Konami Corporation

Moby ID: 99

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August 2, 2006: The company closes Konami Computer Entertainment Hawaii, Inc. as the result of a reorganization of the company and to shift resources to its L.A. and Las Vegas facilities.
April 21, 2006: Konami first became involved with movie production with the release of the 2006 film Silent Hill based heavily upon the Silent Hill franchise thanks to the involvement of Konami's Team Silent.
October 2005: Konami Corporation merges with (and therefore absorbing) its subsidiary Konami Marketing Japan, Inc.
June 2005: Konami Corporation merges with (and therefore absorbing) its subsidiary Konami Traumer, Inc.
April 11, 2005: The company becomes the new majority stockholder of Hudson Soft as they raise their shares from 45% to 54%.
April 2005: Konami Corporation re-aligns their business structure and so they merge with (and therefore absorbing) the following subsidiaries: Konami Computer Entertainment Studios, Inc., Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, Inc., Konami Computer Entertainment Japan, Inc., Konami Online, Inc. and Konami Media Entertainment, Inc.
April 2005: The company sells all shares it has from TAKARA Co., Ltd.
February 2003: For its 30th anniversary, Konami adopts a new brand logo.
October 2001: The company acquires the remaining shares of Konami Australia Pty Ltd. and consequently makes it a wholly owned subsidiary.
February 2001: The company acquires People Co., Ltd., which a few months later changes name into Konami Sports Corporation.
July 2000: KONAMI invested in TAKARA Co., Ltd., making it an affiliated company.
June 1999: Established Konami Parlor Entertainment, Inc. (currently KPE, Inc.) to sell pachinko and pachinko slot machines.
March 1997: Established Konami Computer Entertainment School Co., Ltd.
April 1996: Established Konami Computer Entertainment Japan Co., Ltd.
December 1995: Established Konami Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.
April 3, 1995: Established Konami Computer Entertainment Osaka.
April 1995: Established Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo Co., Ltd.
September 1994: Established Konami (Hong Kong) Ltd. in Hong Kong.
June 1991: The Company's name was changed from Konami Industry Co., Ltd. to Konami Co., Ltd.
1987: Company creates a subsidiary video game company called Ultra to get around Nintendo's harsh licensing rules.
April 1985: KONAMI began the manufacture and sales of game software for the Nintendo Famicom.
December 1984: Established Konami GmbH in Germany.
June 1984: Konami Limited (currently Konami Corporation of Europe B.V.) was established in the U.K.
November 1983: Began development and sales for the MSX line of PCs.
November 1982: Konami of America Inc. is established in the USA.
October 1982: Started to manufacture and sell software for the PC market.
January 1979: Started to export products to the US, paving the way for future expansion overseas.
March 19, 1973: The business is transformed into Konami Industry Co., Ltd.
March 1969: Kagemasa Kozuki (current Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer) founded a jukebox rental/repair business in 148, Kozushima, Toyonaka City, Osaka.