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Tehkan

Tecmo Co., Ltd.
Native name
株式会社テクモ
Romanized name
Kabushikigaisha Tekumo
Kabushiki gaisha
Division
Industry Video games
Fate Merged with Koei
Successor Koei Tecmo
Founded July 31, 1967
Founder Kakihara Akirahito
Defunct April 1, 2010
Headquarters Tokyo, Japan
Key people
Tomonobu Itagaki
Products Bomb Jack
Captain Tsubasa
Ninja Gaiden
Dead or Alive
Fatal Frame
Tecmo Bowl
Deception
Monster Rancher
Rygar
Gallop Racer
Solomon's Key
Parent Koei Tecmo
Website www.tecmo.co.jp

Tecmo Co., Ltd. (テクモ株式会社 Tekumo kabushikigaisha?), was a Japanese video game corporation founded in 1967. It had its headquarters in Kudankita, Chiyoda, Tokyo. and its subsidiary, Tecmo Inc, was located in Torrance, California.

Tecmo is known for the Star Force, Dead or Alive, Ninja Gaiden, Deception, Monster Rancher, Rygar, Tecmo Bowl, Fatal Frame, Tōkidenshō Angel Eyes and Gallop Racer video game series. When it was still called Tehkan, the company released arcade games such as Bomb Jack and Tehkan World Cup. The company was founded on July 31, 1967 as a real estate company of yachts but with roots dating three years earlier as a supplier of cleaning equipment. In 1969, it started to sell amusement equipment.

In 2009, Tecmo merged with Koei to form the holding company Tecmo Koei Holdings and was operated as a subsidiary until its disbandment in early 2010. In April 2010, Tecmo was dissolved and its video game franchises are now published by Koei Tecmo Games. Tecmo is also the name of a distinct video game development company that was established in March 2010, but later folded into Tecmo Koei Games in April 2011.


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