Creatures (company)

Creatures Inc.
	Logo used since 2018
	Headquarters in the Iidabashi Grand Bloom building in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
Native name	株式会社クリーチャーズ
Romanized name	Kabushiki gaisha Kurīchāzu
Company type	Private KK
Industry	Video games
Genre	Video game development; Trading cards;
Predecessor	Ape Inc.
Founded	Ape Inc.; March 1989 in Tokyo, Japan; Creatures Inc.; November 8, 1995 in Tokyo, Japan;
Founder	Ape Inc.; Shigesato Itoi; Creatures Inc.; Tsunekazu Ishihara;
Headquarters	2-10-2 Fujimi, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
Number of locations	1 studio (2019)
Key people	Yuji Kitano (President and CEO); Tomotaka Komura (Vice president); Hirokazu Tanaka (Creative Fellow);
Products	Games
Brands	Pokémon Trading Card Game;
Number of employees	232 (2023)
Divisions	Pokemon CG Studio
Website	www.creatures.co.jp/en
	Footnotes / references;

Creatures Inc. is a Japanese video game company affiliated with Game Freak and Nintendo, and is one of the owners of the Pokémon franchise. It was founded by Tsunekazu Ishihara in November 1995, with the assistance of then-president of HAL Laboratory, Satoru Iwata, as a successor to Shigesato Itoi's company Ape Inc.

Alongside Game Freak and Nintendo, Creatures jointly owns The Pokémon Company. It is best known for developing the Pokémon Trading Card Game and designing Pokémon toys. Creatures operates the Pokémon CG Studio, which focuses on the 3D modelling and animation of Pokémon models in all Pokémon games. Creatures has also developed Pokémon spin-off titles and various non-Pokémon titles. The company has its headquarters in Chiyoda, Tokyo, in proximity to Ichigaya Station.

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