, 2014|title=Kadokawa and Dwango to Merge|url=https://variety.com/2014/digital/asia/kadokawa-and-dwango-to-merge-1201181747/|publisher=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=April 13, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=October 1, 2014|title=Publisher Kadokawa, Internet firm Dwango complete merger|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/10/01/business/corporate-business/publisher-kadokawa-internet-firm-dwango-complete-merger/|publisher=[[The Japan Times]]|access-date=April 13, 2015}}</ref> In February 2019, Kadokawa Dwango announced that Dwango would now be a direct subsidiary of Kadokawa Corporation in a reorganization of the company.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ressler |first1=Karen |title=Nobuo Kawakami Steps Down as Kadokawa Dwango President |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-02-15/nobuo-kawakami-steps-down-as-kadokawa-dwango-president/.143351 |website=Anime News Networkdate=February 15, 2019|access-date=February 16, 2019}}</ref>

On July 1, 2019, Kadokawa Corporation was reorganized; the publishing business remained and the company was renamed to Kadokawa Future Publishing. Kadokawa Dwango itself became the second iteration of Kadokawa Corporation.

=== Brand companies (divisions) ===
* [[ASCII Media Works]]
* Chukei Publishing
* [[Enterbrain]]
* [[Fujimi Shobo]]
* Kadokawa Gakugei Publishing
* Kadokawa Magazines
* [[Kadokawa Shoten]]
* [[Media Factory]]

=== Subsidiaries ===
* Building Book Center
* Kadokawa Key-Process

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Official website|https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/}} {{in lang|ja}}

{{Kadokawa Corporation}}
{{FromSoftware}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Kadokawa Corporation| ]]
[[Category:Book publishing companies of Japan]]
[[Category:Anime companies]]
[[Category:Magazine publishing companies of Japan]]

Kadokawa Key-Process

2021-10-12T07:17:05Z

124.142.96.249:

{{Short description|Publishing arm of Kadokawa Corporation}}
{{Infobox company
|name = Kadokawa Future Publishing
|logo = [[File:Kadokawa Group Holdings.svg|100px]] [[File:Kadokawa logo.svg|200px]]
|logo_caption =
|type = [[Kabushiki gaisha]] [[Subsidiary]]
|traded_as = {{tyo|9477}} (until September 26, 2014)
| native_name = 株式会社KADOKAWA {{ruby-ja|Future|フューチャー}} {{ruby-ja|Publishing|パブリッシング}}
| romanized_name = ''Kabushiki-gaisha KADOKAWA Fyūchā Paburisshingu''
|former_name = {{plainlist|
* [[Kadokawa Shoten|Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co., Ltd.]]
* Kadokawa Holdings, Inc.
* Kadokawa Group Holdings, Inc.
* First incarnation of [[Kadokawa Corporation]]}}
|foundation = {{start date and age|1954|4|2}}
|founder = Genyoshi Kadokawa
|fate =
|defunct =
|successor = [[Kadokawa Corporation|Second iteration of Kadokawa Corporation]]
|key_people = Tsuguhiko Kadokawa {{small|(Chairman)}} Masaki Matsubara {{small|(President and [[Chief Executive Officer|CEO]])}} Shinichiro Inoue {{small|(Senior Vice-President)}}
|location_city = [[Chiyoda, Tokyo]]
|location_country = [[Japan]]
|revenue =
|industry = [[Publishing]]
|area_served = Japan
|num_employees =
|parent = [[Kadokawa Dwango|Kadokawa Corporation]]
|divisions = [[ASCII Media Works]] Chukei Publishing [[Enterbrain]] [[Fujimi Shobo]] Kadokawa Gakugei Publishing Kadokawa Magazines [[Kadokawa Shoten]] [[Media Factory]]
|subsid = Building Book Center Kadokawa Key-Process
|homepage = {{URL|https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/}}
}}
{{nihongo|'''Kadokawa Future Publishing'''|株式会社KADOKAWAフューチャーパブリッシング|Kabushiki kaisha Kadokawa Fyūchā Paburishingu}} is the publishing arm of [[Kadokawa Corporation]], publishing [[manga]], [[novel]]s, [[light novel]]s, [[magazine]]s, [[tabletop role-playing game]]s and other type of content with eight different publishing brand companies that previously merged with it.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ir.kadokawa.co.jp/global/bc.php|title=Brand Companies|publisher=[[Kadokawa Corporation]]|access-date=August 13, 2019}}</ref> The company used to be the first iteration of {{Nihongo foot|Kadokawa Corporation|株式会社KADOKAWA|Kabushiki-gaisha Kadokawa}} and was the parent company of the Kadokawa Group companies, which brought together several affiliated companies related to [[Kadokawa Shoten]]. Kadokawa Dwango announced a restructuring in February 2019. On July 1, 2019, Kadokawa Corporation was reorganized; the publishing business remained and the company was renamed to Kadokawa Future Publishing. Kadokawa Dwango itself became the second iteration of Kadokawa Corporation.

== History ==
The company was founded on April 2, 1954 as Kadokawa Shoten. It was renamed Kadokawa Holdings on April 1, 2003, transferring the existing publishing businesses to Kadokawa Shoten Publishing. The company was again renamed Kadokawa Group Holdings on July 1, 2006. The company inherited the management and integration businesses within Kadokawa Shoten Publishing in January 2007. The magazine businesses were transferred to the Kadokawa Magazine Group. The company was renamed Kadokawa Corporation on June 22, 2013.

On October 1, 2013, nine companies in the Kadokawa Group ([[ASCII Media Works]], Chukei Publishing, [[Enterbrain]], [[Fujimi Shobo]], Kadokawa Gakugei Publishing, Kadokawa Production, Kadokawa Magazines, [[Kadokawa Shoten]] and [[Media Factory]]) were merged into Kadokawa Corporation. Eight of them operate now as brand companies. Kadokawa Production was dissolved and integrated into the General IP Business Headquarters.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-03-28/kadokawa-to-merge-9-subsidiaries-into-1-company|title=Kadokawa to Merge 9 Subsidiaries Into 1 Company|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=March 28, 2013|access-date=October 8, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ir.kadokawa.co.jp/investor/5-20130328.pdf|title=Notice of Absorption-Type Merger of Consolidated Subsidiaries and Partial Amendments to the Trade Name and the Articles of Incorporation|date=March 28, 2013|publisher=Kadokawa Corporation|access-date=October 9, 2013|format=PDF}}</ref> On December 30, 2013, Kadokawa had announced that the company has acquired 100% of publisher Choubunsha.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-12-29/kadokawa-buys-barefoot-gen-publisher-choubunsha | title=Kadokawa Buys Barefoot Gen's Publisher Choubunsha | publisher=[[Anime News Network]] | date=December 30, 2013 | access-date=December 30, 2019}}</ref>

On May 14, 2014, it was announced that Kadokawa Corporation and [[Dwango (company)|Dwango]], the owner of [[Niconico]], would merge on October 1, 2014, and form the new holding company [[Kadokawa Dwango]]. Both Kadokawa and Dwango became subsidiaries of the new company.<ref>{{cite news|last=Schilling|first=Mark|date=May 14, 2014|title=Kadokawa and Dwango to Merge|url=https://variety.com/2014/digital/asia/kadokawa-and-dwango-to-merge-1201181747/|publisher=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=April 13, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=October 1, 2014|title=Publisher Kadokawa, Internet firm Dwango complete merger|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/10/01/business/corporate-business/publisher-kadokawa-internet-firm-dwango-complete-merger/|publisher=[[The Japan Times]]|access-date=April 13, 2015}}</ref> In February 2019, Kadokawa Dwango announced that Dwango would now be a direct subsidiary of Kadokawa Corporation in a reorganization of the company.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ressler |first1=Karen |title=Nobuo Kawakami Steps Down as Kadokawa Dwango President |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-02-15/nobuo-kawakami-steps-down-as-kadokawa-dwango-president/.143351 |website=Anime News Networkdate=February 15, 2019|access-date=February 16, 2019}}</ref>

On July 1, 2019, Kadokawa Corporation was reorganized; the publishing business remained and the company was renamed to Kadokawa Future Publishing. Kadokawa Dwango itself became the second iteration of Kadokawa Corporation.

=== Brand companies (divisions) ===
* [[ASCII Media Works]]
* Chukei Publishing
* [[Enterbrain]]
* [[Fujimi Shobo]]
* Kadokawa Gakugei Publishing
* Kadokawa Magazines
* [[Kadokawa Shoten]]
* [[Media Factory]]

=== Subsidiaries ===
* Building Book Center
* Kadokawa Key-Process

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Official website|https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/}} {{in lang|ja}}

{{Kadokawa Dwango}}
{{FromSoftware}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Kadokawa Corporation| ]]
[[Category:Book publishing companies of Japan]]
[[Category:Anime companies]]
[[Category:Magazine publishing companies of Japan]]