Kadokawa Corporation

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Kadokawa Corporation

Headquarters in Fujimi, Chiyoda, Tokyo
Native name	株式会社KADOKAWA
Romanized name	Kabushiki gaisha KADOKAWA
Formerly	Kadokawa Dwango Corporation (2014–2019)
Company type	Public
Traded as	TYO: 9468
Industry	Publishing film copyright mass media video games
Founded	November 10, 1945; 79 years ago (1945-11-10) (as Kadokawa Shoten) June 6, 1997; 27 years ago (1997-06-06) (as Dwango) October 1, 2014; 10 years ago (2014-10-01) (as Kadokawa Dwango Corporation)
Founder	Genyoshi Kadokawa (for the Kadokawa Shoten branch)
Headquarters	Fujimi, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
Area served	Global
Key people	Takeshi Natsuno (president)
Revenue	¥258,109 million[1] (2024)
Operating income	¥18,454 million[1] (2024)
Total assets	¥340,310 million[1] (2024)
Number of employees	5,349[2]
Website	group.kadokawa.co.jp/global/

Kadokawa Corporation (Japanese: 株式会社KADOKAWA, Hepburn: Kabushiki-gaisha Kadokawa), formerly Kadokawa Dwango Corporation,^[3] is a Japanese media conglomerate that was created as a result of the merger of the original Kadokawa Corporation and Dwango Co., Ltd. on October 1, 2014.^[4][5]