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{{Infobox Company
{{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
| name = Kadokawa Key-Process Co., Ltd.
|company_logo  = [[File:Kadokawa Group Holdings.svg|100px]]
| logo =  
|company_type  = [[Kabushiki kaisha]]
| logo_caption =
|foundation    = April 2, 1954
| type = [[Subsidiary]]
|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>
| native_name = 株式会社KADOKAWA KEY-PROCESS
|location      = [[Chiyoda, Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
| romanized_name = ''Kabushiki-gaisha KADOKAWA KEY - purosesu''
|revenue        =
| former_name = {{plainlist|
|industry      = [[Publishing]], [[Film]]s, [[Video game]]s
* Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co., Ltd. (1945–2003)
|num_employees  = 48 (2012)<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>
* Kadokawa Holdings, Inc. (2003–2006)
|parent        = [[Kadokawa Shoten]]
* Kadokawa Group Holdings, Inc. (2006–2014)
|homepage      = [http://www.kadokawa-hd.co.jp/index2.php kadokawa-hd.co.jp]
* Kadokawa Corporation (2014–2019)
* Kadokawa Future Publishing (2019–2023)
}}
}}
{{Nihongo|'''Kadokawa Group Holdings, Inc.'''|株式会社角川グループホールディングス|Kabushiki-gaisha 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>
| founded = {{start date and age|1954|4|2}}
| traded_as = {{TYO was|9477}}
| founder = Genyoshi Kadokawa
| fate =
| defunct =
| hq_location = [[Fujimi, Chiyoda, Tokyo|Fujimi]]
| hq_location_city = [[Chiyoda, Tokyo]]
| hq_location_country = Japan
| revenue =
| industry = {{ubl|[[Printing]]|[[Logistics]]}}
| area_served = Japan
| key_people = Masaki Ito (President)
| num_employees =
| parent = [[Kadokawa Corporation]]
| divisions =
| subsidiaries =
| website = {{URL|keyprocess.kadokawa.co.jp}}
}}
{{nihongo|'''Kadokawa Key-Process Co., Ltd.'''|株式会社KADOKAWA KEY-PROCESS|Kabushiki-gaisha Kadokawa Key Process}} is the printing and logistics arm of [[Kadokawa Corporation]], handling printing for [[manga]], [[novel]]s, [[light novel]]s, [[magazine]]s, [[tabletop role-playing game]]s and other type of content.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ir.kadokawa.co.jp/global/bc.php|title=Brand Companies|publisher=[[Kadokawa Corporation]]|access-date=August 13, 2019|archive-date=August 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814032115/https://ir.kadokawa.co.jp/global/bc.php|url-status=dead}}</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==
On December 1, 2023 Kadokawa Future Publishing and Kadokawa Key-Process merged and the end result of the company changed its name to Kadokawa Future Publishing after absorption to Kadokawa Key-Process.<ref>{{cite web |date=October 25, 2023 |script-title=ja:債権者各位 |lang=ja |trans-title=Creditor Notice |website=Kadokawa Group |url=https://group.kadokawa.co.jp/media-download/1140/7b2467149b304583/ |access-date=February 18, 2024 }}</ref>
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==
== History ==
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"/>
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.  


{{col-begin}}
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>
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===Publication (distribution)===
*[[Kadokawa Group Publishing]]
**Kadokawa Shuppan Hanbai
*[[Building Book Center]]


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


===Incubation unit===
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 |last=Ressler |first=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 Network |date=February 15, 2019 |access-date=February 16, 2019 }}</ref>
*[[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===
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.
*[[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===
On December 1, 2023 Kadokawa Future Publishing and Kadokawa Key-Process merged and changed the company name after absorption to Kadokawa Key-Process. Masato Ito is appointed as the representative director and president.
*[[Kadokawa 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
{{col-end}}


===Former subsidiaries===
=== Brand companies (divisions) ===
*Asmic Ace Entertainment
* [[ASCII Media Works]]
*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>
* Chukei Publishing
*Kadokawa Magazine Group: Renamed to Kadokawa Marketing in April 2008.
* [[Enterbrain]]
*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.
* [[Fujimi Shobo]]
*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 Gakugei Publishing
*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.
* Kadokawa Magazines
*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 Shoten]]
*Kadokawa Mobile: On October 1, 2009, Kadokawa Mobile merged with Movie Gate to form Kadokawa Contents Gate.
* [[Media Factory]]
*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==
== References ==
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==External links==
== External links ==
*[http://www.kadokawa-hd.co.jp/ Official website] {{ja icon}}
* {{Official website|https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/}} {{in lang|ja}}
*[http://www.kadokawa-hd.co.jp/ir/annual.php Kadokawa Group Holdings annual reports] {{ja icon}}


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Latest revision as of 02:48, 2 October 2026

Template:Infobox company Kadokawa Key-Process Co., Ltd. (株式会社KADOKAWA KEY-PROCESS Kabushiki-gaisha Kadokawa Key Process?) is the printing and logistics arm of Kadokawa Corporation, handling printing for manga, novels, light novels, magazines, tabletop role-playing games and other type of content.[1]

The company used to be the first iteration of Template:Nihongo foot 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.

On December 1, 2023 Kadokawa Future Publishing and Kadokawa Key-Process merged and the end result of the company changed its name to Kadokawa Future Publishing after absorption to Kadokawa Key-Process.[2]

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.[3][4] On December 30, 2013, Kadokawa had announced that the company has acquired 100% of publisher Choubunsha.[5]

On May 14, 2014, it was announced that Kadokawa Corporation and 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.[6][7]

In February 2019, Kadokawa Dwango announced that Dwango would now be a direct subsidiary of Kadokawa Corporation in a reorganization of the company.[8]

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.

On December 1, 2023 Kadokawa Future Publishing and Kadokawa Key-Process merged and changed the company name after absorption to Kadokawa Key-Process. Masato Ito is appointed as the representative director and president.

Brand companies (divisions)

References

  1. ↑ "Brand Companies". Kadokawa Corporation. https://ir.kadokawa.co.jp/global/bc.php. 
  2. ↑ "Error: no Template:Para specified when using {{cite web}}". October 25, 2023. https://group.kadokawa.co.jp/media-download/1140/7b2467149b304583/. 
  3. ↑ "Kadokawa to Merge 9 Subsidiaries Into 1 Company". Anime News Network. March 28, 2013. https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-03-28/kadokawa-to-merge-9-subsidiaries-into-1-company. 
  4. ↑ "Notice of Absorption-Type Merger of Consolidated Subsidiaries and Partial Amendments to the Trade Name and the Articles of Incorporation" (PDF). Kadokawa Corporation. March 28, 2013. http://ir.kadokawa.co.jp/investor/5-20130328.pdf. 
  5. ↑ "Kadokawa Buys Barefoot Gen's Publisher Choubunsha". Anime News Network. December 30, 2013. https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-12-29/kadokawa-buys-barefoot-gen-publisher-choubunsha. 
  6. ↑ Schilling, Mark (May 14, 2014). "Kadokawa and Dwango to Merge". Variety. https://variety.com/2014/digital/asia/kadokawa-and-dwango-to-merge-1201181747/. 
  7. ↑ "Publisher Kadokawa, Internet firm Dwango complete merger". The Japan Times. October 1, 2014. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/10/01/business/corporate-business/publisher-kadokawa-internet-firm-dwango-complete-merger/. 
  8. ↑ Ressler, Karen (February 15, 2019). "Nobuo Kawakami Steps Down as Kadokawa Dwango President". https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-02-15/nobuo-kawakami-steps-down-as-kadokawa-dwango-president/.143351. 

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