Kadokawa Shoten

Kadokawa Shoten
Native name
角川書店
FormerlyKadokawa Shoten Publishing Co., Ltd. (2003-2013)
TypeDivision
IndustryPublishing
FoundedNovember 10, 1945; 80 years ago (1945-11-10) (brand)
April 1, 2007; 19 years ago (2007-04-01) (Kadokawa Holdings subsidiary)
FounderGenyoshi Kadokawa
HeadquartersFujimi,
Chiyoda, Tokyo
,
Japan
Key peopleTakeshi Natsuno [ja]
(president and CEO)
ProductsBooks, magazines
ParentKadokawa

Kadokawa Shoten (角川書店), formerly the Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co., Ltd. (株式会社角川書店, Kabushiki-gaisha Kadokawa Shoten), is a Japanese publisher and division of Kadokawa Corporation based in Tokyo, Japan. It became an internal division of Kadokawa Corporation on October 1, 2013. Kadokawa publishes manga, light novels, manga anthology magazines such as Monthly Asuka and Monthly Shōnen Ace, and entertainment magazines such as Newtype. Since its founding, Kadokawa has expanded into the multimedia sector, namely in video games (as Kadokawa Games) and in live-action and animated films (as Kadokawa Pictures).

History

Logo used from 1945 to 2013

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 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. 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.

Subsidiaries

Magazines published

Light novel imprints

Female focused light novel imprint.

An erotic light novel imprint that's aimed at women.

A web-novel focused light novel imprint which also took over many works from the Fujimi Shobo Novels imprint with works aimed at both a male and female audience. They often (though not always) include either a pink or a blue obi upon purchase denoting which audience a work is aimed at.

The fantasy novel imprint which both children and adults can enjoy.

Boys Love focused imprint.

Manga titles published

Video games published and developed

Published

Developed

See also

References

  1. ↑ "CEO MESSAGE". Retrieved January 11, 2024.
  2. ↑ "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. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 23, 2012. Retrieved April 11, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Kadokawa to Merge 9 Subsidiaries Into 1 Company". Anime News Network. March 28, 2013. Retrieved October 8, 2013.
  4. ↑ Nakamura, Akinori (2026). "Media Mix and Digital Games". In Ikuine, Fumihiko; Inoue, Akito; Fukuda, Kazufumi; Kobayashi, Nobushige (eds.). Japanese Game Studies: A Guide to Studying Japanese Games. Springer Nature. p. 55. doi:10.1007/978-981-95-9857-1. ISBN 978-981-95-9856-4.
  5. ↑ Gifford, Kevin (February 18, 2007). "Column: 'Game Mag Weaseling': The Bluffer's Guide to Famitsu's Competition". GameSetWatch. UBM plc. Archived from the original on May 29, 2010.
  6. ↑ Ishii, Zenji; Ota, Yoshiki; Matsuura, Keisuke (January 1, 2022). New Trends in Light Novels (Unraveling the Path of Their Evolution and Transformation!). Standards Co., Ltd. p. 209. ISBN 978-4866365367.