Shogakukan

Shogakukan Inc.
Native name
株式会社 小学館
Kabushiki-gaisha Shōgakukan
Company typePrivate KK
IndustryPublishing
FoundedAugust 8, 1922; 102 years ago (1922-08-08)
FounderTakeo Ōga
Headquarters
Tokyo
,
Japan
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Nobuhiro Oga [jp][1]
(President and CEO)
ProductsMagazines, comics, picture books, light novels, educational books, reference books, other books
Revenue108,471,000,000 yen (2023) Edit this on Wikidata
OwnerHitotsubashi Group (Ōga family)
Number of employees
728 (2017)
Subsidiaries
  • Shogakukan Publishing Service
  • Shorinsha
  • Shogakukan Creative
  • NetAdvance
  • Viz Media
  • Hakusensha (part, via Shueisha)
Websitewww.shogakukan.co.jp

Shogakukan Inc. (株式会社小学館, Kabushiki-gaisha Shōgakukan, often pronounced as Shōgakkan[2] due to devoicing[3]) is a Japanese publisher of comics, magazines, light novels, dictionaries, literature, non-fiction, home media, and other media in Japan.[4]

Shogakukan founded Shueisha, which also founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are together called the Hitotsubashi Group,[5] one of the largest publishing groups in Japan and the world. Shogakukan is headquartered in the Shogakukan Building in Hitotsubashi, part of Kanda, Chiyoda, Tokyo, near the Jimbocho book district. The corporation also has the other two companies located in the same ward.

  1. ^ "Company Profile". Retrieved January 11, 2024.
  2. ^ Example: "Shōgakkan". Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved September 20, 2023.
  3. ^ "Devoiced Vowels". TUFS Language Modules – Japanese. Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. Archived from the original on November 12, 2022.
  4. ^ "Company Overview of SHOGAKUKAN". Bloomberg. Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
  5. ^ "Global Publishing Leaders 2015: Shogakukan". PWxyz. Publishers Weekly. June 26, 2015. Retrieved April 23, 2018.