KADOKAWA Co., Ltd. press release (2024.10.01) KADOKAWA Co., Ltd. “KADOKAWA Integrated Report 2024” released. Features the efforts of the KADOKAWA Group, which continues to grow, including the creation of diverse IP, multifaceted media mix, and expanding global expansion! KADOKAWA Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Director, Representative Executive Officer, President and CEO: Tsuyoshi Natsuno, hereinafter referred to as KADOKAWA) is pleased to announce that it has published the “KADOKAWA Integrated Report 2024” on the KADOKAWA Group website. . “KADOKAWA Integrated Report 2024”
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/7006/15569/7006-15569-395701fbfcfa31b013e329161995b85a-2339×1654.jpg The KADOKAWA Group has a “Global Media Mix with Technology” as its basic strategy, and has a strong team of human resources with expertise in a wide variety of fields, creativity to create a variety of IP, and technology that maximizes the Group’s capabilities. While maximizing the use of our infrastructure, we work with
authors/creators, readers/users, and business partners to create numerous IPs (Intellectual Property) and deliver them to fans around the world in various forms. “KADOKAWA Integrated Report 2024” provides an overall picture of our group’s strengths and business activities, as well as the value our group creates for society based on management capital, and the medium-term management plan announced in November 2023. The aim was to provide all stakeholders with a deep understanding of key measures and progress, the status of corporate governance reforms, etc. By viewing the value creation process diagram that provides a bird’s-eye view of the entire business, a wealth of IP images, and comments from personnel directly involved in the business, you can discover talent from around the world and help group companies in the process from IP creation to IP value maximization. We hope that you will gain a deeper understanding of the uniqueness of our group and the significance of our existence in the global content industry, in which we are consistently involved.
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/7006/15569/7006-15569-e6769e1d9c810b88c9433904b9fe30e1-2339×1654.jpg ■Highlights of “KADOKAWA Integrated Report 2024” 1. “Value Creation Process” that introduces the value created by the KADOKAWA Group and its process Starting with the investment of management capital such as human capital, social and relational capital, and outputs from business activities such as publishing, animation and live-action video works, we aim to improve the happiness of our customers as individuals, mutual understanding in society, and culture. We visualize the process of contributing to the spread and development of. 2. Two special features that visualize the priority measures of the medium-term management plan ●“The power to create [7,000] IPs” that introduces the KADOKAWA Group’s efforts to create a wide variety of new IPs Our group aims to increase the number of IP creation points to 7,000 points in the fiscal year ending March 2028, the final year of our medium-term management plan. How do we create a large number of IPs? We introduce IP creation initiatives centered on publishing, including animation, live-action video, and games, along with examples by genre. ●“Global Media Mix Development to Maximize IP Value” introduces initiatives aimed at improving the LTV (Life Time Value) of IP through media mix and global expansion A media mix that aims to maximize the value of an IP by developing media from multiple angles based on a single IP. For specific initiatives, we introduce an example of the development of the popular work “Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World”. We also introduce our efforts to globally deploy various IPs. 3. “ESG Information Governance” and “Message from Outside Directors” explaining the progress of corporate governance Our company transitioned to a “company with nominating committee, etc.” in June 2023. The chairs of the Nomination Committee, Compensation Committee, and Audit Committee explain the initiatives they have taken to strengthen corporate governance. In addition to achieving growth in each of our businesses, our group will continue to strive to strengthen relationships of trust with our stakeholders through highly transparent information dissemination, and aim to sustainably improve corporate value and resolve social issues. ■About KADOKAWA Co., Ltd. A comprehensive entertainment company that operates businesses such as publishing, animation/live-action video, games, web services, education/EdTech, etc. We discover talent from all over the world and create a variety of IP (Intellectual Property), which we develop in a variety of media. We are promoting the maximization of IP value by promoting the “Global Media Mix with Technology” strategy, which uses technology to deliver the IP we create to the world. https://group.kadokawa.co.jp/ That’s all
