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{{Infobox company
|name = Kadokawa Corporation
|logo = [[File:Kadokawa Group Holdings.svg|100px]]<br>[[File:Kadokawa logo.svg|200px]]
|logo_caption = Kadokawa Corporation's current logo
|type = [[Kabushiki gaisha]]<br>[[Subsidiary]]
|traded_as = {{tyo|9477}} (until September 26, 2014)
| native_name = 株式会社KADOKAWA
| native_name_lang = "jp"
| romanized_name = ''Kabushiki-gaisha Kadokawa''
|former_name = Kadokawa Shoten<br>Kadokawa Holdings<br>Kadokawa Group Holdings
|foundation = {{start date and age|1954|4|2}}
|founder = Genyoshi Kadokawa
|key_people = Tsuguhiko Kadokawa {{small|(Chairman)}}<br>Masaki Matsubara {{small|(President and [[Chief Executive Officer|CEO]])}}<br>Shinichiro Inoue {{small|(Senior Vice-President)}}
|location_city = [[Chiyoda, Tokyo]]
|location_country = [[Japan]]
|revenue =
|industry = [[Publishing]], [[Motion pictures]], [[Video game]]s
|area_served = Japan
|num_employees = 48 (2012)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kadokawa-hd.co.jp/company/outline.php|script-title=ja:会社概要|trans-title=Company Information|publisher=Kadokawa Group Holdings|accessdate=November 21, 2009|language=Japanese|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117135711/http://www.kadokawa-hd.co.jp/company/outline.php|archivedate=January 17, 2013}}</ref>
|parent = [[Kadokawa Dwango]]
|divisions = [[Kadokawa Daiei Studio]]
|homepage = {{URL|http://www.kadokawa.co.jp/}}
}}
{{Nihongo|'''Kadokawa Corporation'''|株式会社KADOKAWA|Kabushiki-gaisha Kadokawa}} is a subsidiary of [[Kadokawa Dwango|Kadokawa Dwango Corporation]], and is the parent company of the Kadokawa Group companies, which brings together several affiliated companies related to [[Kadokawa Shoten]]. 

==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 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=http://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|accessdate=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|accessdate=October 9, 2013|format=PDF}}</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]]|accessdate=April 13, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=October 1, 2014|title=Publisher Kadokawa, Internet firm Dwango complete merger|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/10/01/business/corporate-business/publisher-kadokawa-internet-firm-dwango-complete-merger/|publisher=[[The Japan Times]]|accessdate=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|accessdate=February 16, 2019}}</ref>

==Subsidiaries==
Kadokawa Corporation serves to bring together several affiliated Japanese companies related to Kadokawa Shoten under what is known as the Kadokawa Group.<ref name="companies">{{cite web|url=http://ir.kadokawa.co.jp/company/group.php|script-title=ja:グループ会社一覧|trans-title=Group Company Summary|publisher=Kadokawa Group Holdings|accessdate=November 10, 2013|language=Japanese}}</ref> 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>{{cite web|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>{{cite web|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>{{cite web|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>{{cite web|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>

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===Brand companies===
*[[ASCII Media Works]]
*Chukei Publishing Company
*[[Enterbrain]]
*[[Fujimi Shobo]]
*Kadokawa Gakugei Shuppan Publishing
*Kadokawa Magazines
*[[Kadokawa Shoten]]
*[[Media Factory]]

===Publication===
*Building Book Center
**Chara-ani Corporation
*Bookwalker
*Choubunsha
*Building Book Center Co.
*Comic Walker
*Production Ace
*eb Creative

===Film and Visuals===
*[[ENGI]]
*[[Kadokawa Daiei Studio]]
*Japan Film Fund
*[[Glovision]]
*Nihon Eiga Satellite Broadcasting
*Globalgate Entertainment
*[[EuropaCorp#International dimension|EuropaCorp Japan]]
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===Group media===
*K.Sense
*Movie Walker
*[[Dwango (company)|Dwango]]
**[[Mages (company)|Mages. Inc.]]
**[[Spike Chunsoft]]
**Vantan Inc.
*Kadokawa Media House
**Movie Ticket
*Kids Net
*Daihyakka News
*GzBRAIN
*T Gate
*Docomo Anime Store
*Smile Edge

===Overseas===
*Kadokawa Holdings US
*Kadokawa Holdings US in Hong Kong
*Kadokawa Intercontinental Publishing (Asia): 70% stake subsidiary
*Kadokawa Intercontinental Group Holdings
*Kadokawa Taiwan
*Taiwan Animate
*Guangzhou Tianwen Kadokawa Animation and Comics
*Sun Wah Kadokawa
*Kadokawa Amarin
*[[Gempak Starz]] (Malaysia)
*[[Yen Press]] (51%)

===Others===
*ATX
*[[FromSoftware]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.siliconera.com/2014/04/28/report-kadokawa-acquires-dark-souls-developers-software/|title=Report: Kadokawa Acquires Dark Souls Developers From Software|publisher=Silliconera|date=April 28, 2014|accessdate=May 21, 2014}}</ref>
*Kadokawa ASCII Research Laboratories
*Kadokawa Games
*Kadokawa Contents Academy
*Studio Lide
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===Former subsidiaries===
*[[Asmik Ace]]
*Kadokawa Entertainment: On November 1, 2009, Kadokawa Entertainment was merged into Kadokawa Pictures.
*Kadokawa Group Publishing: On April 1, 2013, Kadokawa Group Publishing was merged into Kadokawa Group Holdings.
*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|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404212301/http://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000001527.000000000.html|archivedate=April 4, 2015|df=}}</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|script-title=ja: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|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713074044/http://www.cci.co.jp/special/newsrelease/pdf/2003_0624_1.pdf|archivedate=July 13, 2011|df=}}</ref> (13.0%).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.so-net.ne.jp/corporation/release/2007/pr070626.pdf|script-title=ja:－「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|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130412090047/http://www.so-net.ne.jp/corporation/release/2007/pr070626.pdf|archivedate=April 12, 2013|df=}}</ref>
*Kadokawa Mobile and Movie 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|script-title=ja: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>
*Kadokawa Production: On October 1, 2013, the company was dissolved and integrated in Kadokawa Corporation.
*MediaLeaves: On January 10, 2010, MediaLeaves was merged into Enterbrain.<ref>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://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>
*NTT Prime Square
*Sarugakucho: Became part of Kadokawa Group Holdings under Enterbrain during the [[ASCII (company)|ASCII]] acquisition. On March 31, 2010, Pole To Win announced that it has acquired Sarugakucho.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ptw.co.jp/news/sarugakucho.pdf|script-title=ja: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|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719075221/http://www.ptw.co.jp/news/sarugakucho.pdf|archivedate=July 19, 2013|df=}}</ref>
*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|script-title=ja: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>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{official website|http://www.kadokawa.co.jp/}} {{ja icon}}
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