Kadokawa Group

The Kadokawa Group (Kadokawa Grupo, Kadokawa Co., Ltd.) is a major Japanese entertainment and media conglomerate, formerly Kadokawa Shoten Co., Ltd. founded in 1945 and reorganized as Kadokawa Co., Ltd. in 2013, with major shareholders including Nippon Life Insurance, Bandai Namco Holdings, Mizuho Bank, and Doppelgangerland, among others. The Kadokawa Group has dozens of affiliated companies, including Kadokawa Shoten, Kadokawa Gakugei Publishing, Fujimi Shuppan, Chukyo Publishing, Kadokawa Magazine, Kadokawa Image, Kadokawa Writings, Kadokawa Games, etc., and is engaged in production and publishing, including books, magazines, movies, and games.