Who owns Acquire?
Acquire is owned by Kadokawa (Japan, TSE: 9468).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: KADOKAWA Group — Group companies, KADOKAWA CORPORATION. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- KADOKAWA CORPORATION reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Tokyo
- Origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Founded
- 1994
- Category
- Internet & digital › Platforms & devices › Video games
- Parent ticker
- TSE: 9468
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Acquire
Acquire is a Japanese game developer founded in 1994 and known for the action series Tenchu, Way of the Samurai and Akiba's Trip. It is a consolidated subsidiary of Kadokawa. It also develops for other publishers: it worked on Octopath Traveler, and it developed Mario & Luigi: Brothership, which Nintendo published.
Ownership timeline of Acquire
Where Acquire sits in Kadokawa
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Kadokawa
Kadokawa controls 9 brands on Brandtree, 6 of them in internet & digital.
Also in internet & digital
- BOOK☆WALKER (2010)
- FromSoftware (1986)
- Kakuyomu (2016)
- Niconico (2006)
- Spike Chunsoft (2012)
Other brands in video games, and who owns them
The 69 brands in video games on Brandtree belong to 18 owners. The largest is Take-Two, with 7; Kadokawa has 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Fantasy Westward Journey | NetEase | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong |
| 2K | Take-Two | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Apex Legends | EA | 🇺🇸 United States |
| eFootball | Konami | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Bingo Blitz | Playtika | 🇮🇱 Israel |
| Mega Man | Capcom | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Animal Crossing | Nintendo | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Football Manager | Sega Sammy | 🇯🇵 Japan |
About the owner: Kadokawa
Kadokawa is a publicly listed company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 1945. Brandtree records 9 brands under its control, and it is listed as TSE: 9468.
Kadokawa is a Japanese entertainment group that began on 10 November 1945, when the literary scholar Genyoshi Kadokawa set up a publishing company. It moved into film in 1976 and combined with the internet company Dwango on 1 October 2014, the date of establishment of the present corporation. It now publishes more than 5,500 new titles a year, produces animation and live-action film, develops video games through FromSoftware, Spike Chunsoft and Acquire, runs the Niconico video service and operates schools. Its shares trade on the Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
🇯🇵 Acquire and other Japanese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 437 brands that began in Japan. 21 of them (5%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Acquire is not one of them.
- ABEMA — CyberAgent 🇯🇵
- Animal Crossing — Nintendo 🇯🇵
- Dragon Quest — Square Enix 🇯🇵
- Elden Ring — Bandai Namco 🇯🇵
- Ikyu.com — LY Corporation 🇯🇵
- Jikkyou Pawafuru Puroyakyu — Konami 🇯🇵
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Acquire?
The parent company of Acquire is Kadokawa, a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan.
Is Acquire Japanese?
Yes. Acquire originated in Japan in 1994 and its owner, Kadokawa, is also headquartered in Japan.
Is Acquire still owned by Kadokawa?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Acquire is still owned by Kadokawa. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (2) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] KADOKAWA Group — Group companies — KADOKAWA CORPORATION, Official document; retrieved 4 October 2026.
- [2] KADOKAWA Group — Business overview: Gaming — KADOKAWA CORPORATION, Official document; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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