Kadokawa Shoten

Kadokawa Shoten
角川書店
Parent company Kadokawa Corporation
Founded November 10, 1945
April 1, 2003 (Kadokawa Holdings subsidiary)
Founder Genyoshi Kadokawa
Country of origin Japan
Headquarters location Fujimi, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
Distribution Japan
Key people Shinichiro Inoue (President & CEO)
Publication types books, magazines, manga, video games
Number of employees 160
Official website shoten.kadokawa.co.jp

Kadokawa Shoten (角川書店), formerly Kadokawa Shoten Co., Ltd. (株式会社角川書店 Kabushiki gaisha Kadokawa Shoten), is a Japanese publisher and brand company of Kadokawa Corporation based in Tokyo, Japan. It became an internal division of Kadokawa Corporation on October 1, 2013. Kadokawa has published both manga novels and magazines, such as Newtype magazine. Since its founding, Kadokawa has expanded into the multimedia sector, namely in video games and movies (as Kadokawa Pictures).

History

Kadokawa Shoten headquarters.

Kadokawa Shoten was established on November 10, 1945 by Genyoshi Kadokawa. The company's first publication imprint, Kadokawa Bunko, was published in 1949. The company went public on April 2, 1954. In 1975, Haruki Kadokawa became the president of Kadokawa Shoten, following Genyoshi Kadokawa's death. On April 1, 2003, Kadokawa Shoten was renamed to Kadokawa Holdings, transferring the existing publishing businesses to Kadokawa Shoten. On July 1, 2006, the parent company was renamed to Kadokawa Group Holdings, and inherited the management and integration businesses within Kadokawa Shoten. In January 2007, Kadokawa Group Holdings inherited the management and integration businesses within Kadokawa Shoten. The magazine businesses was transferred to the Kadokawa Magazine Group. The video game divisions of Kadokawa Shoten, ASCII Media Works and Enterbrain were merged into Kadokawa Games.[1] Kadokawa Shoten ceased being a kabushiki gaisha on October 1, 2013 when it was merged with eight other companies to become a brand company of Kadokawa Corporation.[2]

Subsidiaries

Magazines published

Manga titles published

Video game related

Published
Developed

See also

References

  1. ↑ "角川ゲームス、ニンテンドー3DS 参入と2011 年4 月からの新体制を発表 Wii、ニンテンドー3DS向け新作ゲーム『天空の機士ロデア』制作発表" [Kadokawa Games, Nintendo 3DS Introduction and an Announcement of a New System from April 2011; Production Announcement of New Game for Wii, Nintendo 3DS] (PDF) (Press release) (in Japanese). Kadokawa Games. Retrieved April 11, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Kadokawa to Merge 9 Subsidiaries Into 1 Company". Anime News Network. March 28, 2013. Retrieved October 8, 2013.

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