Kodansha

Kodansha Ltd.
Native name
株式会社講談社
Kabushiki gaisha Kōdansha
FormerlyDainippon Yubenkai-Kodansha (1911–1958)
Company typeFamily-owned private KK
IndustryPublishing, music
Founded1911; 113 years ago (1911) (as Dai Nippon Yūbenkai)
December 1, 1931; 92 years ago (1931-12-01) (as Kodansha Ltd.)
FounderSeiji Noma
HeadquartersBunkyō, ,
Japan
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Yoshinobu Noma [jp][1] (president and CEO)
ProductsBooks, light novels, magazines, manga, comics, CDs and DVDs (through King Records)
OwnerNoma family (Noma Cultural Foundation 39.2%)
Number of employees
914 (as of September 2013)
SubsidiariesKing Record Co., Ltd.
Kobunsha Co., Ltd.
Kodansha USA
Ichijinsha
Wani Books
Websitewww.kodansha.co.jp

Kodansha Ltd. (Japanese: 株式会社講談社, Hepburn: Kabushiki-gaisha Kōdansha) is a Japanese privately held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo.[2] Kodansha publishes the manga magazines Nakayoshi, Afternoon, Evening, 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 1910, and members of his family continue as its owners either directly or through the Noma Cultural Foundation.

  1. ^ "Message(language->en->message)". Retrieved January 11, 2024.
  2. ^ "About us". Kodansha Children's Books. Archived from the original on December 24, 2022. Retrieved December 24, 2022.