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The Pokémon Company (株式会社ポケモン, Kabushiki gaisha Pokemon) is a Japanese company responsible for brand management, production, publishing,
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marketing, and licensing of the Pokémon franchise, which consists of video game software, a trading card game, anime television series, films, manga, home
Contribute entertainment products, merchandise, and other ventures. It was established through a joint investment by the three companies holding the copyright of Pokémon:
Help Nintendo, Game Freak, and Creatures. It was founded in April 1998 originally to operate the Pokémon Center stores in Japan before expanding to the entire franchise
Learn to edit in October 2000 as it rebranded to its current name. The company is headquartered in the Roppongi Hills Mori Tower in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo.[3]
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Recent changes The company has separate subsidiaries that handle operations in different parts of the world, with the Pokémon Company International supporting the territories
Upload file outside Asia and being responsible for brand management, licensing, marketing, the Pokémon Trading Card Game, the animated TV series, home entertainment, and
the official Pokémon website on the territories outside Asia.[3]
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The Pokémon Company also handles publishing of all Pokémon video games since 2001 alongside Nintendo. The Pokémon Company is mostly responsible for
Related changes marketing and funding, while Nintendo handles distribution of the titles in Japan and outside it. Both companies work together in localization, production, QA, and
Special pages other aspects. The company is solely responsible for publishing and licensing mobile Pokémon titles, unlike console titles where it has help from Nintendo.[4][5][6][7]
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Cite this page 1 History
Wikidata item 2 List of works
2.1 Games
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2.2 Anime
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2.3 Books Headquarters at Roppongi Hills Mori Tower
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2.4 Live-action film Native name 株式会社ポケモン
In other projects 3 See also Romanized Kabushiki gaisha
Wikimedia Commons 4 References name Pokémon

5 External links Formerly The Pokémon Center

Languages Company (1998-2000)
Deutsch Type Joint venture
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History [ edit ] Founded 23 April 1998; 24 years
Français ago
한국어 In 1998, Nintendo, Creatures, and Game Freak established The Pokemon Center Company (ポケモンセンター株式会社, Nihonbashi, Tokyo, Japan
Italiano Pokemon Sentā Kabushiki gaisha) in order to effectively manage the Pokémon Center stores in Japan. After the popularity of Headquarters Minato, Tokyo, Japan
日本語 Pokémon Gold and Silver, they received many merchandising proposals from around the world. Companies were interested Tsunekazu Ishihara
The International Branch of The Key people
Русский (President and CEO)
Pokémon Company. in working with the Pokémon brand. At that time, Tsunekazu Ishihara of Creatures was the person in charge of approving
Tiếng Việt Takato Utsunomiya (COO)
licensed products. Because of the sheer volume of products, Ishihara thought it was too much work for one person to handle. Junichi Masuda (Chief
中文
At the same time, in order for the franchise to continue, Ishihara wished to further expand the franchise with long-term goals, Creative Fellow)
22 more such as continuing the anime series, and releasing a movie every year. It was then decided that a new organization was needed in order to gather together all the Products Pokémon franchise
Edit links strands of brand management. Services Brand management

This led the three companies to turn The Pokémon Center Company into The Pokémon Company in order to further expand its scope, responsibilities, and areas of Revenue JPY 204.29 billion
[8] (2021)[1]
business. According to Satoru Iwata, establishing The Pokémon Company was one of his first projects at Nintendo.
Net income JPY 41.39 billion
Managing the Pokémon Center stores is still a pillar for the company. In total, there are stores in 11 locations: Sapporo, Tohoku (Sendai), Tokyo, Skytree Town (2021)[1]
(Oshiage), Tokyo-Bay (Chiba), Yokohama, Nagoya, Kyoto, Osaka, Hiroshima and Fukuoka.[9] Owners Nintendo
Creatures
The United States branch (Pokémon USA, Inc.) opened in 2001 to handle licensing overseas in the Americas. Nintendo Australia is responsible for some licensing Game Freak
and marketing of Pokémon products in Australia and New Zealand because The Pokémon Company does not have an Australian branch.[3] Number of 374 (2022)
employees
Since 2001, nearly all Pokémon products are represented as "©Pokémon" in the copyright acknowledgments with the usual three of "©Nintendo", "©GAME FREAK
Subsidiaries The Pokémon Company
inc." and "©Creatures Inc." The three companies also have ownership of all of the Pokémon-related trademarks in Japan[10] while Nintendo is the sole owner of
International
Pokémon-related trademarks in other countries.[11] Licensed toys are made by third- and second-party companies such as Tomy and Jazwares. The Pokémon Company
International Ireland
In October 2001, 4Kids Entertainment acquired a 3% stake in The Pokémon Company for an undisclosed sum.[12][13] They liquidated this stake 4 years later for Pokémon Korea, Inc.
US$960,000.[14] Pokemon Singapore Pte.
Ltd.
In 2006, Pokémon Korea, Inc. was founded to manage the company's operations in South Korea. Its headquarters is located in Seoul. Pokémon Shanghai
Pokémon Center Co., Ltd.
In 2009, Pokémon USA and Pokémon UK merged to become The Pokémon Company International, which handles American and European Pokémon operations
Website Japanese Website
under the administration of Kenji Okubo.[15] The company's office in the United States is located in Bellevue, Washington[16] and its office in the United Kingdom is English Website
located in London.[3] Some Australian operations are controlled by Nintendo Australia. Footnotes / references
[2]
Pokémon Center Co., Ltd. was established in August 2011 to manage the Pokémon Center brand and stores in Japan. Its operations include operating the Pokémon
Store and Pokémon Center stores, maintaining the Pokémon Stand vending machines and operating the Pokémon Center Online, as well as overseeing the design
and manufacture of Japanese Pokémon Center brand merchandise. Yomiomi Uego is currently the president and CEO.[17][18]

In April 2022, The Pokémon Company International announced the acquisition of Millennium Print Group for an undisclosed sum. The printing company has already been producing and packing cards for the
Pokémon Trading Card Game since 2015 after partnering up with The Pokémon Company. The move will not have a major effect on Millennium's day-to-day productions, with the company still operating as a
separate entity; The Pokémon Company will instead be providing "investment and industry expertise" while assisting Millennium in expanding its capabilities and infrastructure.[19]

On June 1, 2022, it was announced that Pokémon creator and Game Freak founder Junichi Masuda left the company and would be part of The Pokémon Company at a position called Chief Creative Fellow, being
more involved with the franchise as a whole instead of just the video games.[20]

List of works [ edit ]

Games ​[ edit ]

Pokémon video game series

List of Pokémon video games
Pokémon Trading Card Game
Pokémon Trading Figure Game

Anime ​[ edit ]

Pokémon anime television series

Pokémon anime film series

Books ​[ edit ]

Pokémon manga
Pokémon Junior book series

Live-action film ​[ edit ]

Pokémon Detective Pikachu

See also ​[ edit ]

List of highest-grossing media franchises

References ​[ edit ]

1. ^ a b "ポケモン、22年2月期の売上高2042億円、営業利益598億、 9. ^ "ポケモンセンター English" . ポケットモンスターオフィシャル 14. ^ "Form 10K" . EdgarOnline.com. 16 March 2006. Retrieved 16 July
経常利益622億、最終利益413億円と驚異的な好決算" . gamebiz.jp サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 13 November 2017. 2016.
(in Japanese). 30 May 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2022. 10. ^ "会社情報" . The Pokémon Company. Retrieved 31 October 2020. 15. ^ Daswani, Mansha (9 April 2009). "Pokémon Merges North
2. ^ "Pokemon Go Nintendo shares Tokyo Stock Exchange Niantic" . "ポケットモンスター・ポケモン・Pokémonは任天堂・クリーチャ American, European Operations" . WorldScreen.com.com. Archived
TheGuardian.com. 25 July 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2018. ーズ・ゲームフリークの登録商標です" from the original on 13 April 2009. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
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3. ^ "会社概要" [Company Profile] (in Japanese). The 11. ^ "Legal Information" . The Pokémon Company. Retrieved 4 August 16. ^ "Contact Us" . The Pokémon Company International. Retrieved
Pokémon Company. Retrieved 31 August 2014. 2016. "Pokémon, Pokémon character names, Nintendo Switch, 31 August 2014.
4. ^ "ゲームを探す" . ポケットモンスターオフィシャルサイ Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DS, Wii, Wii U, and WiiWare are trademarks 17. ^ "株式会社ポケモンセンター | 採用サイト" .
ffgaghdbddnja. Retrieved 20 March 2019. of Nintendo." 18. ^ "【株式会社ポケモンセンター】 会社概要" .
5. ^ "Pokémon Companies - Serebii.net" . www.serebii.net. Retrieved 12. ^ "4Kids Entertainment Signs New Five-Year Agreement With 19. ^ Murray, Sean (18 April 2022). "Pokemon Buying The Company
25 December 2022. Pokemon USA/Leading Children's Entertainment Company Acquires That Makes Its Collectible Cards" . thegamer.com. Retrieved 4 July
6. ^ Baird, Scott (3 February 2021). "Who Owns The Pokémon 3% Interest In The Pokemon Company" . TheFreeDictionary.com. 2022.
Franchise" . ScreenRant. Retrieved 25 December 2022. 10 October 2001. Archived from the original on 24 November 2018. 20. ^ Walker, John (1 June 2022). "Pokémon Pioneer, Game Freak Co-
7. ^ https://www.facebook.com/gamerbraves (9 June 2022). "Who Retrieved 23 May 2019. Founder Junichi Masuda Leaves Studio For Bigger Role" . Kotaku.
Actually Owns Pokemon?" . GamerBraves. Retrieved 25 December 13. ^ "4Kids Entertainment Signs New Five-Year Agreement With Retrieved 4 June 2022.
2022. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help); External Pokémon USA" (PDF). 4kidsentertainment.com. 10 October 2001.
link in |last= (help) Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2005. Retrieved

8. ^ "Iwata Asks" . Retrieved 11 December 2016. 29 July 2016.

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