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Kadokawa Group Holdings, Inc. 株式会社角川グループホールディングス
File:Kadokawa Group Holdings.svg
Type	Kabushiki kaisha
Founded	April 2, 1954
Headquarters	Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
Key people	Tsuguhiko Kadokawa (chairman/CEO) Tatsuo Sato (president/COO)
Industry	Publishing, Films, Video games
Employees	46 (2009)
Parent	Kadokawa Shoten
Website	kadokawa-hd.co.jp

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) (Template:Tyo) is a Japanese holding company of the Kadokawa Group under Kadokawa Shoten. The company brings together 43 affiliated companies related to Kadokawa Shoten.

History

The company was founded on April 2, 1954 as Kadokawa Shoten (角川書店).

On 2003-04-01, Kadokawa Shoten was renamed to Kadokawa Holdings (株式会社角川ホールディングス), transferring the existing publishing businesses to Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co., Ltd. (株式会社角川書店).

Kadokawa Holdings era

On 2006-07-01, the company was renamed to Kadokawa Group Holdings, Inc. (株式会社角川グループホールディングス).

Kadokawa Group Holdings, Inc. era

In 2007-01, the company inherited the management and integration businesses within Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co., Ltd. The magazine businesses was transferred to Kadokawa Magazine Group (株式会社角川マガジングループ).

Subsidiaries

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 books, 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 phones. 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 14 main companies.

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Publication/distribution

• KADOKAWA GROUP PUBLISHING CO.,LTD. (株式会社角川グループパブリッシング)
  • Kadokawa Shuppan Hanbai (角川出版販売 株式会社)
• Building Book Center

Publication/editing

• Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co., Ltd. (株式会社角川書店)
  • KADOKAWA GAKUGEI SHUPPAN PUBLISHING CO., LTD. (株式会社角川学芸出版)
  • Kadokawa Media (Taiwan) Co., Ltd. (台灣國際角川書店股份有限公司)
  • chara-ani corporation (株式会社キャラアニ):
  • Taiwan Animate (台湾アニメイト) (animate Ltd.):
• KADOKAWA PRDUCTION Co., Ltd (株式会社角川プロダクション)
• ASCII Media Works, Inc. (株式会社アスキー・メディアワークス)
• KADOKAWA PRDUCTION Co., Ltd (株式会社角川プロダクション)
• FUJIMI SHOBO CO., LTD. (株式会社富士見書房)
• ENTERBRAIN, INC. (株式会社エンターブレイン)
  • Sarugakucho
• Chukei Publishing Company (株式会社中経出版)
  • Shin-Jinbutsuoraisha Co.,Ltd. (株式会社 新人物往来社)
• Kadokawa Games, Ltd. (株式会社角川ゲームス)
• MEDIA FACTORY,INC. (株式会社メディアファクトリー)

Group media

• KADOKAWA MAGAZINES INC. (株式会社角川マガジンズ)
  • K.Sense (株式会社K.Sense)
  • Kadokawa Digix
  • KK.MOVIE TIME (株式会社ムービータイム)
  • KIDS NET Co., Ltd. (株式会社キッズネット)
  • Kadokawa Media House (株式会社角川メディアハウス)
  • KADOKAWA SSCommunications Inc. (角川・エス・エス・コミュニケーションズ)
  • T Gate, Inc. (株式会社ティー・ゲート)

Incubation unit

• KADOKAWA CONTENTS GATE Co.,Ltd. (株式会社角川コンテンツゲート): On 2009-10-01, Kadokawa Mobile merged with Movie gate to form Kadokawa Contents Gate (株式会社角川コンテンツゲート).
  • NTT Prime Square Inc. (エヌ・ティ・ティ プライム・スクウェア株式会社)

Overseas

• Kadokawa Holdings US (角川ホールディングスUS)

Film

• KADOKAWA PICTURES,INC. (角川映画株式会社)
  • Glovision Inc. (グロービジョン株式会社)
  • Japan Film Fund (日本映画ファンド株式会社)
  • Kadokawa Cineplex inc. (角川シネプレックス株式会社)
  • Nihon Eiga Satellite Broadcasting Corp. (日本映画衛星放送株式会社)
  • Kadokawa Entertainment
  • Kadokawa Holdings US in Hong Kong (角川ホールディングスUS in HongKong)
  • Kadokawa Holdings China (角川ホールディングス・チャイナ)
    • Kadokawa Intercontinental Group Holdings
    • Kadokawa Intercontinental Publishing (Asia): 70% stake subsidiary

Former subsidiaries

• Asmic Ace Entertainment
• MediaLeaves, Inc. (株式会社メディアリーヴス): On 2010-01-10, MediaLeaves, Inc. was merged into Enterbrain Inc.
• Kadokawa Magazine Group (角川マガジングループ): Renamed to Kadokawa Marketing (角川マーケティング) in 2008-04.
• Kadokawa Media Management (株式会社角川メディアマネジメント): On 2010-04-01, Kadokawa Media Management's related businesses were merged into Kadokawa Marketing, and Kadokawa Media Management was renamed to Kadokawa Marketing (角川マーケティング).
• Kadokawa Marketing (角川マーケティング): After the renamed from Kadokawa Magazine Group in 2008 and merger with Kadokawa Media Management business in 2010-04-01, the company was renamed to KADOKAWA MAGAZINES INC. (株式会社角川マガジンズ).
• Kadokawa J:COM Media (株式会社角川ジェイコム・メディア): Established in 2005-11 as joint venture between Kadokawa Shoten and Jupiter Telecommunications Co., Ltd. (株式会社ジュピターテレコム). It was eliminated in 2010-06.
• So-net Kadokawa Link Corporation (株式会社ソネット・カドカワ・リンク): Established on 2007-06-27 with So-net Entertainment Corporation (ソネットエンタテインメント株式会社) (43.5%), Kadokawa Mobile (株式会社角川モバイル) (43.5%), Dentsu E-link (株式会社電通イー・リンク) (13.0%).
• Kadokawa Mobile (株式会社 角川モバイル): On 2009-10-01, Kadokawa Mobile merged with Movie gate to form Kadokawa Contents Gate (株式会社角川コンテンツゲート).
• Movie gate (株式会社ムービーゲート): On 2009-10-01, Kadokawa Mobile merged with Movie gate to form Kadokawa Contents Gate (株式会社角川コンテンツゲート).
• Words Gear Co., Ltd. (ワーズギア株式会社): On 2006-09-26, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (松下電器産業株式会社) announced the establishment of Words Gear Co., Ltd. with Kadokawa Mobile (株式会社角川モバイル) and Tokyo Broadcasting System, Incorporated (株式会社東京放送), effective on 2006-10-02. On 2010-09-30 Kadokawa Group Holdings announced merging Wordsgear into KADOKAWA CONTENTS GATE Co.,Ltd., with KADOKAWA CONTENTS GATE Co.,Ltd. as surviving company, effective on 2011-01-01.

External links

• Official website Template:Ja icon
• Kadokawa Group Holdings annual reports