Bandai

Bandai Co., Ltd.

Logo used since 1983
Bandai's corporate headquarters in Taitō, Tokyo
Native name	株式会社バンダイ
Romanized name	Kabushiki-gaisha Bandai
Formerly	Bandai-ya
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Entertainment
Founded	July 5, 1950; 74 years ago (July 5, 1950)
Founder	Naoharu Yamashina
Headquarters	Taitō, Tokyo, Japan
Key people	Masaru Kawaguchi (president)
Products	Action figures Virtual pets Model trains
Brands	Bandai Shokugan Charapaki Digimon Harumika Tamagotchi
Operating income	¥21.7 billion (2019)
Net income	¥242.8 billion (2019)
Number of employees	851 (January 2021)
Parent	Bandai Namco Holdings (2005–present)
Subsidiaries	Bandai Logipal Bandai Namco Toys & Collectibles Corporación Bandai México Bandai UK Bandai France Bandai España Bandai Spirits CCP Heart MegaHouse Plex Seeds Sun-Star Stationary
Website	www.bandai.co.jp
Footnotes / references "Bandai Namco Group Integrated Report 2019". Bandai Namco Holdings. September 13, 2019. Archived from the original on May 17, 2020. Retrieved May 17, 2020. "About Company". Bandai. Archived from the original on January 30, 2019. Retrieved April 21, 2020.

Bandai Co., Ltd.^[a] is a Japanese multinational toy manufacturer and distributor headquartered in Taitō, Tokyo. Its international branches, Bandai Namco Toys & Collectables America and Bandai UK, are respectively headquartered in Irvine, California, and Richmond, London. Since 2005, Bandai is the toy production division of Bandai Namco Holdings, currently the world's second largest toy company measured by total revenue.^[1] Between 1981 and 2001, Bandai was a manufacturer of video game consoles.

Bandai was founded by World War II veteran Naoharu Yamashina as Bandai-Ya on July 5, 1950, as the corporate spin-off of a textile wholesaler. The company began as a distributor of metallic toys and rubber swimming rings, before moving to metal cars and aircraft models. It was renamed Bandai Co., Ltd. in 1961 and achieved considerable success with its action figures based on the anime Astro Boy.

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