Koei Tecmo
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Native name
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株式会社コーエーテクモホールディングス |
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Romanized name
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Kabushikigaisha Kōē Tekumo Hōrudingusu |
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| Traded as | : |
| Industry | Video game industry |
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| Founded | April 1, 2009 (as Tecmo Koei) |
| Founder | Yasuharu Kakihara |
| Headquarters | Kōhoku-ku, Yokohama, Japan |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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| Products | List of Koei Tecmo games |
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| Subsidiaries | Gust Co. Ltd. |
| Website | www |
Koei Tecmo Holdings Co., Ltd. (株式会社コーエーテクモホールディングス Kabushikigaisha Kōē Tekumo Hōrudingusu?), is a holding company created in 2009 by the merger of Japanese video game companies Koei and Tecmo. It was founded as Tecmo Koei Holdings.
Koei Europe was the first subsidiary to change its name to Tecmo Koei Europe, Ltd and to release video games under the new moniker. In January 2010, Tecmo, Inc. and Koei Corporation followed suit by merging to form Tecmo Koei America Corporation.
In April 1, 2010, Tecmo was declared disbanded in Japan. Its sister company Koei survived but was renamed Tecmo Koei Games (now Koei Tecmo Games) and is now the sole publishing arm of the group. Koei Tecmo Games continues to strategically use the "Tecmo" and "Koei" brand names on new video games for marketing purposes. In addition, the former development divisions of Tecmo and Koei were briefly spun-off as separate companies in March 2010, but folded into Tecmo Koei Games in April 2011.
The continued operating loss prompted Kenji Matsubara, the former president and CEO of both Tecmo Koei Holdings and Tecmo Koei Games label, to render his resignation in November 2010. Yoichi Erikawa, co-founder of Koei, took over the four positions vacated by Matsubara.
On July 1, 2014, the company was renamed as Koei Tecmo.
Tecmo, Inc. (テクモ Tekumo?), formerly known as Tehkan Ltd. (テーカン Tēkan?), was founded by Yoshihito Kakihara on July 31, 1967, as a supplier of cleaning equipment. Two years later, in 1969, it started to sell amusement equipment. Tecmo had its headquarters in Kudankita, Chiyoda, Tokyo. Tecmo's United States offices were located in Torrance, California.
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