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[[File:The pokemon company.png|right|thumb|The Pokémon Company logo]] | [[File:The pokemon company.png|right|thumb|The Pokémon Company logo]] | ||
'''The Pokémon Company''' (Japanese: '''株式会社ポケモン''' ''{{wp|Kabushiki gaisha}} Pokémon'') is | '''The Pokémon Company''' (Japanese: '''{{j|株式会社ポケモン}}''' ''{{wp|Kabushiki gaisha}} Pokémon''), originally '''The Pokémon Center Company''' (Japanese: '''{{j|ポケモンセンター株式会}}''' ''Pokémon Center kabushiki gaisha''), is a company founded on April 1998 from a {{wp|joint venture}} by [[Nintendo]], [[Game Freak]], and [[Creatures]]. It is led by [[Tsunekazu Ishihara]] and is responsible for the licensing and marketing of the [[Pokémon]] franchise. The current name was established in October 2000. | ||
Outside of most Asian countries, The Pokémon Company's subsidiary is '''[[The Pokémon Company International]]''', which was founded in February 2001 as '''Pokémon USA''' and later merged in 2009 with '''Pokémon UK''' to form the current single subsidiary. In {{pmin|Australia}} and {{pmin|New Zealand}}, the Pokémon franchise is managed by {{wp|Nintendo Australia}}. In {{pmin|South Korea}}, the franchise is managed by '''Pokémon Korea''' since its inception in August 2006. | |||
In April 2010, it founded an affiliate called '''The Pokémon Communications Company''' (Japanese: '''{{j|株式会社ポケモンコミュニケーションズ}}''' ''Kabushiki gaisha Pokémon Communications''). | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [http://www.pokemon.co.jp/corporate/ | ===Company=== | ||
* [http://www.pokemon.co.jp/corporate/ Japanese] | |||
* [http://www.pokemon.co.jp/corporate/en/ English] | |||
** [http://www.pokemon.co.jp/corporate/history Company history timeline] <small>(Japanese)</small> | ** [http://www.pokemon.co.jp/corporate/history Company history timeline] <small>(Japanese)</small> | ||
** [http://www.pokemon.co.jp/corporate/en/history/ Company history timeline] <small>(English)</small> | |||
* [http://www.nintendo.co.jp/nom/0006/02/ Early chronology of Pokémon from the Nintendo Online Magazine's June 2000 issue] <small>(Japanese)</small> | * [http://www.nintendo.co.jp/nom/0006/02/ Early chronology of Pokémon from the Nintendo Online Magazine's June 2000 issue] <small>(Japanese)</small> | ||
** [http://www.nintendo.co.jp/nom/0006/02/y1996.html 1996], [http://www.nintendo.co.jp/nom/0006/02/y1997.html 1997], [http://www.nintendo.co.jp/nom/0006/02/y1998.html 1998], [http://www.nintendo.co.jp/nom/0006/02/y1999.html 1999], [http://www.nintendo.co.jp/nom/0006/02/y2000.html 2000] | ** [http://www.nintendo.co.jp/nom/0006/02/y1996.html 1996], [http://www.nintendo.co.jp/nom/0006/02/y1997.html 1997], [http://www.nintendo.co.jp/nom/0006/02/y1998.html 1998], [http://www.nintendo.co.jp/nom/0006/02/y1999.html 1999], [http://www.nintendo.co.jp/nom/0006/02/y2000.html 2000] | ||
===Official Pokémon websites=== | |||
* [http://www.pokemon.co.jp/ Japanese] | |||
* [http://www.pokemon.com/ English] | |||
* [http://www.pokemonkorea.co.kr/ Korean] | |||
===Social media=== | ===Social media=== |
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