Kodansha USA Publishing

publishing company based in New York, USA and a subsidiary of Japan's largest publishing company Kodansha. Kodansha USA publishes books relating to Japan, Japanese culture, and manga.
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Kodansha USA Publishing

Summary

Kodansha USA Publishing is a publishing house[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of publishing_house entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (348 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kodansha USA Publishing is in the country of United States[3].
  • Kodansha USA Publishing's instance of is recorded as publishing house[4].
  • Kodansha USA Publishing's instance of is recorded as comics publishing company[5].
  • Kodansha USA Publishing's headquarters location is recorded as New York City[6].
  • Kodansha USA Publishing's child organization or unit is recorded as Vertical[7].
  • Kodansha USA Publishing's child organization or unit is recorded as Kodansha Comics[8].
  • July 1, 2008 marks the founding of Kodansha USA Publishing[9].
  • Kodansha USA Publishing's parent organization or unit is recorded as Kodansha[10].
  • Kodansha USA Publishing's official website is recorded as https://kodansha.us/[11].
  • Kodansha USA Publishing's replaces is recorded as Del Rey Manga[12].
  • Kodansha USA Publishing's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC'}[13].
  • Kodansha USA Publishing's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+68036'}[14].
  • Kodansha USA Publishing's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+103480'}[15].
  • Kodansha USA Publishing's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+129309'}[16].
  • Kodansha USA Publishing's date of incorporation is recorded as September 16, 1988[17].

Product Details

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  • Type: Publisher[18]

  • Began / founded: 2008-07-01[19]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 47375c4f-1441-4e35-a700-b2d975a95b98[20]

Body

Founding

July 1, 2008 marks the founding of Kodansha USA Publishing[9].

Identity

Kodansha USA Publishing's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'it, LLC'}[13].

Operations

Kodansha USA Publishing's headquarters location is recorded as New York City[6]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as Kodansha[10]. Subsidiaries include Vertical[7], a publishing house[21], in United States[22], founded in 2001[23] and Kodansha Comics[8].

Why It Matters

Kodansha USA Publishing ranks in the top 4% of publishing_house entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (348 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . OpenCorporates. wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [19] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Jwillikers · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 4w ago · Jwillikers · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Instance of publishing house, comics publishing company
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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