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Konami Holdings Corporation
Native name
株式会社コナミホールディングス
Romanized name
Kabushikigaisha Konami Hōrudingusu
Kabushiki gaisha
Traded as :
Industry Entertainment
Video games
Founded March 21, 1969; 48 years ago (1969-03-21)
Founders Kagemasa Kōzuki
Headquarters Tokyo Midtown, Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Area served
Global
Key people
Kagemasa Kozuki
(Chairman)
Takuya Kozuki
(President)
Products List of Konami games
Revenue Increase¥ 229.9 billion (2017)
Increase¥ 36.4 billion
Increase¥ 26 billion
Owner Kozuki family (29%)
Number of employees
4,578 (2016)
Divisions
  • Konami Digital Entertainment
  • Konami Sports & Life
  • Konami Amusement
  • Konami Real Estate
Subsidiaries 4K Media Inc.
Website Konami Holdings Corporation

Konami Holdings Corporation (Japanese: 株式会社コナミホールディングス, Hepburn: Kabushikigaisha Konami Hōrudingusu, 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 Suikoden, Castlevania, Contra, Dance Dance Revolution, Frogger, Gradius, Metal Gear, Pro Evolution Soccer, Silent Hill and Yu-Gi-Oh!. The absorption of Hudson Soft in 2012 resulted in the addition of several other 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.


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