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The Pokémon Company was established on 23 Apr 1998; Nintendo reports 32 percent of voting rights and equity-method treatment
Corporate facts from the company's own profile and history pages and from Nintendo's Annual Report 2025; nothing from registries that were not opened.
Company profile
Founded as a shop operator in April 1998, renamed in October 2000
| Name | The Pokémon Company (株式会社ポケモン) |
|---|---|
| Established | 23 Apr 1998, as Pokémon Center Co., Ltd., established in April 1998 by Nintendo, Creatures Inc. and GAME FREAK inc.; the first Pokémon Center store in Tokyo opened the same month |
| Renamed | October 2000, to The Pokémon Company, with the business widened to management of the whole brand |
| Capital | 365.4 million yen (company profile); Nintendo's annual report lists share capital of JPY 365 million |
| Head office | Roppongi Hills Mori Tower 47F, 6-10-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-6147 |
| Officers | Two representative directors, one of them president and CEO |
| Business | Video games, trading card game, videos and apps; licence management; official shop operation |
| Group companies listed | 14 |
In Nintendo's annual report
Nintendo lists it as the main of four equity-method associates
| Nintendo voting rights | 32 percent of voting rights |
|---|---|
| Accounting treatment | Associate accounted for using the equity method; the main one of four such associates |
| Reporting period | Fiscal year ended 31 Mar 2025 |
| Business as Nintendo describes it | Sales and licensing of Pokémon related goods |
| Relationship | Purchase of products manufactured by Nintendo and entrusted manufacturing of products; one Nintendo director holds a concurrent position |
| Share capital in the Nintendo table | JPY 365 million |
The equity method means Nintendo books its share of the associate's profit, not the associate's sales. The report does not publish the associate's own results.
Milestones
10 corporate events from the company's own history page
| Month | Corporate event |
|---|---|
| Apr 1998 | Pokémon Center Co., Ltd. established; first Pokémon Center store opens in Tokyo |
| Oct 2000 | Renamed The Pokémon Company |
| Feb 2001 | Pokémon USA, Inc. established (now The Pokémon Company International, Inc.) |
| Aug 2006 | Pokémon Korea, Inc. established |
| Aug 2011 | Pokémon Center Tokyo Co., Ltd. established (now Pokémon Center Co., Ltd.) |
| May 2018 | Pokemon Singapore Pte. Ltd. established |
| Jul 2020 | Pokémon Shanghai established |
| Sep 2021 | The Pokémon with You Foundation established |
| Dec 2022 | Pokémon Taiwan Co., Ltd. established |
| Mar 2024 | The Pokémon Works K.K. established with ILCA, Inc. |