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Square Enix

Company nameSquare Enix Holdings Co., Ltd.
株式会社スクウェア・エニックス・ホールディングス
Company typePublic (Tyo - 9684)
IndustrySoftware & programming
Books & magazines (Japan only)
FoundedSeptember 22, 1975 (Enix)
September 1986 (Square Co.)
April 1, 2003 (as Square Enix)
HeadquartersShibuya, Tokyo, Japan
Key peopleYasuhiro Fukushima, Honorary Chairman
Yōichi Wada, President and CEO (Square Enix & Taito)
Keiji Honda, Executive Vice President
Phil Rogers, President and CEO (Square Enix Europe)
Mike Fischer, President and CEO (Square Enix, Inc.)
ProductsFinal Fantasy
Dragon Quest
Front Mission
Kingdom Hearts
Star Ocean
Tomb Raider
Hitman
Deus Ex
Revenue(+) ¥135 billion, $1.49 billion (Apr-Dec 2009)
Net income(+) ¥7.8 billion, $86 million (Apr-Dec 2009)
Employees3,338 (as of December 4, 2009)
SubsidiarySquare Enix Group
Taito Group
Eidos Group (defunct)
Square Enix Europe

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|} Tyo - 9684 is a Japanese video game and publishing company best known for its console role-playing game franchises, which include the Final Fantasy series, the Dragon Quest series, and the action-RPG Kingdom Hearts series.

Square Enix was formed as the result of a merger between Square Co. and the Enix Corporation. The merger occurred in April 1, 2003, with Square stockholders receiving 0.89 shares of stock in the new company compared to Enix stockholders receiving a one-to-one trade. At the time, 80% of Square Enix staff were made up of former Square Co. employees. As part of the merger, many of the top officials within Square Co. assumed the leadership roles in the new corporate hierarchy, including president Yōichi Wada, who was appointed president of the corporation. The original founder of Enix, Yasuhiro Fukushima, is currently the largest shareholder of the corporation.

The company also owns Taito Corporation and Square Enix Europe (which owns fellow publisher and developer Eidos Interactive). Eidos will cease to exist as a publisher, as it has been absorbed into a new subsidiary Square Enix Europe. Square Enix will now publish all of Eidos' owned IPs and currently owns Eidos' development studios. Eidos was most well known for publishing Tomb Raider and Hitman which Square Enix will now publish and is also well known for the Championship Manager series of games.

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Organization of Square Enix (Japan) in 2003
Product Development Division Headed by Notable game series
Square
1 Yoshinori Kitase Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts
2 Akitoshi Kawazu Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles
3 Hiromichi Tanaka Final Fantasy
4 Yasumi Matsuno Final Fantasy
5 Yusuke Hirata All Star Pro-Wrestling
6 Toshiro Tsuchida Front Mission
7 Takashi Tokita Hanjuku Hero
8 Koichi Ishii Mana
Enix
9 Ari Miyake Dragon Quest
10 Yosuke Saito Other games

Square Enix

Main subsidiariesTaito * Square Enix Europe * DigiCube (defunct) * Quest (defunct) * Eidos Interactive (defunct)
Lists of video gamesSquare Enix games * Eidos games * Enix games * Enix Japan exclusive games * Square games * Taito games * Ultimate Hits
Other related articlesCompilation albums * DigiCube discography * DS:Style * Gangan Comics * Localization of Square Enix video games * Ogopogo Examiner (defunct) * PlayOnline * Ultimania



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