Masaki Matsubara

Kadokawa Future Publishing KK engages in the content development, production, supply, and sale of publications and videos. Its operations are carried out through the following segments: Publication Business, Video Business, and Cross Media Business. The Publication Business segment deals with publication, sale, and distribution of books, novels, magazines, comics, and others. The Video Business segment includes planning, production, and distribution of films, movies, dramas, and animations. The Cross Media Business segment provides publication and sale of information magazines and guides. It is involved in the licensing of content. The company was founded on November 10, 1945 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Kinokuniya Co., Ltd. owns and operates book stores and libraries. It distributes local and foreign books, journals, magazines, CD-ROMs, audio and video software, stationery, and office supplies. The firm also supplies educational and library equipment and systems, computer peripherals, and electronic publications. Its business activities include electronic information services, publishing, production of audio-visual software, production of bibliographic databases, and management of theaters and art galleries. The company as founded on January 22, 1927 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Dwango Co., Ltd. develops software games and applications for cellular phones and manages mobile content services. The company was founded by Nobuo Kawakami, Robert E. Huntley and Toyoki Ota on August 6, 1997 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Glovision, Inc. engages in dubbing, subtitling and editing of Japanese versions. The firm''s business include dubbing production, subtitle production, production of a Japanese version of a documentary, BD/DVD production, DCP production and sound production. The company was founded in 1963 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

chara-ani Corp. engages in the planning, production, manufacture, sale and rental of software (disks, tapes and films), audio, video, music and games equipment; books and magazines; and others. The company provides the planning, manufacture, sale, import and export of toys, daily goods, cosmetics, cosmetic tools, beauty supplies, health equipment, clothing items, accessories, interior goods and stationery items. It also engages in the acquisition of copyrights, neighboring rights, portrait rights, publishing rights, industrial property rights and other intangible property rights, utilization development, licensing, management, assignment and intermediary services; manufacture, sale, import and export of food, drinking water, soft drinks, tea, coffee and alcoholic beverages; operates dance schools, sports classes, sale of dance and sporting goods; production, management, entertainment, brokerage and mediation of music, movies, theater and entertainment; planning, production, and sale of movies, radio and television programs; trading, importing and exporting of vehicles such as automobiles and their parts. The company was founded on November 24, 1999 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

BOOK WALKER Co., Ltd. engages in the production, distribution, and sales of electronic content including e–books and video streams. It publishes books, magazines, comics, and journals through the Internet. The firm also develops software applications for games, novel distribution, and mobile devices. The company was founded on December 1, 2005 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.