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Kadokawa: brands it owns and its ownership tree

Kadokawa (TSE: 9468) is a publicly listed company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan that owns 9 consumer brands across 2 categories.[1][2][3][4]

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.

Company facts

Legal name
KADOKAWA CORPORATION (also Kadokawa Corporation, KADOKAWA Group, Kadokawa Dwango)
Type
publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
Headquarters
🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan
Founded
1945
Tickers
TSE: 9468
Website
group.kadokawa.co.jp/global/
Last verified
· 6 sources

Kadokawa in numbers

Everything Kadokawa owns

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

Everything Kadokawa owns Tree of 9 brands under Kadokawa. Kadokawa Acquire BOOK☆WALKER Doga Kobo ENGI FromSoftware 69.66% Kadokawa Bunko Kakuyomu Niconico and 1 more

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Brand portfolio by category

Internet & digital (6)

Media & entertainment (3)

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Frequently asked questions

What brands does Kadokawa own?

Kadokawa owns 9 consumer brands tracked here, including Kadokawa Bunko, Niconico, FromSoftware, Spike Chunsoft, Doga Kobo and ENGI.

Is Kadokawa a Japanese company?

Yes. Kadokawa is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan and was founded in 1945.

Who owns Kadokawa?

Kadokawa is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as 9468 on the TSE.

Sources (6) & 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 Integrated Report 2025 — KADOKAWA CORPORATION, Annual report; retrieved 4 October 2026.
  3. [3] KADOKAWA Group — Company profile — KADOKAWA CORPORATION, Official document; retrieved 4 October 2026.
  4. [4] KADOKAWA Group — Corporate history, 1945–1975 — KADOKAWA CORPORATION, Official document; retrieved 4 October 2026.
  5. [5] KADOKAWA Group — Business overview: Gaming — KADOKAWA CORPORATION, Official document; retrieved 4 October 2026.
  6. [6] Notice Concerning Consolidated Subsidiary's Capital Increase through Third-party Allotment of Shares — KADOKAWA CORPORATION, Stock exchange filing, published 31 August 2022; retrieved 4 October 2026.

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