Konami headquarters in Tokyo Midtown
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Native name
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コナミホールディングス株式会社 |
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Traded as | : OTC Pink: : |
Industry |
Entertainment Video games |
Founded | March 21, 1969 Osaka, Japan |
Founder | Kagemasa Kōzuki |
Headquarters | Tokyo Midtown, Minato, Tokyo, Japan |
Area served
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Global |
Key people
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Kagemasa Kozuki (Chairman) Takuya Kozuki (President) |
Products | List of Konami games |
Revenue | ¥ 15,995 million (April 1, 2013 – March 31, 2014) |
¥ 10,905 million (April 1, 2013 – March 31, 2014) | |
¥ 12,170 million (April 1, 2013 – March 31, 2014) | |
Owner | Kozuki Family |
Number of employees
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4,578 (2016) |
Website | Konami Holdings Corporation |
Konami Holdings Corporation (Japanese: コナミホールディングス株式会社 Hepburn: Konami Hōrudingusu Kabushiki-gaisha?, commonly referred to as Konami; : OTC Pink: ) is a Japanese entertainment company. It operates as a product distributor, which produces and distributes trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines and arcade cabinets, video game developer and publisher company. It also operates health and physical fitness clubs across Japan.
Konami is famous for popular video game series such as Castlevania, Contra, Dance Dance Revolution, Gradius, Frogger, Suikoden, Ganbare Goemon, Metal Gear, Mirmo, Beatmania IIDX, Pro Evolution Soccer, Boktai, Silent Hill, Yu-Gi-Oh!, and Sound Voltex. The 2012 purchase and absorption of Hudson Soft resulted in the addition of several other popular franchises, including Adventure Island, Bonk, Bloody Roar, Bomberman, Far East of Eden and Star Soldier. Konami is the twentieth-largest game company in the world by revenue.