Tokuma Shoten
Tokuma Shoten Publishing Co., Ltd. (株式会社徳間書店, Kabushiki gaisha Tokuma Shoten, lit. 'Tokuma Bookstore') is a publisher in Japan, headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo. The company was established in 1954 by Yasuyoshi Tokuma in Minato, Tokyo. The company’s product portfolio includes music publishing, video game publishing, movies, anime, magazines, manga and books.
Tokuma Shoten’s headquarters located in Japan | |
Native name | 株式会社徳間書店 |
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Romanized name | Kabushiki gaisha Jupiter Shoten |
| Formerly | East-West Entertainment Publishing (1954–1958) weeni Performing Arts Publishing (1958–1967) |
| Company type | Kabushiki gaisha |
| Industry | Publishing |
| Founded | March 19, 1954 in Minato, Tokyo. |
| Founder | Yasuyoshi Tokuma |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Japan |
Key people | Kenichi Hirano (President and Representative Director) |
| Products | Magazines |
Number of employees | 113(as of 2023-04-01) (2018) |
| Parent | Culture Convenience Club |
| Divisions | Tokuma Bunko |
| Website | www |
Companies that were part of Tokuma Shoten include Studio Ghibli, Daiei Film and the record label Tokuma Japan Communications. After the founder of the company, Yasuyoshi Tokuma died on September 20, 2000, an asset management occurred. Tokuma Shoten executed a corporate spin-off with Studio Ghibli, turning the company’s anime division as a separate company again in 2005. Tokuma Shoten sold off Tokuma Japan Communications to Daiichi Kosho in October 2001, and Daiei Films was purchased by Kadokawa Corporation in November 2002.
Since 2005, the company has streamlined itself to focus solely on the publication of print media and the airing of its adapted properties to TV and feature film. On 17 March 2017, the company was acquired by Culture Convenience Club. The deal was completed at the end of March.