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Shonengahosha

Logo: (C) Shonengahosha, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Japanese publishing company

Shōnen Gahōsha (株式会社少年画報社, Kabushiki-gaisha Shōnen Gahōsha) is a Japanese publisher named for Shōnen Gahō ("Boy's Illustrated News Magazine"), one of its first magazines.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Oct 1945Founded1

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Head Office Building of Shonen Gahosha Aug-2024
Photo: Doricono, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

Shōnen Gahōsha (株式会社少年画報社, Kabushiki-gaisha Shōnen Gahōsha) is a Japanese publisher named for Shōnen Gahō ("Boy's Illustrated News Magazine"), one of its first magazines.2

Corporate structure

Shonengahosha sits at the top of its group. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Shonengahosha Kanda-Misakichō
    • Daitosha Subsidiary · Chiyoda, Japan
    • YK Comics Owned · Japan
    • Young King Comics Owned · 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 Shonengahosha 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)

  • YK Comics
  • Young King Comics

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

The story

The company was founded in 1945. It previously published driving manuals and English conversation guides, but is now known for magazines such as the biweekly seinen manga Young King, and the monthly manga serials Young King OURs and Monthly Young King. Its longtime flagship weekly manga (later biweekly) for boys, Shōnen King (少年キング) (1963–1988), is now defunct.

Since 2024, the President of the Publisher is Saturo Imai.

From Wikipedia’s article on Shōnen Gahōsha, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

Also owns

  • YK Comics
  • Young King Comics

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. Oct 1945Founded Founded1

Sources

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