The Pokémon Company: Difference between revisions

'''The Pokémon Company''' ('''{{j|株式会社ポケモン}}''' ''{{wp|Kabushiki gaisha}} Pokémon'') is a company responsible for the licensing and marketing of the [[Pokémon]] franchise. Founded on April 23, 1998 with the name '''The Pokémon Center Company''' ('''{{j|ポケモンセンター株式会社}}''' ''Pokémon Center kabushiki gaisha'') as a {{wp|joint venture}} by [[Nintendo]], [[Game Freak]], and [[Creatures, Inc.|Creatures]], it was created to manage the [[Pokémon Center (store)|Pokémon Center stores]] in Japan.<ref name="his">[https://www.pokemon.co.jp/corporate/en/history/ ''Company History'' - The Pokémon Company] (retrieved April 21, 2020)</ref> It has since expanded to be responsible for the {{pkmn|games|game software}}, {{pkmn|Trading Card Game|card games}}, license management, {{pkmn|anime|TV animation}} and {{pkmn|movie|films}}, and other ancillary businesses in {{pmin|Japan}} and Asia.<ref name="biz">[https://www.pokemon.co.jp/corporate/en/about/ ''Company Profile'' - The Pokémon Company] (retrieved April 21, 2020)</ref> Its wholly owned subsidiaries, Pokémon Korea, Inc. and [[The Pokémon Company International]], manage these responsibilities in {{pmin|South Korea}} and areas outside Asia, respectively.<ref name="Korea">[https://pokemonkorea.co.kr/fp/company ''About Us'' - Pokémon Korea, Inc.] (Korean) (retrieved April 21, 2020)</ref><ref name="TPCi">[https://www.pokemon.com/us/about-pokemon/ ''About the Pokémon Company International'' - The Pokémon Company International] (retrieved April 21, 2020)</ref>

As of September 2019, The Pokémon Company had sold over 346 million units of their video games and shipped over 28.8 billion trading cards<ref>[https://www.pokemon.co.jp/corporate/en/services/ ''Business Summary'' - The Pokémon Company] (retrieved April 21, 2020)</ref>. [[Tsunekazu Ishihara]] is the President and CEO of the company.