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|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_name  = Kadokawa Corporation
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|company_logo  = [[File:Kadokawa Group Holdings.svg|100px]]
|company_type  = [[Kabushiki kaisha]]
|company_type  = [[Kabushiki kaisha]]
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|homepage      = {{URL|http://www.kadokawa.co.jp/}}
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{{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, which company brings together several 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>
{{Nihongo|'''Kadokawa Corporation'''|株式会社KADOKAWA|Kabushiki-gaisha Kadokawa|formally Kadokawa Holdings and Kadokawa Group Holdings}} ({{tyo|9477}}) is a Japanese publisher of the Kadokawa Group, which brings together several 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==
==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 were transferred to the Kadokawa Magazine Group.
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 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 to Kadokawa Corporation on June 22, 2013. On October 1, 2013, nine companies in the Kadokawa Group were merged into Kadokawa Corporation as brand companies.


==Subsidiaries==
==Subsidiaries==
Kadokawa Group Holdings serves to bring together several 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.<ref name="companies"/>
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"/> 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>{{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>{{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> While there are a large number of companies in the group, the majority of them are [[Subsidiary|subsidiaries]] of larger companies.<ref name="companies"/>


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===Brand companies===
*[[ASCII Media Works]]
*Chukei Publishing Company
*[[Enterbrain]]
*[[Fujimi Shobo]]
*Kadokawa Gakugei Shuppan Publishing
*Kadokawa Magazines
*Kadokawa Production
*[[Kadokawa Shoten|Kadokawa Shoten Publishing]]
*[[Media Factory]]
===Publication (distribution)===
===Publication (distribution)===
*Building Book Center
*Building Book Center
**Chara-ani Corporation
*Bookwalker
*NTT Prime Square


===Publication (editing)===
===Publication (editing)===
*[[Kadokawa Shoten|Kadokawa Shoten Publishing]]
*Production Ace
**Chara-ani Corporation
*eb Creative
*Kadokawa Gakugei Shuppan Publishing
*Kadokawa Production
*[[ASCII Media Works]]
*[[Fujimi Shobo]]
*[[Enterbrain]]
*Chukei Publishing Company
**Shin-Jinbutsuoraisha
*[[Kadokawa Games]]
*[[Kadokawa Games]]
*[[Media Factory]]


===Film===
===Film===
*[[Kadokawa Pictures]]
*Kadokawa Daiei Studio
**Kadokawa Daiei Studio
*Japan Film Fund
**Japan Film Fund
*[[Glovision]]
**[[Glovision]]
*Nihon Eiga Satellite Broadcasting
**Nihon Eiga Satellite Broadcasting
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===Incubation unit===
===Group media===
*Bookwalker
*K.Sense
**NTT Prime Square
*Movie Time
*Kadokawa Media House
**Movie Ticket
*Kids Net
*T Gate
*Docomo Anime Store
*Smile Edge


===Overseas===
===Overseas===
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*Taiwan Animate
*Taiwan Animate
*Guangzhou Tianwen Kadokawa Animation and Comics
*Guangzhou Tianwen Kadokawa Animation and Comics
*Sun Wah Kadokawa


===Group media===
===Others===
*Kadokawa Magazines
*Kadokawa ASCII Research Laboratories
**K.Sense
*ATX
**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
*Docomo Anime Store
*Smile Edge
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Revision as of 10:31, 2 October 2013

Kadokawa Corporation
File:Kadokawa Group Holdings.svg
Type Kabushiki kaisha
Founded April 2, 1954
Headquarters Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
Key peopleTsuguhiko Kadokawa (chairman/CEO)
Tatsuo Sato (president/COO)[1]
IndustryPublishing, Films, Video games
Employees48 (2012)[2]
WebsiteTemplate:URL

Kadokawa Corporation (株式会社KADOKAWA Kabushiki-gaisha Kadokawa?, formally Kadokawa Holdings and Kadokawa Group Holdings) (Template:Tyo) is a Japanese publisher of the Kadokawa Group, which brings together several affiliated companies related to Kadokawa Shoten.[3]

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 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 to Kadokawa Corporation on June 22, 2013. On October 1, 2013, nine companies in the Kadokawa Group were merged into Kadokawa Corporation as brand companies.

Subsidiaries

Kadokawa Corporation serves to bring together several affiliated Japanese companies related to Kadokawa Shoten under what is known as the Kadokawa Group.[3] 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;[4] the film and visual companies deal with Japanese feature films and DVD sales of international films and anime;[5] 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.[6] 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.[7] While there are a large number of companies in the group, the majority of them are subsidiaries of larger companies.[3]

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Brand companies

Publication (distribution)

  • Building Book Center
    • Chara-ani Corporation
  • Bookwalker
  • NTT Prime Square

Publication (editing)

Film

  • Kadokawa Daiei Studio
  • Japan Film Fund
  • Glovision
  • Nihon Eiga Satellite Broadcasting

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Group media

  • K.Sense
  • Movie Time
  • Kadokawa Media House
    • Movie Ticket
  • Kids Net
  • 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 Media (Taiwan)
  • Taiwan Animate
  • Guangzhou Tianwen Kadokawa Animation and Comics
  • Sun Wah Kadokawa

Others

  • Kadokawa ASCII Research Laboratories
  • ATX

Former subsidiaries

  • Asmik Ace Entertainment
  • 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.[8] 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[9] (13.0%).[10]
  • Kadokawa Mobile and Movie Gate: On October 1, 2009, Kadokawa Mobile merged with Movie Gate to form Kadokawa Contents Gate.[11]
  • MediaLeaves: On January 10, 2010, MediaLeaves was merged into Enterbrain.[12]
  • Sarugakucho: Became part of Kadokawa Group Holdings under Enterbrain during the ASCII acquisition. On March 31, 2010, Pole To Win announced that it has acquired Sarugakucho.[13]
  • 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.[14] 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.[15]

References

  1. ↑ "トップメッセージ" (in Japanese). Kadokawa Group Holdings. http://www.kadokawa-hd.co.jp/company/topmessge.php. Retrieved on November 21, 2009. 
  2. ↑ "会社概要" (in Japanese). Kadokawa Group Holdings. http://www.kadokawa-hd.co.jp/company/outline.php. Retrieved on November 21, 2009. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "グループ会社一覧" (in Japanese). Kadokawa Group Holdings. http://www.kadokawa-hd.co.jp/company/group.php. Retrieved on November 21, 2009. 
  4. ↑ "Publishing businesses under Kadokawa Group Holdings". Kadokawa Group Holdings. http://www.kadokawa-hd.co.jp/ir/annual/2007/04/index.html. Retrieved on November 21, 2009. 
  5. ↑ "Movie/Visual businesses under Kadokawa Group Holdings". Kadokawa Group Holdings. http://www.kadokawa-hd.co.jp/ir/annual/2007/05/index.html. Retrieved on November 21, 2009. 
  6. ↑ "Cross media businesses under Kadokawa Group Holdings". Kadokawa Group Holdings. http://www.kadokawa-hd.co.jp/ir/annual/2007/06/index.html. Retrieved on November 21, 2009. 
  7. ↑ "Other businesses under Kadokawa Group Holdings". Kadokawa Group Holdings. http://www.kadokawa-hd.co.jp/ir/annual/2007/07/index.html. Retrieved on November 21, 2009. 
  8. ↑ "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" (in Japanese). PR Times. June 14, 2007. http://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000001527.000000000.html. Retrieved on April 11, 2012. 
  9. ↑ "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" (in Japanese). Cyber Communications. http://www.cci.co.jp/special/newsrelease/pdf/2003_0624_1.pdf. Retrieved on April 11, 2012. 
  10. ↑ "－「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～" (in Japanese). So-net Entertainment. http://www.so-net.ne.jp/corporation/release/2007/pr070626.pdf. Retrieved on April 11, 2012. 
  11. ↑ "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" (in Japanese). Kadokawa Group Holdings. http://www.kadokawa-hd.co.jp/topics/20091001.pdf. Retrieved on April 11, 2012. 
  12. ↑ "MediaLeaves, Inc. announcement" (in Japanese). MediaLeaves. Archived from the original on October 28, 2010. http://web.archive.org/web/20101028104044/http://www.medialeaves.co.jp/. Retrieved on April 11, 2012. 
  13. ↑ "株式会社猿楽庁の株式取得（子会社化）に関するお知らせ" (in Japanese). Pole To Win. http://www.ptw.co.jp/news/sarugakucho.pdf. Retrieved on April 11, 2012. 
  14. ↑ "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～" (in Japanese). Panasonic. http://panasonic.co.jp/corp/news/official.data/data.dir/jn060926-2/jn060926-2.html. Retrieved on April 11, 2012. 
  15. ↑ "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" (in Japanese). Kadokawa Group Holdings. http://www.kadokawa-hd.co.jp/topics/20100930.pdf. Retrieved on April 11, 2012. 
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