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Kadokawa Key-Process

2012-11-08T10:02:40Z

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{{Infobox Company
|company_name = Kadokawa Group Holdings, Inc.<br>株式会社角川グループホールディングス
|company_logo = [[File:Kadokawa Group Holdings.svg|100px]]
|company_type = [[Kabushiki kaisha]]
|foundation = April 2, 1954
|key_people = Tsuguhiko Kadokawa (chairman/CEO)<br>Tatsuo Sato (president/COO)<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.kadokawa-hd.co.jp/company/topmessge.php|title=トップメッセージ|trans_title=Top Message|publisher=Kadokawa Group Holdings|accessdate=November 21, 2009|language=Japanese}}</ref>
|location = [[Chiyoda, Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
|revenue =
|industry = [[Publishing]], [[Film]]s, [[Video game]]s
|num_employees = 46 (2009)<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.kadokawa-hd.co.jp/company/outline.php|title=会社概要|trans_title=Company Information|publisher=Kadokawa Group Holdings|accessdate=November 21, 2009|language=Japanese}}</ref>
|parent = [[Kadokawa Shoten]]
|homepage = [http://www.kadokawa-hd.co.jp/index2.php kadokawa-hd.co.jp]
}}
{{Nihongo|'''Kadokawa Group Holdings, Inc.'''|株式会社角川グループホールディングス|Kabushiki kaisha Kadokawa Gurūpu Hōrudinguzu|formally Kadokawa Holdings}} ({{tyo|9477}}) is a Japanese [[holding company]] of the Kadokawa Group under [[Kadokawa Shoten]]. The company brings together 43 affiliated companies related to Kadokawa Shoten.<ref name="companies">{{citeweb|url=http://www.kadokawa-hd.co.jp/company/group.php|title=グループ会社一覧|trans_title=Group Company Summary|publisher=Kadokawa Group Holdings|accessdate=November 21, 2009|language=Japanese}}</ref>

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

==Subsidiaries==
Kadokawa Group Holdings serves to bring together 43 affiliated Japanese companies related to Kadokawa Shoten under what is known as the Kadokawa Group.<ref name="companies"/> These companies are of three types: publishing, film and visuals, and cross media. The publishers primarily deal with [[Japanese books|books]], [[bunkobon]] paperbacks, [[manga]], and visual media magazines;<ref>{{citeweb|url= http://www.kadokawa-hd.co.jp/ir/annual/2007/04/index.html|title=Publishing businesses under Kadokawa Group Holdings|publisher=Kadokawa Group Holdings|accessdate=November 21, 2009}}</ref> the film and visual companies deal with Japanese feature films and DVD sales of international films and [[anime]];<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.kadokawa-hd.co.jp/ir/annual/2007/05/index.html|title=Movie/Visual businesses under Kadokawa Group Holdings|publisher=Kadokawa Group Holdings|accessdate=November 21, 2009}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.kadokawa-hd.co.jp/ir/annual/2007/06/index.html|title=Cross media businesses under Kadokawa Group Holdings|publisher=Kadokawa Group Holdings|accessdate=November 21, 2009}}</ref> Other aspects of the group are handled by the other business segment which primarily takes care of [[video game]]s, [[real estate]] leasing, and comprises an [[advertising agency]].<ref>{{citeweb|url= http://www.kadokawa-hd.co.jp/ir/annual/2007/07/index.html|title=Other businesses under Kadokawa Group Holdings|publisher=Kadokawa Group Holdings|accessdate=November 21, 2009}}</ref> While there are a large number of companies in the group, the majority of them are [[Subsidiary|subsidiaries]] of larger companies, leaving 14 main companies.<ref name="companies"/>

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===Publication (distribution)===
*Kadokawa Group Federation of Publishing
**Kadokawa Shuppan Hanbai
*Kadokawa Building Book Center

===Publication (editing)===
*[[Kadokawa Shoten|Kadokawa Shoten Federation]]
**Kadokawa Gakugei Shuppan Publishing
**Kadokawa Media of Taiwan (Taiwan)
**Chara-ani corporation
**Taiwan Animate
*[[Kadokawa Production]]
*[[ASCII Media Works]]
*[[Fujimi Shobo]]
*[[Enterbrain]]
*[[Chukei Publishing Company]]
**Shin-Jinbutsuoraisha
*[[Kadokawa Games|Kadokawa Shoten Games]]
*[[Media Factory]]

===Incubation unit===
*[[Kadokawa Contents Gate]]: On October 1, 2009, Kadokawa Mobile merged with Movie Gate to form Kadokawa Contents Gate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kadokawa-hd.co.jp/topics/20091001.pdf|title=連結子会社角川モバイルとムービーゲートの合併に関して|publisher=Kadokawa Group Holdings|accessdate=April 11, 2012|language=Japanese}}</ref>
**NTT Prime Square
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===Overseas===
*[[Kadokawa Holdings US]]

===Group media===
*[[Kadokawa Magazines]]
**K.Sense
**Kadokawa Digix Incorporated: 70.6% stake company.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.k-digix.co.jp/|title=Kadokawa Digix|publisher=Kadokawa Digix|accessdate=April 11, 2012|language=Japanese}}</ref>
**KK.Movie Time
**Kids Net
**Kadokawa Media House
**Kadokawa SSCommunications
**T Gate

===Film===
*[[Kadokawa Pictures|Kadokawa Shoten Pictures]]
**[[Glovision]]
**Japan Film Fund
**Kadokawa Cineplex
**Nihon Eiga Satellite Broadcasting
**Kadokawa Entertainment
**Kadokawa Holdings US in Hong Kong
**Kadokawa Holdings China
***Kadokawa Intercontinental Group Holdings
***Kadokawa Intercontinental Publishing (Asia): 70% stake subsidiary
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===Former subsidiaries===
*Asmic Ace Entertainment
*MediaLeaves: On January 10, 2010, MediaLeaves was merged into Enterbrain.<ref>{{cite web|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20101028104044/http://www.medialeaves.co.jp/|url=http://www.medialeaves.co.jp/|title=MediaLeaves, Inc. announcement|publisher=MediaLeaves|archivedate=October 28, 2010|accessdate=April 11, 2012|language=Japanese}}</ref>
*Kadokawa Magazine Group: Renamed to Kadokawa Marketing in April 2008.
*Kadokawa Media Management: On April 1, 2010, Kadokawa Media Management's related businesses were merged into Kadokawa Marketing, and Kadokawa Media Management was renamed to Kadokawa Marketing.
*Kadokawa Marketing: After being renamed from Kadokawa Magazine Group in 2008 and the merger with Kadokawa Media Management on April 1, 210, the company was renamed to Kadokawa Magazines.
*Kadokawa J:COM Media: Established in November 2005 as a joint venture between Kadokawa Shoten and Jupiter Telecommunications.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000001527.000000000.html|title=角川ジェイコム・メディア「J:COM Walker」創刊 J:COM さいたま、J:COM 相模原・大和各サービスエリアで8 月に発行|publisher=PR Times|date=June 14, 2007|accessdate=April 11, 2012|language=Japanese}}</ref> It was eliminated in June 2010.
*So-net Kadokawa Link: Established on June 27, 2007 with So-net Entertainment (43.5%), Kadokawa Mobile (43.5%), and Dentsu E-link<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cci.co.jp/special/newsrelease/pdf/2003_0624_1.pdf|title=インターネット分野専門の広告会社「電通イー・リンク」を設立|publisher=Cyber Communications|accessdate=April 11, 2012|language=Japanese}}</ref> (13.0%).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.so-net.ne.jp/corporation/release/2007/pr070626.pdf|title=－「地域情報映像」×「ネット地域広告」×「ネット対応機器」－「株式会社ソネット・カドカワ・リンク」を3 社共同で設立～高品質映像で嗜好に適した情報と出会える『地域情報探訪サイト』を構築～|publisher=So-net Entertainment|accessdate=April 11, 2012|language=Japanese}}</ref>
*Kadokawa Mobile: On October 1, 2009, Kadokawa Mobile merged with Movie Gate to form Kadokawa Contents Gate.
*Movie Gate: On October 1, 2009, Kadokawa Mobile merged with Movie Gate to form Kadokawa Contents Gate.
*Words Gear: On September 26, 2006, [[Matsushita Electric Industrial]] announced the establishment of Words Gear with Kadokawa Mobile and Tokyo Broadcasting System, effective on October 2, 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://panasonic.co.jp/corp/news/official.data/data.dir/jn060926-2/jn060926-2.html|title=角川・松下電器・TBS 3社が電子書籍事業会社「ワーズギア株式会社」設立で合意～読書端末とコンテンツを提供～|publisher=[[Panasonic]]|accessdate=April 11, 2012|language=Japanese}}</ref> On September 30, 2010, Kadokawa Group Holdings announced merging Words Gear into Kadokawa Contents Gate, with Kadokawa Contents Gate as the surviving company, effective on January 1, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kadokawa-hd.co.jp/topics/20100930.pdf|title=グループ企業再編による映像・雑誌・デジタル事業の強化について|publisher=Kadokawa Group Holdings|accessdate=April 11, 2012|language=Japanese}}</ref>
*Sarugakucho: Became part of Kadokawa Group Holdings under Enterbrain during the [[ASCII (company)|ASCII]] acquisition. On March 31, 2010, Pole To Win announced that Sarugakucho became a fully owned subsidiary of Pole To Win.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ptw.co.jp/news/sarugakucho.pdf|title=株式会社猿楽庁の株式取得（子会社化）に関するお知らせ|publisher=Pole To Win|accessdate=April 11, 2012|language=Japanese}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.kadokawa-hd.co.jp/ Official website] {{ja icon}}
*[http://www.kadokawa-hd.co.jp/ir/annual.php Kadokawa Group Holdings annual reports] {{ja icon}}

[[Category:Kadokawa Group Holdings| ]]
[[Category:Publishing companies of Japan]]

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[[ja:角川グループホールディングス]]
[[ru:Kadokawa Group Holdings]]
[[zh:角川控股集團]]

Kadokawa Key-Process

2009-09-08T11:45:44Z

125.136.132.228: /* Member companies */

{{Infobox Company
|company_name = Kadokawa Group Holdings, Inc.<br>株式会社角川グループホールディングス
|company_logo = [[Image:Kadokawa Group Holdings logo.png|275px]]
|company_type = [[Kabushiki kaisha]]
|foundation = April 2, 1954
|key_people = Tsuguhiko Kadokawa (chairman/CEO)<br>Akio Honma (president/COO)<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.kadokawa-hd.co.jp/annual/2007/15/index.html|title=Kadokawa Group Holdings board of directors|publisher=Kadokawa Group Holdings|accessdate=2008-02-08}}</ref>
|location = [[Chiyoda, Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
|revenue =
|industry = [[Publishing]], [[Film]]s, [[Video game]]s
|num_employees = 30 (2007)<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.kadokawa-hd.co.jp/gaiyo.php|title=Kadokawa Group Holdings company information|publisher=Kadokawa Group Holdings|accessdate=2008-02-08|language=Japanese}}</ref>
|parent = [[Kadokawa Shoten]]
|homepage = [http://www.kadokawa-hd.co.jp/index2.php kadokawa-hd.co.jp]
}}
{{Nihongo|'''Kadokawa Group Holdings, Inc.'''|株式会社角川グループホールディングス|Kabushiki kaisha Kadokawa Gurūpu Hōrudinguzu|formally Kadokawa Holdings}} ({{tyo|9477}}) is a [[Japan]]ese [[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 fifty-five affiliated companies related to Kadokawa Shoten.<ref name="companies">{{citeweb|url=http://www.kadokawa-hd.co.jp/annual/2007/02/index.htmlp| title=Company list under Kadokawa Group Holdings|publisher=Kadokawa Group Holdings|accessdate=2008-02-08}}</ref>

==Kadokawa Group==
Kadokawa Group Holdings serves to bring together fifty-six affiliated Japanese companies related to Kadokawa Shoten under what is known as the Kadokawa Group.<ref name="companies"/> These companies are of three types: publishing, film and visuals, and cross media. The publishers primarily deal with [[Japanese books|books]], [[bunkobon]] paperbacks, [[manga]], and visual media magazines;<ref>{{citeweb|url= http://www.kadokawa-hd.co.jp/annual/2007/04/index.html|title=Publishing businesses under Kadokawa Group Holdings|publisher=Kadokawa Group Holdings|accessdate=2008-02-08}}</ref> the film and visual companies deal with Japanese feature films and DVD sales of international films and [[anime]];<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.kadokawa-hd.co.jp/annual/2007/05/index.html|title=Movie/Visual businesses under Kadokawa Group Holdings|publisher=Kadokawa Group Holdings|accessdate=2008-02-08}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{citeweb|url= http://www.kadokawa-hd.co.jp/annual/2007/06/index.html|title=Cross media businesses under Kadokawa Group Holdings|publisher=Kadokawa Group Holdings|accessdate=2008-02-08}}</ref> Other aspects of the group is handled by the other business segment which primarily takes care of [[video game]]s, [[real estate]] leasing, and comprises an [[advertising agency]].<ref>{{citeweb|url= http://www.kadokawa-hd.co.jp/annual/2007/07/index.html|title=Other businesses under Kadokawa Group Holdings|publisher=Kadokawa Group Holdings|accessdate=2008-02-08}}</ref> While there are a large number of companies in the group, the majority of them are [[Subsidiary|subsidiaries]] of larger companies, leaving only twelve main companies.<ref name="companies"/>

===Member companies===
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*[[ASCII Media Works]]
**Toy'sworks
*[[Building Book Center]]
*[[Fujimi Shobo]]
*[[Kadokawa Cross Media]]
**Movie Time
*[[Kadokawa Group Publishing]]
**Kadokawa Book Service
*[[Kadokawa Magazine Group]]
**Kadokawa Magazines
**Kadokawa SS Communications
*[[Kadokawa Media House]]
*[[Kadokawa Mobile]]
**So-net Kadokawa Link
**Words Gear
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*[[Kadokawa Pictures|Kadokawa Shoten Pictures]]
**Angel Cinema
**Asmik Ace Entertainment
**Cineplex Asia
**Glovision
**Japan Film Fund
**Kadokawa Cineplex
**Kadokawa Entertainment
**Kadokawa Holdings China
**Kadokawa Holdings US
**Kadokawa Holdings US in Hong Kong
***Sun Wah Kadokawa
***Kadokawa International Group Holdings
****11 subsidiaries
***Kadokawa International Publishing
**Kadokawa Pictures USA
**Nihon Eiga Satellite Broadcasting
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*[[Kadokawa Shoten|Kadokawa Shoten Publishing]]
**Chara-Ani
**Kadokawa - J:com Media
**Kadokawa Digix
**Kadokawa Gakugei Shuppan
**Kadokawa Media
**Kadokawa Production
**Kids Net
**Taiwan Animate
*[[Kadokawa the Television]]
*[[Media Leaves]]
**[[Enterbrain]]
***Eb Creative
***Sarugakucho
{{col-end}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.kadokawa-hd.co.jp/index2.php Official website] {{jp icon}}
*[http://www.kadokawa-hd.co.jp/annual.php Kadokawa Group Holdings annual reports]

[[Category:Kadokawa Group Holdings| ]]
[[Category:Publishing companies of Japan]]

[[ja:角川グループホールディングス]]