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Who owns Kakuyomu?

Kakuyomu 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
2016
Category
Internet & digital › Digital services › Digital publishing
Parent ticker
TSE: 9468
Last verified
· 3 sources

About Kakuyomu

Kakuyomu is a website launched by Kadokawa in 2016 on which anyone can post novels and read those posted by others. The company uses it, in its own words, to discover authors: stories that find readers on the site are picked up by its light novel and web fiction labels and can go on to become comics and animation.

Ownership timeline of Kakuyomu

Owners of Kakuyomu over 2016 to 2026 Kadokawa start not recorded–present Kadokawa (start not recorded) 201620172018201920202021202220232024202520262027
  1. Current owner Kadokawa [1] reported

Where Kakuyomu sits in Kadokawa

Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.

Where Kakuyomu sits in Kadokawa Tree of 9 brands under Kadokawa. Kadokawa Kakuyomu Acquire BOOK☆WALKER Doga Kobo ENGI FromSoftware 69.66% and 3 more

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Other brands owned by Kadokawa

Kadokawa controls 9 brands on Brandtree, 6 of them in internet & digital.

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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.

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🇯🇵 Kakuyomu 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; Kakuyomu is not one of them.

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Frequently asked questions

Who is the parent company of Kakuyomu?

The parent company of Kakuyomu is Kadokawa, a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan.

Is Kakuyomu Japanese?

Yes. Kakuyomu originated in Japan in 2016 and its owner, Kadokawa, is also headquartered in Japan.

Is Kakuyomu still owned by Kadokawa?

Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Kakuyomu is still owned by Kadokawa. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.

Sources (3) & 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. [1] KADOKAWA Group — Group companies — KADOKAWA CORPORATION, Official document; retrieved 4 October 2026.
  2. [2] KADOKAWA Group — Business overview: Publication/IP creation — KADOKAWA CORPORATION, Official document; retrieved 4 October 2026.
  3. [3] KADOKAWA Group — Corporate history, 2013–2019 — KADOKAWA CORPORATION, Official document; retrieved 4 October 2026.

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