"Konami " is a conjunction of the names Kagemasa Kozuki, Yoshinobu Nakama, and Tatsuo Miyasako which is the twentieth-largest game company in the world by revenue.

KONAMI was established as Konami Industries Co., Ltd. (currently KONAMI HOLDINGS CORPORATION) in March 1973.

21 Mar 1969 - Founded in Osaka Japan.

19 Mar 1973 - Transformed into Konami Industry Co. Ltd. and began work on manufacturing "amusement machines" for arcades.

May 1980 - Moved headquarters to Toyonaka, Osaka.

Mar 1981 - Konami logo was established. 

Oct 1982 - Began manufacturing and selling PC games.

Nov 1983 - Began manufacturing and selling MSX games.

May 1984 - Konami Ltd. (currently Konami Digital Entertainment B.V.) was established in UK.

Dec 1984 - Konami GmbH (currentlyKonami Digital Entertainment GmbH) was established in Germany.

Apr 1985 - began manufacturing and selling Family Computer  ("Famicom") video games. 

Dec 1987 -  Konami Kosan Co. Ltd. (currently Konami Real Estate, Inc.) was established.

May 1991 - Konami Technology Development Center opened in Kobe.

Jun 1991 - Konami Industries Co., Ltd., was renamed to Konami Co., Ltd

Nov 1991 - Konami entered the PC Engine game business. 

Jun 1992 - Konami set up Tokyo headquarters.

Dec 1992 - Konami entered the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis game business. 

Dec 1993 - Konami headquarters moved from Kobe to Tokyo.

Sep 1994 -  Konami (Hong Kong) Limited (currently Konami Digital Entertainment Limited) was established in HK.

Dec 1994 - Konami entered the Play Station video game business.

Apr 1995 - Konami Computer Entertainment Osaka Co., Ltd. and Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo Co., Ltd. were established. 

May 1995 - Konami entered the Sega Saturn game business. 

Dec 1995 - Konami Music Entertainment Co., Ltd. (current Konami Music Entertainment, Inc.) was established.

Apr 1996 -  Konami Computer Entertainment Japan Co., Ltd.and Konami Service Co., Ltd. were established. 

May 1996 - Konami shifted to a business divisional organization

Oct 1996 -  Konami Finance Co., Ltd. (current Konami Capital, Inc.) was established. 

Nov 1996 - holding company Konami Corporation of America was established in the U.S. and Konami Australia Pty Ltd. was established in Australia.

Jan 1997 -  Konami Gaming, Inc. was established in the United States.

Jan 1998 - Konami released Dance Dance Revolution , a dance simulation game that revolutionized the music game industry.

Dec 1999 - Official registered address of Konami's headquarters was changed from Kobe to Tokyo. 

14 May 2001 - Konami made a deal with Universal Interactive to team up by producing and distributing some more titles, rather than just the Crash Bandicoot titles.

Aug 2001 - Konami invested in Hudson Soft Coo. Ltd and made it an affiliated company. 

Oct 2001 - Konami entered the toy candy business.

Feb 2002 - Konami entered the xbox game business.

2003 - Konami teamed up with the Japanese film production company Toho Company., Ltd  in creating their own genre of tokusaksu TV series, known as the Chousehin, in attempt to emulate and rival the success of Toei's Super Sentai genre.

2005 - Konami accepted new third-party shares issued by Hudson Soft Co., Ltd. and made it a consolidated subsidiary.

2006 - Konami acquired capital in Resort Solution Co., Ltd. (equity method affiliate) and business alliance. 

Aug 2014 - PlayStudios in association with American MGM Gambling struck a content deal with Konami Gaming's myVegas app.

Oct 2015 - Trade name of the company was changed from Konami Corporation to Konami Holdings Corporation.

The audience booed in response as the situation was explained by Geoff Keighley during the live event. Actor Kiefer Sutherland accepted the award in Kojima's stead

Pachislot Machines 

● Popular KONAMI products, such as Ganbare Goemon, Akumajo Dracula (Castlevania), SENGOKU COLLECTION and MAH-JONG FIGHT CLUB, and original content developed by the Pachislot & Pachinko Machines business, such as Magical Halloween and SPY GIRL.

Pachinko Machines

● KONAMI will continue to build on the wealth of production know-how and content of the Konami Group to deliver products that are welcomed enthusiastically by customers. The steady stream of new products includes CR Magical Halloween.

London (KNM)

Employees

Consolidated: 5,048 (As of March 31, 2015)

Consolidated Subsidiaries

21 companies

Websites

English URL: www.konami.co.jp/en

Japanese URL: www.konami.co.jp