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 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 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.

• Zero Rise

Beginning in 2026, it has an anime and a stage play.

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
• Palworld
• 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 Runner: Race to the Truth
• Crayon Shin-chan: 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
• 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
• New Japan Pro-Wrestling (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 (10.06%)

References

References

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2. (21 May 2023). "Bushiroad, Kadokawa Jointly Acquire 63.6% of Kinema Citrus Studio's Shares".
3. (10 July 2019). "「ブシロード」新規上場（Ipo）初値・株価見通しは？ビジネスモデル解説ほか".
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5. "NJPW Parent Company Bushiroad Purchases Stardom - Wrestling Inc.".
6. Toto, Dr Serkan. "Bushimo: Japan Gets Yet Another Social Gaming Platform [Social Games] – Kantan Games Inc. CEO Blog".
7. (November 6, 2013). "''Neppu Kairiku Bushi Road'''s Anime's 2nd Promo Video Reveals Air Date". [[Anime News Network]].
8. (July 7, 2016). "''BanG Dream!'' Girls Band Project Gets 2017 TV Anime". Anime News Network.
9. (April 30, 2017). "Bushiroad Reveals ''Revue Starlight'' Franchise With Stage Musical, TV Anime Projects". Anime News Network.
10. Hodgkins, Crystalyn. (14 December 2019). "Bushiroad Acquires 8.2% of Sanzigen Animation Studio". [[Anime News Network]].
11. (21 May 2023). "Bushiroad, Kadokawa, Kinema Citrus Announce Partnership to Produce Anime IP".
12. Pineda, Rafael Antonio. (March 18, 2021). "Bushiroad Acquires Media Company Frontwing". [[Anime News Network]].
13. "CRAYON SHINCHAN RUNNER!! – Apps on Google Play".
14. "Crayon Shinchan Runner!!".