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Square Enix

Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd.
Native name
株式会社スクウェア・エニックス・ホールディングス
Romanized name
Kabushikigaisha Sukuwea Enikkusu Hōrudingusu
Kabushiki gaisha
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Founded
  • September 22, 1975; 41 years ago (1975-09-22) (Enix)
  • September 1983; 33 years ago (1983-09) (Square)
  • April 1, 2003; 13 years ago (2003-04-01) (Square Enix Co., Ltd.)
  • October 1, 2008; 8 years ago (2008-10-01) (Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd.)
Headquarters Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Key people
Products
Revenue Increase¥214.101 billion (April 1, 2015 - March 31, 2016)
Increase¥19.884 billion (April 1, 2015 - March 31, 2016)
Number of employees
3,924 (as of March 31, 2016)
Divisions
  • Business Division 1
  • Business Division 2
  • Business Division 3
  • Business Division 4
  • Business Division 5
Subsidiaries
Website www.square-enix.com

Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd. (株式会社スクウェア・エニックス・ホールディングス Kabushiki-gaisha Sukuwea Enikkusu Hōrudingusu?) is a Japanese video game developer, publisher, and distribution company that is best known for its role-playing video game franchises, which include Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, and Kingdom Hearts. Several of its franchises have sold over 10 million copies, with the Final Fantasy franchise selling over 115 million, and the company as a whole made over ¥150 billion in revenue in fiscal year 2014. The Square Enix headquarters are in the Shinjuku Eastside Square Building in Shinjuku, Tokyo, and the company employs over 3800 employees worldwide.

The original Square Enix Co., Ltd. was formed as the result of a statutory merger between Enix Corporation and Square Co., Ltd. on April 1, 2003, with Enix legally absorbing Square. Each share of Square's was for 0.85 shares of Enix's common stock. At the time, 80% of Square Enix staff were made up of former Square employees. As part of the merger, former Square president Yoichi Wada was appointed president of the new corporation, while former Enix president Keiji Honda was named its vice president, and the founder of Enix, Yasuhiro Fukushima, the largest shareholder of the combined corporation, became its honorary chairman. As a result of the merger, Square Co., Ltd. was dissolved and Enix was the surviving company.


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