Shueisha

Japanese publishing company
Organization publishing_house Q844822
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Shueisha

Summary

Shueisha is a publishing house[1]. Shueisha ranks in the top 1% of publishing_house entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,867 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Shueisha was a member of AJPEA (The All Japan Magazine and Book Publisher's and Editor's Association)[3].
  • Shueisha was a member of Hitotsubashi Group[4].
  • Shueisha was a member of Nihon Jidō Tosho Shuppan Kyōkai[5].
  • Shueisha is in the country of Japan[6].
  • Shueisha's instance of is recorded as publishing house[7].
  • Shueisha's instance of is recorded as book publisher[8].
  • Shueisha's instance of is recorded as production company[9].
  • Shueisha's founder is recorded as Shogakukan[10].
  • Shueisha is owned by Shogakukan[11].
  • Shueisha's headquarters location is recorded as Hitotsubashi[12].
  • Shueisha's child organization or unit is recorded as Viz Media[13].
  • Shueisha's child organization or unit is recorded as Shueisha Games[14].
  • Shueisha's child organization or unit is recorded as SHUEISHA DeNA Projects[15].
  • Shueisha's child organization or unit is recorded as Home-sha[16].
  • Shueisha's Commons category is recorded as Shueisha[17].
  • Shueisha's industry is recorded as publishing house[18].
  • January 1, 1925 marks the founding of Shueisha[19].
  • Shueisha's location of formation is recorded as Tokyo[20].
  • Shueisha's parent organization or unit is recorded as Shogakukan[21].
  • Shueisha's official website is recorded as https://www.shueisha.co.jp/en/[22].
  • Shueisha's official website is recorded as https://www.shueisha.co.jp/[23].
  • Shueisha's official website is recorded as https://www.shueisha.co.jp/ch/[24].
  • Shueisha's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Shueisha[25].
  • Shueisha's product or material produced is recorded as manga[26].
  • Shueisha's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+812'}[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Publisher[28]

  • Country: JP[29]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 17646cb9-7757-4ce5-b8ea-a05bec9ca5b6[30]

Body

Founding

Shueisha's founder is recorded as Shogakukan[10]. January 1, 1925 marks the founding of Shueisha[19]. Shueisha's location of formation is recorded as Tokyo[20].

Operations

Shueisha's headquarters location is recorded as Hitotsubashi[12]. Shueisha's parent organization or unit is recorded as Shogakukan[21]. Subsidiaries include Viz Media[13], a business[31], in United States[32], founded in 1986[33], headquartered in San Francisco[34]; Shueisha Games[14], a video game developer[35], in Japan[36], founded in 2022[37], headquartered in Jinbōchō[38]; SHUEISHA DeNA Projects[15], a business[39], in Japan[40], founded in 2019[41], headquartered in Shibuya[42]; and Home-sha[16], a business[43], in Japan[44], founded in 1969[45], headquartered in Jinbōchō[46].

Industry

Shueisha's industry is recorded as publishing house[18].

Ownership

Shueisha is owned by Shogakukan[11]. Shueisha's product or material produced is recorded as manga[26].

Why It Matters

Shueisha ranks in the top 1% of publishing_house entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,867 views/month).[2] Shueisha has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] Shueisha is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
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  4. [9] . acmi.net.au. acmi.net.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  5. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  15. [45] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  16. [46] . 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. [47] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [48] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · CE040295 · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Industry publishing house
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  2. 6w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source Geographicus Rare Antique Maps biographical dictionary of cartographers
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  3. 8w ago · Christian Elbrianno · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Member of AJPEA (The All Japan Magazine and Book Publisher's and Editor's Association), Hitotsubashi Group, Nihon Jidō Tosho Shuppan Kyōkai
    Founded by
    Parent organization or unit Shogakukan
    Owned by Shogakukan
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