Kadokawa Future Publishing

Kadokawa Key-Process Co., Ltd.

Native name	株式会社KADOKAWA KEY-PROCESS
Romanized name	Kabushiki-gaisha KADOKAWA KEY - purosesu
Formerly	Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co., Ltd. (1945–2003) Kadokawa Holdings, Inc. (2003–2006) Kadokawa Group Holdings, Inc. (2006–2014) Kadokawa Corporation (2014–2019) Kadokawa Future Publishing (2019–2023)
Company type	Subsidiary
Traded as	TYO: 9477
Industry	Publishing
Founded	April 2, 1954; 70 years ago (1954-04-02)
Founder	Genyoshi Kadokawa
Headquarters	Chiyoda, Tokyo , Japan
Area served	Japan
Key people	Tsuguhiko Kadokawa (chairman) Masaki Matsubara (president and CEO) Shinichiro Inoue (SVP)
Parent	Kadokawa Corporation
Divisions	ASCII Media Works Chukei Publishing Enterbrain Fujimi Shobo Kadokawa Gakugei Publishing Kadokawa Magazines Kadokawa Shoten Media Factory
Subsidiaries	Building Book Center
Website	keyprocess.kadokawa.co.jp

Kadokawa Key-Process Co., Ltd. (株式会社KADOKAWA KEY-PROCESS, Kabushiki-gaisha Kadokawa Key Process) is the publishing arm of Kadokawa Corporation, publishing manga, novels, light novels, magazines, tabletop role-playing games and other type of content with eight different publishing brand companies that previously merged with it.^[1] The company used to be the first iteration of Kadokawa Corporation^[2] and was the parent company of the Kadokawa Group companies, which brought together several affiliated companies related to Kadokawa Shoten. Kadokawa Dwango announced a restructuring in February 2019. On July 1, 2019, Kadokawa Corporation was reorganized; the publishing business remained and the company was renamed to Kadokawa Future Publishing. Kadokawa Dwango itself became the second iteration of Kadokawa Corporation. On December 1, 2023, the company was renamed to Kadokawa Key-Process.^[3]