Private company

Poplar Publishing

Logo: poplar.co.jp3

Japanese publisher

Poplar Publishing Co., LTD. (株式会社ポプラ社, Popurasha) is a Japanese publishing house founded in 1947 that publishes books, magazines and manga for Japanese children, the most famous of which is Pre Comic Bunbun. In 2004 it acquired control of the rival Jive.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1947Founded1
Poplar Publishing 2013-02-21
Photo: Asanagi, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons4

Poplar Publishing Co., LTD. (株式会社ポプラ社, Popurasha) is a Japanese publishing house founded in 1947 that publishes books, magazines and manga for Japanese children, the most famous of which is Pre Comic Bunbun. In 2004 it acquired control of the rival Jive.2

Corporate structure

Poplar Publishing sits at the top of its group. 6 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Poplar Publishing Nishi-Gotanda
    • Jive Subsidiary · Shinjuku
    • Poplar Bunko Subsidiary · Japan
    • Poplar Bunko Pureful Subsidiary · Japan
    • Poplar Pocket Bunko Subsidiary · Japan
    • Poplar-sha Bunko Subsidiary · Japan

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Poplar Publishing reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

  • Jive
  • Poplar Bunko
  • Poplar Bunko Pureful
  • Poplar Pocket Bunko
  • Poplar-sha Bunko

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1947Founded Founded1

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

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