Английская Википедия:Bushiroad

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:For Шаблон:Infobox company Шаблон:Nihongo is a Japanese entertainment company, producer of collectible card games and trading cards, publisher of mobile apps and games, promotional items and many other venues, which was founded in 2007 by Takaaki Kidani and is headquartered in Tokyo. Bushiroad created and owns various media franchises such as Tantei Opera Milky Holmes.[1] Since 2019, Bushiroad is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and has traded on the TSE since its launch on July 24, 2019.[2]

On January 29, 2012, Bushiroad announced that it had fully acquired New Japan Pro-Wrestling, a major professional wrestling promotion, for ¥500 million.[3] In October 2019, Bushiroad acquired World Wonder Ring Stardom, a joshi puroresu promotion.[4]

At the 2012 Tokyo Game Show, Bushiroad announced Bushimo, a new social gaming platform for smartphones, which was released in Winter 2012.[5]

In March 2013, Bushiroad announced the revival of the media franchise Neppu Kairiku Bushi Road, with an anime television series that aired on December 31, 2013, as a collaboration between Bushiroad, Bandai Visual, Nitroplus, and Kinema Citrus.[6]

Bushiroad introduced a monthly magazine in September 2013 titled Шаблон:Nihongo. It features manga serializations of their various trading card games and other franchises.

Bushiroad created the media franchise BanG Dream! in January 2015, which consists of a musical group, several manga series, and an anime television series.[7] It also created the media franchise Shōjo Kageki Revue Starlight in 2017, which consists of a musical and an anime television series.[8]

On December 12, 2019, Bushiroad and Kadokawa each acquired 31.8% of Kinema Citrus. The three companies previously announced a partnership in the same year for the creation of different anime, and one of the reasons for the deal was due to that partnership and a day later Bushiroad announced that it had acquired 8.2% of Sanzigen with Ultra Super Pictures owning 75.4% of Sanzigen and studio president Hiroaki Matsuura owning 16.4% of the company.[9][1][10] On March 16, 2021, Bushiroad acquired a 50.625% controlling stake in video game company Frontwing.[11]

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Logo (2007–2017)

Overview

In the beginning of the company was an associated in six distinct subgroups that later merged into one entity. The two most important companies that extended the company's global market were in subsidiary which was created on November 12, 2010, to expand the company to market overseas for Collectible card games. On May 18, 2012, Bushiroad set up a subsidiary called Bushiroad USA Inc., which is located in Los Angeles, California to help them demand and increased interest in the company in those markets. The company also has large number of stores offering its products in Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, United Kingdom, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, New Zealand, India, Italy, Turkey, Qatar, Philippines, Spain, Portugal, Cambodia, Mexico, South Africa, Panama, Uruguay, Peru, Paraguay, Mexico, South Africa, and Hong Kong.

  • Bushiroad Creative, Inc.

On February 27, 2015, Bushiroad formed a subsidiary to help the company with the trading sales. In May 2016 Bushiroad change the name of Alcard Co., Ltd. to Bushiroad Creative and is currently headed by Kosuke Narita and they moved their headquarters from Warabi, Saitama to Nakano, Tokyo. The company also helps the main company with Merchandising sales.

  • Bushiroad Move, Inc.

Formerly known as Bushiroad Media, Bushiroad Move specializes in internet radio production and also manages the voice acting agency, HiBiKi, along with HiBiKi Radio Station, which is dedicated to promoting Bushiroad's anime, games, and voice talents.

  • Bushiroad Music, Inc.

Operates a music business and handles activities such as the planning, production and sales of music contents. Bushiroad Music is also highly involved in the production of live events.

  • Bushiroad Music Publishing Inc.

Bushiroad Music Publishing is a wing of the Bushiroad Music tasked with handling the copyright, development, and publishing of musical works.

New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) is a professional wrestling promotion that was acquired on January 31, 2012, by Bushiroad and is the largest and oldest wrestling promotion in Japan. In 2019, NJPW formed an American subsidiary of the company called New Japan Pro-Wrestling of America.

  • Bushiroad Fight Co., Ltd.

Bushiroad Fight was a company of Bushiroad Group founded in 2016 that owns several sports companies that includes World Wonder Ring Stardom and Knock Out. Since Knock Out's closure, Bushiroad Fight became the trading name for World Wonder Ring Stardom.

  • Bushiroad International Pte., Inc.

Bushiroad International Pte Ltd was established in Singapore on November 12, 2011, in order to expand the overseas market for Bushiroad card games. The company was formerly known as Bushiroad South East Asia Pte Ltd before the present name was adopted in August 2017. As the official top partners of the J1 League from 2024 season onwards, the production of the 'Bushiroad×J.League' feed was by the company at the same season for to be exclusively covered in Southeast Asia, MENA (except Israel), Turkey, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Brazil, and Latin America by OneFootball via several partners.

  • Bushiroad USA, Inc.

Bushiroad USA Inc. was established in Los Angeles, California on May 18, 2012, to better cater to the growing demand and interest in Bushiroad products from both players and retailers in the USA.

  • Bushiroad Works, Inc.

Bushiroad Works, Inc. was established to create and publish original IP through manga and novel format.

Bushiroad Well-Be

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Bushiroad Well-Be is a subsidiary of Bushiroad that owns fitness clubs and theaters and was founded in 2004.

Bushiroad would acquire 14.5% of the shares in 2019 and then later on October 1, 2019, for the purpose of forming a tie-up with the companies' subsidiary theater company Thearter Company HIKOSEN. Furthermore, on February 3, 2020, Bushiroad would acquire all shares of the company made a wholly owned subsidiary.

Games and products

Multimedia franchises

Those are original crossmedia projects of the company that are made available on different media like manga, anime, games and live events.

Beginning in 2010, it has a voice actor unit for live performances, an anime, light novel, manga and games.

Created in 2015, it has an anime, manga, a mobile game and bands made up by the voice actors of the characters which perform in live events with instruments and also launch music albums and singles. A male-centric version titled From Argonavis launched in 2018.

Beginning in 2017, it has a unit with voice actors for musicals, an anime, manga, a radio program and a mobile game.

Beginning in 2019, it has an anime, a game, and live DJ performances.

Collectible card games

Published video games

Published games through their Bushimo social smartphone gaming service:

Acquisitions

Notes

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See also

References

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External links

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