| 1969 |
March 21 |
Kagemasa Kozuki (current Director, Chairman) founded his business. |
| 1973 |
March 19 |
KONAMI INDUSTRY CO., LTD (currently KONAMI GROUP CORPORATION) (1 million yen in capital)
was established and began manufacturing amusement machines for arcades. |
| 1974 |
February |
Capital increased to 4 million yen. |
| 1975 |
September |
Capital increased to 10 million yen. |
| 1978 |
October |
Capital increased to 20 million yen. |
| 1979 |
January |
KONAMI started to export products to the United States. |
|
December |
Capital increased to 40 million yen. |
| 1980 |
May |
 Headquarters
moved to newly constructed office building in
Osaka. |
| 1981 |
March |
 The KONAMI logo was established. |
| 1982 |
March |
KONAMI received an investment from Osaka Small and Medium Business Investment &
Consultation Co., Ltd. and increased its capital to 120 million yen. |
|
|
 Headquarters
moved to Osaka Ekimae Daiyon Building
in Kita-ku, Osaka. |
|
October |
KONAMI expanded into the PC game business. |
|
November |
Konami of America, Inc. (currently Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.) was established
in the United States. |
| 1983 |
November |
Capital increased to 300 million yen. |
|
December |
KONAMI expanded into the MSX game business. |
| 1984 |
March |
 The
new Technology Development Center building
was established in Osaka. |
|
May |
Konami Ltd. (currently Konami Digital Entertainment B.V.) was established in the United
Kingdom. |
|
October |
 KONAMI
was listed on the Second Section of the Osaka
Securities Exchange (specially designated stocks in the second section).
Capital
increased to 2,940 million yen. |
|
December |
Konami GmbH (currently Konami Digital Entertainment B.V) was established in Germany.
|
|
|
KONAMI expanded into the Nintendo ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM (called "FAMILY
COMPUTER" in Japan) game business. |
| 1985 |
November |
Capital increased to 5,227 million yen. |
| 1986 |
August |
 A
new corporate identity was
introduced. The new KONAMI logo was established. |
|
|
 Headquarters
moved to the newly constructed Konami Software Development Building in Chuo-ku, Kobe.
|
|
October |
 The
new
Production Control Department and Distribution Center was established in Osaka. |
|
November |
Capital increased to 8,095 million yen. |
| 1988 |
February |
KONAMI was listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
|
August |
 KONAMI
was listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Osaka Securities
Exchange. |
| 1991 |
May |
 Konami
Technology Development Center (currently Kobe Technical Center) was established in
Nishi-ku, Kobe. |
|
June |
KONAMI INDUSTRY CO., LTD. changed its trade name to KONAMI CO., LTD. |
| 1992 |
September |
KONAMI expanded into the pachislot & pachinko Machines Business, creating LCD games
for Pachinko machines. |
| 1993 |
April |
 Headquarters moved to Minato-ku,
Tokyo. |
| 1994 |
August |
 The Tokyo
Technical Center was established in Zama, Kanagawa.
|
|
September |
Konami (Hong Kong) Limited (currently Konami Digital Entertainment Limited) was
established in Hong Kong. |
| 1995 |
January |
 The
Kobe
Building in Chuo-ku, Kobe was damaged due to the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake. |
| 1996 |
November |
US holding company, Konami Corporation of America was established. |
|
|
Konami Australia Pty Ltd was established in Australia. |
| 1997 |
January |
Konami Gaming, Inc. was established in the United States. |
|
March |
Capital increased to 11,892million yen. |
|
|
 The
Amusement Machine Division Plant (merged with the current Kobe Technical Center) was
established in
Nishi-ku, Kobe. |
|
October |
KONAMI expanded into the Australian gaming machines market. |
|
November |
KONAMI was listed on the Stock Exchange of Singapore. |
|
|
European holding company, Konami Europe B.V. (currently Konami Digital Entertainment
B.V.) was established in the Netherlands. |
| 1998 |
March |
Capital increased to 12,020million yen. |
|
October |
 The KONAMI logo was
changed from italics to plain text. |
| 1999 |
February |
KONAMI entered into the card game business. |
|
March |
Capital increased to 13,014million yen. |
|
September |
 KONAMI was listed on the
London Stock Exchange. |
|
December |
The registered office of KONAMI was transferred from Chuo-ku, Kobe to Minato-ku, Tokyo.
|
| 2000 |
January |
KONAMI became the first Japanese company to enter the world's largest gaming
machines market in the United States. |
|
March |
Capital increased to 15,793million yen. |
|
July |
The corporate name was changed from KONAMI CO., LTD. to KONAMI CORPORATION. |
|
November |
KONAMI announced a new type of financial product called "Game Fund Tokimeki
Memorial". |
| 2001 |
February |
PEOPLE CO., LTD. (currently Konami Sports Co., Ltd.), became a KONAMI subsidiary through
a friendly TOB (take over bid) and KONAMI expanded into the Sports business. |
|
March |
Capital increased to 47,399 million yen. |
|
August |
Acquired capital in Hudson Soft Company, Limited, making it an affiliated company. |
| 2002 |
March |
KONAMI launched e-amusement (an online service for arcade machines). |
|
April |
KONAMI's sports venues assumed the new title of "Konami Sports Club". |
|
August |
 Headquarters
moved to the Marunouchi Building in
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. |
|
September |
 KONAMI was listed on the
New York Stock Exchange. |
| 2003 |
April |
 KONAMI
introduced a new logo on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the company's
establishment. |
|
October |
KONAMI was added to the Nikkei Stock Average (Nikkei 225). |
| 2005 |
June |
 The
new office and production facility for gaming machines was built in Las Vegas, Nevada,
United States. |
| 2006 |
March |
Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. was newly established to take over KONAMI's
digital entertainment business and KONAMI CORPORATION shifted to a pure holding company.
|
|
August |
KPE, Inc. started distributing pachinko slot machines. |
| 2007 |
April |
 Headquarters moved
to Tokyo Midtown in Minato-ku, Tokyo. |
| 2008 |
August |
Three athletes from Konami Sports Gymnastic and Swimming Team represented Japan's
national squad in the 29th Olympic Games (2008/Beijing), winning medals in top places.
|
|
September |
KONAMI entered into a licensing agreement with the Union of European Football
Associations (UEFA) to produce and sell football (soccer) games. |
| 2010 |
September |
KONAMI expanded distribution of its mobile games. |
|
November |
KONAMI introduced "e-amusement Participation". |
| 2011 |
January |
KONAMI made ABILIT CORPORATION (currently Konami Amusement Co., Ltd. ) a wholly-owned
subsidiary through a share exchange. |
|
September |
KONAMI acquired land accompanied by a building in Ichinomiya, Aichi (currently the
Konami Group Ichinomiya Office). |
|
December |
Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. was selected as a recipient of a Thomson Reuters
2011 Top 100 Global Innovator Award. |
| 2012 |
March |
Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. absorbed Hudson Soft Company, Limited. |
|
June |
Takuya Kozuki assumed the position of President and Representative Director of KONAMI
CORPORATION. |
|
July |
Four athletes from Konami Sports Gymnastic and Swimming Team represented Japan's
national squad in the 30th Olympic Games (2012/London), winning a total of 6 medals
including the gold medal in the men's individual all-around
gymnastics event. |
| 2013 |
April |
Konami Digital Entertainment B.V. was relocated in Windsor, U.K., as the European
headquarters. |
|
June |
KONAMI acquired land for Konami Creative Center Ginza in Chuo-ku, Tokyo. |
|
October |
 The
groundbreaking ceremony for the second Gaming & Systems Business Factory
was
held in
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. |
| 2014 |
January |
KONAMI was selected for inclusion in the "JPX-Nikkei Index 400." |
|
June |
TAKASAGO ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. began sales of pachinko machines. |
|
August |
Konami Sports Club Dancing Stars’ selected team "J.B.STAR" won the
international dance competition "WORLD HIPHOP CHAMPIONSHIP 2014." |
|
October |
KONAMI celebrated its 30th listing anniversary on the stock exchange in Japan. |
| 2015 |
March |
Konami Business Expert Co., Ltd. was established. |
|
September |
 The
second Gaming & Systems Business Factory was established in Las Vegas, Nevada,
United States. |
|
October |
KONAMI CORPORATION changed its trade name to KONAMI HOLDINGS CORPORATION. |
|
|
Konami Sports & Life Co., Ltd. changed its trade name to Konami Sports Club Co.,
Ltd. |
| 2016 |
August |
Six athletes from Konami Sports Gymnastics and Swimming Teams represented Japan's
national squad in the 31st Olympic Games (2016/Rio de Janeiro), winning a total of 5
medals including the gold medal in the men’s team all-around
gymnastics event. |
|
November |
 KONAMI carried out a business restructuring of
group companies, in the course of which Konami Amusement Co., Ltd. was established.
|
| 2017 |
August |
Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. held the Japanese eSports competition “Pawapuro
Championships 2017” as an officially recognized tournament of Nippon Professional
Baseball (NPB).
|
| 2018 |
July |
Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. and Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) decided to
jointly host the eBASEBALL League with all 12 NPB teams. |
|
September |
"Winning Eleven 2018" (overseas title: “PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2018”) was
selected as Japan’s only esports title to be played at the "18th Asian Games
Jakarta-Palembang 2018," which was subsequently held. |
| 2019 |
March |
Konami Sports Club Co., Ltd. changed its trade name to Konami Sports Co., Ltd. |
|
October |
With "eFootball Winning Eleven 2020" (overseas title: "eFootball PES
2020") as the competition title, the Inter-Prefectural Esports Championship 2019
IBARAKI, which is part of the Culture Program of the 74th
National Sports Festival, Iki Iki Ibaraki Yume Kokutai ("Active Ibaraki Dream
National Sports Festival"), was held in Tsukuba, Ibaraki. |
|
December |
KONAMI commenced its operations at the "Konami Creative Center Ginza" located
in Chuo-ku, Tokyo. |
| 2020 |
January |
esports GINZA studio within Konami Creative Center Ginza started its operation as an
esports facility, with the holding of the eBASEBALL Pro League 2019 season, the eClimax
Series, and the eNippon Series co-hosted with Nippon
Professional Baseball. |
|
April |
Kimihiko Higashio assumed the position of President and Representative Director of
KONAMI HOLDINGS CORPORATION. |
|
June |
The registered Head Office was transferred to 1-11-1, Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo. |
| 2021 |
June |
Transitioned from a Company with Audit & Supervisory Board to a Company with Audit
& Supervisory Committee. |
| 2022 |
April |
Transitioned listing from First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (the
"TSE") to the "Prime Market" of the TSE upon its market segment
restructure. |
|
May |
KONAMI Tokyo Studio opens at GINZA SIX in Chuo-ku, Tokyo. |
|
July |
KONAMI HOLDINGS CORPORATION changed its trade name to KONAMI GROUP CORPORATION. |
| 2023 |
March |
KONAMI Osaka Studio opens at OSAKA UMEDA TWIN TOWERS SOUTH in Kita-ku, Osaka. |
| 2025 |
June |
Konami Arcade Games Co., Ltd. was established. |
|
October |
KONAMI commenced its operations at the "Konami Creative Front Tokyo Bay" located in Ariake, Koto-ku, Tokyo. |