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Bandai

This article is about the Japanese toy manufacturer. For other uses, see Bandai (disambiguation).

Bandai Co., Ltd.
Native name
株式会社バンダイ
Kabushiki-gaisha Bandai
FormerlyBandai-ya
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryEntertainment
FoundedJuly 5, 1950 (July 5, 1950)
FounderNaoharu Yamashina
HeadquartersTaitō, Tokyo, Japan
Key people
Masaru Kawaguchi (president)
Products
Brands
Increase¥21.7 billion (2019)
Increase¥242.8 billion (2019)
Number of employees
851 (January 2021)
ParentBandai Namco Holdings
Subsidiaries
  • Bandai Logipal
  • Bandai Namco Toys & Collectables
  • Bandai UK
  • Bandai France
  • Bandai Spirits
  • CCP
  • MegaHouse
  • Plex
  • Seeds
  • Sun-Star Stationary
Websitewww.bandai.co.jp
Footnotes / references
"Bandai Namco Group Integrated Report 2019". Bandai Namco Holdings. September 13, 2019. Archived from the original on May 17, 2020. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
"About Company". Bandai. Archived from the original on January 30, 2019. Retrieved April 21, 2020.

Bandai Co., Ltd.[a] is a Japanese multinational toy manufacturer and distributor headquartered in Taitō, Tokyo. Its international branches, Bandai Namco Toys & Collectables America and Bandai UK, are respectively headquartered in Irvine, California, and Richmond, London. Since 2006, Bandai is the toy production division of Bandai Namco Holdings. Between 1981 and 2001, Bandai was a manufacturer of video game consoles.

Bandai was founded by World War II veteran Naoharu Yamashina as Bandai-Ya on July 5, 1950, as the corporate spin-off of a textile wholesaler. The company began as a distributor of metallic toys and rubber swimming rings, before moving to metal cars and aircraft models. It was renamed Bandai Co., Ltd. in 1961 and achieved considerable success with its action figures based on the anime Astro Boy.
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