This article is about the Japanese toy manufacturer. For other uses, see Bandai (disambiguation).
Bandai Co., Ltd.
Bandai's corporate headquarters in Taitō, Tokyo
Native name
株式会社バンダイ
Romanized name
Kabushiki-gaisha Bandai
Formerly
Bandai-ya
Company type
Subsidiary
Industry
Entertainment
Founded
July 5, 1950; 73 years ago (July 5, 1950)
Founder
Naoharu Yamashina
Headquarters
Taitō, Tokyo, Japan
Key people
Masaru Kawaguchi (president)
Products
Action figures
Virtual pets
Model trains
Brands
Astro Boy
Digimon
Kamen Rider
Super Sentai
Power Rangers (until 2019)
Tamagotchi
Ultra Series
Operating income
¥21.7 billion (2019)
Net income
¥242.8 billion (2019)
Number of employees
851 (January 2021)
Parent
Bandai Namco Holdings
Subsidiaries
Bandai Logipal
Bandai Namco Toys & Collectables
Bandai UK
Bandai France
Bandai Spirits
CCP
MegaHouse
Plex
Seeds
Sun-Star Stationary
Website
www.bandai.co.jp
Footnotes / references "Bandai Namco Group Integrated Report 2019". Bandai Namco Holdings. September 13, 2019. Archived from the original on May 17, 2020. Retrieved May 17, 2020. "About Company". Bandai. Archived from the original on January 30, 2019. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
Bandai Co., Ltd.[a] is a Japanese multinational toy manufacturer and distributor headquartered in Taitō, Tokyo. Its international branches, Bandai Namco Toys & Collectables America and Bandai UK, are respectively headquartered in Irvine, California, and Richmond, London. Since 2006, Bandai is the toy production division of Bandai Namco Holdings. Between 1981 and 2001, Bandai was a manufacturer of video game consoles.
Bandai was founded by World War II veteran Naoharu Yamashina as Bandai-Ya on July 5, 1950, as the corporate spin-off of a textile wholesaler. The company began as a distributor of metallic toys and rubber swimming rings, before moving to metal cars and aircraft models. It was renamed Bandai Co., Ltd. in 1961 and achieved considerable success with its action figures based on the anime Astro Boy.
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Global Information
¥21.7 billion (2019)