Shueisha
Shueisha Inc. (株式会社集英社, Kabushiki gaisha Shūei-sha) is a Japanese company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. Shueisha is the largest publishing company in Japan. It was established in 1925 as the entertainment-related publishing division of Japanese publisher Shogakukan. The following year, Shueisha became a separate, independent company.
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Headquarters in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan | |
Native name | 株式会社集英社 |
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Romanized name | Kabushiki gaisha Shūeisha |
| Company type | Division (KK) |
| Industry | Publishing |
| Founded | August 8, 1926 |
| Founder | Takeo Ōga |
| Headquarters | , Japan |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Shinichi Hirono (President and CEO) |
| Products | Magazines, manga, picture books, light novels, educational books, reference books, and other books |
| ¥28.97 billion (2014) | |
| ¥37.56 billion (2016) | |
| Owner | Hitotsubashi Group (Ōga family) |
Number of employees | 757 (2019) |
| Parent | Shueisha-Shogakukan Productions |
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| Website | www |
Manga magazines published by Shueisha include the Jump magazine line, which includes shonen magazines Weekly Shōnen Jump, Jump SQ, and V Jump, and seinen magazines Weekly Young Jump, Grand Jump and Ultra Jump, and the online magazine Shōnen Jump+. They also publish other magazines, including Non-no. Shueisha, along with Shogakukan, owns Viz Media, which publishes manga from all three companies in North America.