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Kodansha
Sign in to saveis a Japanese privately held publishing and music company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kodansha publishes manga magazines which include Nakayoshi, Morning, Afternoon, Evening, Weekly Young Magazine, Weekly Shōnen Magazine, and Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine, as well as the more literary magazines Gunzō, Shūkan Gendai, and the Japanese dictionary, Nihongo Daijiten. Kodansha was founded by Seiji Noma in 1909, and members of his family continue as its owners either directly or through the Noma Cultural Foundation.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Kodansha Ltd.
- Company.native_name
- 株式会社講談社
- Company.native_name_lang
- ja
- Company.romanized_name
- Kabushiki gaisha Kōdansha
- Company.former_name
- Dainippon Yubenkai-Kodansha (1911–1958)
- Company.logo
- Kōdansha logo.svg
- Company.logo_caption
- Logo used since 2021
- Company.image
- 250px
- Company.image_caption
- Headquarters in Bunkyō, Tokyo
- Company.type
- Family-owned private KK
- Company.founded
- (as Dai Nippon Yūbenkai)
- Company.founder
- Seiji Noma
- Company.area_served
- Worldwide
- Company.hq_location_city
- Bunkyō, Tokyo
- Company.hq_location_country
- Japan
- Company.key_people
- (president and CEO)
- Company.industry
- Publishing, music
- Company.products
- Books, light novels, magazines, manga, comics, CDs and DVDs (through King Records)
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19 sectionsContents
- History
- ''K Manga''
- Relationships with other organizations
- NHK
- Honors
- List of magazines
- Manga magazines
- Male-oriented manga magazines
- Female-oriented manga magazines
- Literary magazines
- Lifestyle and fashion magazines
- Book series
- Published by Kodansha Ltd.
- Published by Kodansha International/USA Ltd.
- Miss iD
- Awards given
- See also
- References
- External links
is a Japanese privately held publishing and music company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kodansha publishes manga magazines which include Nakayoshi, Morning, Afternoon, Evening, Weekly Young Magazine, Weekly Shōnen Magazine, and Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine, as well as the more literary magazines Gunzō, Shūkan Gendai, and the Japanese dictionary, Nihongo Daijiten. Kodansha was founded by Seiji Noma in 1909, and members of his family continue as its owners either directly or through the Noma Cultural Foundation.
==History== Seiji Noma founded Kodansha in 1909 as a spin-off of the Dai-Nippon Yūbenkai (, "Greater Japan Oratorical Society") and produced the literary magazine, Yūben, () as its first publication. The name Kodansha (taken from Kōdan Club (), a now-defunct magazine published by the company) originated in 1911 when the publisher formally merged with the Dai-Nippon Yūbenkai. The company has used its current legal name since 1958. It uses the motto .
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