- Business
- Bushiroad Inc. Bushiroad Inc. (7803.T) engages primarily in the planning, development, production, and sale of trading card games, digital games, and merchandising products centered around intellectual properties in the entertainment industry. The company offers core products and services including trading card games such as Cardfight!! Vanguard, Weiss Schwarz, Shadowverse: Evolve, and Pro Baseball Card Game: Dream Order; mobile and online games like BanG Dream! Girls Band Party!, Love Live! School Idol Festival series, D4DJ Groovy Mix, and NJPW STRONG SPIRITS; music content production and live events featuring BanG Dream! and Revue Starlight; merchandising goods including character figures, capsule toys, petit figure brand PalVerse, and arcade prizes distributed to toy stores, general retailers, and hobby shops; media operations encompassing comics, anime programs such as Cardfight!! Vanguard Divinez and BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!!, books, magazines like Monthly Bushiroad, and web comic sites; voice actor management and advertising agency services; and e-commerce through Bushiroad Online Store and Bushiroad Global Online Store. Bushiroad Inc. operates across multiple segments including IP development, TCG, mobile online games, music, merchandising, media, voice actors, sports entertainment, and global business, targeting hobbyists, gamers, anime enthusiasts, and event attendees primarily in Japan with expanding presence in North America, Southeast Asia, and other regions via international subsidiaries like Bushiroad USA Inc. and Bushiroad International Pte. Ltd. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Sumitomo Nakanosakaue Building, Nakano-ku, Tokyo, the company listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers market in 2019 and reports consolidated sales of 56,175 million JPY with 873 employees as of June 2025. Recent major changes include forming a capital and business alliance with YUHODO Inc. in January 2024 to strengthen TCG development and supply; transferring all shares of Bushiroad Fight Inc. to New Japan Pro-Wrestling Co., Ltd. in June 2024, renaming it Stardom Inc.; merging Bushiroad Music Co., Ltd. with ARGONAVIS Inc. in July 2024; acquiring shares in GORIN TECHNICAL INDUSTRY (MALAYSIA) SDN. BHD. via Bushiroad International in April 2024; announcing a medium-term vision in August 2025 focused on IP revitalization, becoming the world's number one in trading card games, and accelerating overseas expansion; and in August 2025, CEO Takaaki Kidani reducing his stake from 55.9% to 49.9% through share transfers to Pocketpair (Palworld developer) and Acos (Animate subsidiary), signaling potential new merchandising and IP collaborations.