Who owns Doga Kobo?
Doga Kobo is owned by Kadokawa (Japan, TSE: 9468).[1][2]
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
- Category
- Media & entertainment › Film & television › Animation studios
- Parent ticker
- TSE: 9468
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Doga Kobo
Doga Kobo is a Japanese animation studio that joined the Kadokawa group in the financial year to March 2025, one of several studios Kadokawa has brought in-house so that it can count on stable production capacity for the roughly sixty animated works it develops each year. Kadokawa lists it among its main consolidated subsidiaries.
Ownership timeline of Doga Kobo
Where Doga Kobo 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, 3 of them in media & entertainment.
Also in media & entertainment
- ENGI (2018)
- Kadokawa Bunko (1949)
Other brands in animation studios, and who owns them
The 13 brands in animation studios on Brandtree belong to 9 owners. The largest is TOHO, with 3; Kadokawa has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Science SARU | TOHO | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| House of Cool | WildBrain | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Studio Bazooka | CJ ENM | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| DreamWorks Animation | Comcast | 🇺🇸 United States |
| NITRO PLUS | CyberAgent | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Pixar | Disney | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Tatsunoko Production | Nippon TV Holdings | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Toei Animation | Toei | 🇯🇵 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.
🇯🇵 Doga Kobo 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; Doga Kobo is not one of them.
- Aggretsuko — Sanrio 🇯🇵
- BS Nippon — Nippon TV Holdings 🇯🇵
- Godzilla — TOHO 🇯🇵
- Gundam — Bandai Namco 🇯🇵
- NITRO PLUS — CyberAgent 🇯🇵
- T-Joy — Toei 🇯🇵
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Doga Kobo?
The parent company of Doga Kobo is Kadokawa, a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan.
Is Doga Kobo Japanese?
Yes. Doga Kobo originated in Japan and its owner, Kadokawa, is also headquartered in Japan.
Is Doga Kobo still owned by Kadokawa?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Doga Kobo 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 Integrated Report 2025 — KADOKAWA CORPORATION, Annual report; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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