Bandai
Bandai Co., Ltd. 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's corporate headquarters in Taitō, Tokyo | |
Native name | 株式会社バンダイ |
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Romanized name | Kabushiki-gaisha Bandai |
| Formerly | Bandai-ya |
| Company type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Entertainment |
| Founded | July 5, 1950 |
| Founder | Naoharu Yamashina |
| Headquarters | Taitō, Tokyo, Japan |
Key people | Masaru Kawaguchi (president) |
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| ¥21.7 billion (2019) | |
Net income | ¥242.8 billion (2019) |
Number of employees | 851 (January 2021) |
| Parent | Bandai Namco Holdings |
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| Website | www.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 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.