Who owns Kingdom Hearts?
Kingdom Hearts is owned by Square Enix (Japan, TSE: 9684).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS Annual Report 2025, SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS CO., LTD, 8 August 2025. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS CO., LTD. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Tokyo
- Origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Founded
- 2002
- Category
- Internet & digital › Platforms & devices › Video games
- Parent ticker
- TSE: 9684
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Kingdom Hearts
Kingdom Hearts combines Square's role-playing systems with Disney characters and settings, an unlikely collaboration that arose because the two companies shared an office building in Tokyo. Its plot is a long-running joke for its complexity. Square Enix develops it and Disney licenses the characters, so neither company owns the series outright, which has complicated where and how it can be re-released.
Ownership timeline of Kingdom Hearts
- Current owner Square Enix [1] reported
Where Kingdom Hearts sits in Square Enix
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
Open the full Square Enix ownership tree →
See the full Square Enix brand portfolio (4) →
Other brands owned by Square Enix
Square Enix controls 4 brands on Brandtree, 3 of them in internet & digital.
Also in internet & digital
- Dragon Quest (1986)
- Final Fantasy (1987)
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; Square Enix 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: Square Enix
Square Enix is a publicly listed company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 2003. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control, and it is listed as TSE: 9684.
Square Enix was formed in 2003 by merging the two studios behind the biggest role-playing series in Japan, companies that had been direct rivals for fifteen years. It sold its entire Western studio portfolio in 2022 to concentrate on its Japanese franchises.
🇯🇵 Kingdom Hearts and other Japanese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 448 brands that began in Japan. 22 of them (5%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Kingdom Hearts is not one of them.
- ABEMA — CyberAgent 🇯🇵
- Acquire — Kadokawa 🇯🇵
- Animal Crossing — Nintendo 🇯🇵
- Elden Ring — Bandai Namco 🇯🇵
- Ikyu.com — LY Corporation 🇯🇵
- Jikkyou Pawafuru Puroyakyu — Konami 🇯🇵
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Kingdom Hearts?
The parent company of Kingdom Hearts is Square Enix, a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan.
Is Kingdom Hearts Japanese?
Yes. Kingdom Hearts originated in Japan in 2002 and its owner, Square Enix, is also headquartered in Japan.
Is Kingdom Hearts still owned by Square Enix?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Kingdom Hearts is still owned by Square Enix. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & 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] SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS Annual Report 2025 — SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS CO., LTD., Annual report, published 8 August 2025; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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