is a Japanese entertainment company, producer of

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s and

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s, and

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of mobile apps and games, which was founded in 2007 by Takaaki Kidani and is headquartered in

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. Bushiroad created and owns various

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s such as '' Tantei Opera Milky Holmes''. Since 2019, Bushiroad is listed on the

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and has traded on the TSE since its launch on July 24, 2019. On January 29, 2012, Bushiroad announced that it had fully acquired

New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) is a Puroresu, Japanese professional-wrestling Professional wrestling promotion, promotion founded on January 13, 1972, by Antonio Inoki, and based in Nakano, Tokyo. It is currently majority owned by card-game company Bushiroad, with TV As ...

, a major

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promotion, for ¥500 million. In October 2019, Bushiroad acquired World Wonder Ring Stardom, a ''joshi'' ''puroresu'' promotion. At the 2012

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, Bushiroad announced Bushimo, a new social gaming platform for

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s, which was released in Winter 2012. 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,

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, Nitroplus, and Kinema Citrus. Bushiroad introduced a monthly magazine in September 2013 titled . 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. It also created the media franchise '' Shōjo Kageki Revue Starlight'' in 2017, which consists of a musical and an anime television series. 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. On March 16, 2021, Bushiroad acquired a 50.625% controlling stake in video game company Frontwing. Logo Bushiroad

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

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which was created on November 12, 2010, to expand the company to market overseas for

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s. On May 18, 2012, Bushiroad set up a subsidiary called Bushiroad USA Inc., which is located in

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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

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, and

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. * 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 Nakano (, Latn, ja, Nakano-ku) is a Special wards of Tokyo, special ward in the Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis in Japan. The English translation of its Japanese self-designation is Nakano City (, Latn, ja, Nakano-ku).

. 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. *

Co., Ltd. ** New Japan Pro-Wrestling of America ** World Wonder Ring Stardom 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. In June 2024, World Wonder Ring Stardom (formerly traded as Bushiroad Fight Co., Ltd.) was acquired by NJPW, thus becoming a subsidiary of NJPW. * Bushiroad International Pte., Inc. * Bushiroad USA, Inc. * Bushiroad Works, Inc. Bushiroad Works, Inc. was established to create and publish original IP through manga and novel format.

Bushiroad Well-Be

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. *'' Tantei Opera Milky Holmes'' Beginning in 2010, it has a voice actor unit for live performances, an anime, light novel, manga and games. *'' BanG Dream!'' 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. *'' Revue Starlight'' Beginning in 2017, it has a unit with voice actors for musicals, an anime, manga, a radio program and a mobile game. *'' D4DJ'' Beginning in 2019, it has an anime, a game, and live DJ performances.

Collectible card games

*''AlicexCross'' *'' Cardfight!! Vanguard'' *''ChaosTCG'' *''Dragoborne -Rise to Supremacy-'' *''Five Qross'' *'' Future Card Buddyfight'' *'' Jewelpet Trading Card Game'' *''King of Pro-Wrestling'' *''Rebirth for you'' *'' Luck & Logic'' *'' Monster Collection'' *''Shadowverse: Evolve'' *''Victory Spark'' *''Weekly Shonen Sunday V.S. Weekly Shonen Magazine'' *'' Weiß Schwarz''

Published video games

Published games through their Bushimo social smartphone gaming service: *'' BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! '' *''

Case Closed ''Case Closed'', also known as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' since January 1994; its chapters are collected in 10 ...

Runner: Race to the Truth'' *''

Crayon Shin-chan is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshito Usui. ''Crayon Shin-chan'' made its first appearance in 1990 in a Japanese weekly magazine called ''Weekly Manga Action'', which was published by Futabasha. Due to the death of ...

: The Storm Called! Flaming Kasukabe Runner!'' *''Chaos Online'' *'' Tantei Opera Milky Holmes'' *'' Tap Logic ～TAP! Luck & Logic～'' *'' Senki Zesshō Symphogear XD Unlimited'' *'' The Prince of Tennis Rising Beat'' *''Click! Kaitou Teikoku'' *''Bound Monsters'' *''Ren'ai Replay'' *''Kindan Shoukan! Summon Monster'' *''

Love Live! School Idol Festival (often abbreviated as ''LLSIF'' or ''Sukufesu'') is a Japanese rhythm game series. The first game, developed by KLab and published by Bushiroad's Bushimo, was released in Japan on April 15, 2013, for iOS and June 8, 2013, for Android (operatin ...

'' *'' Love Live! School Idol Festival All Stars'' *''KamiKari: Demons x Trigger'' *''Dragon Strike'' *'' Kemono Friends Pavilion'' *'' Cardcaptor Sakura Happiness Memories'' *'' Cardfight!! Online'' (cancelled project) *'' Shōjo Kageki Revue Starlight: Re LIVE'' *'' Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid: Burst Forth!! Choro-gon Breath''

Acquisitions

* '' Neppu Kairiku Bushi Road'' *

(Acquired from Yuke's) * World Wonder Ring Stardom (Acquired from Rossy Ogawa) * Sanzigen (8.2%) * Kinema Citrus (31.8%) * Sopratico (Acquired from Takashi Oba) * Frontwing (50.625%) *

Tokyo MX JOMX-DTV (channel 9), branded as Tokyo MX (officially stylized as TOKYO MX), is an independent station, independent television station in Tokyo, Japan, owned by the . It is the only television station that exclusively serves the city and parts ...

(10.06%)

References

External links

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