Back أكيتا شوتين Arabic Akita Shoten Breton Akita Shoten German Akita Shoten Spanish Akita Shoten French Akita Shoten ID Akita Shoten Italian 秋田書店 Japanese 아키타 쇼텐 Korean Akita Shoten Dutch
 Logo | |
.jpg) Headquarters in 2006 | |
Native name | 株式会社秋田書店 |
|---|---|
Romanized name | Kabushiki-gaisha Akita Shoten |
| Company type | Kabushiki gaisha |
| Industry | Manga, magazines |
| Founded | August 10, 1948 |
| Founder | Teio Akita |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Shigeru Higuchi (president) |
| Products | Published manga |
Number of employees | 134[1] (2022) |
| Website | akitashoten |
Akita Publishing Co., Ltd. (株式会社秋田書店, Kabushiki-gaisha Akita Shoten) is a Japanese publishing company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo. It was founded by Teio Akita in 1948.[1][2] As of May 2023, the company's president is Shigeru Higuchi.[1] The company is known for publishing the manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Champion, which serialized works such as Osamu Tezuka's Black Jack, Keisuke Itagaki's Baki the Grappler, and Shinji Mizushima's Dokaben.