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Capcom
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is a Japanese video game company. It has created a number of critically acclaimed and multi-million-selling game franchises, with its most commercially successful being Resident Evil, Monster Hunter, Street Fighter, Mega Man, Devil May Cry, Dead Rising, Ace Attorney, ''Dragon's Dogma, and Marvel vs. Capcom''. Established in 1979, it has become an international enterprise with subsidiaries in East Asia (Hong Kong), Europe (London, England), and North America (San Francisco, California).
Capcom is a Japanese video game company founded in 1979 that has developed some of the world's most popular and commercially successful game franchises, including Resident Evil, Monster Hunter, Street Fighter, and Mega Man. The company matters because its games have become globally influential and culturally significant, with Capcom now operating as an international enterprise with offices across Asia, Europe, and North America.
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Key facts
- Company.name
- Capcom Co., Ltd.
- Company.romanized_name
- Kabushiki-gaisha Kapukon
- Company.logo
- Capcom logo.svg
- Company.logo_caption
- Logo used since 1990
- Company.image
- CAPCOM本社.jpg
- Company.image_size
- 230px
- Company.image_caption
- Headquarters in Chūō-ku, Osaka
- Company.type
- Public
- Company.founder
- Kenzo Tsujimoto
- Company.location
- Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan
- Company.industry
- Video games
- Company.revenue_year
- 2024
- Company.income_year
- 2024
- Company.net_income_year
- 2024
- Company.assets_year
- 2024
- Company.equity_year
- 2024
- Company.owner
- Tsujimoto family (22.71%)
- Company.num_employees
- 3,766 (2025)
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Company
- Founded
- 1979
- Location
- Osaka, Japan
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.472805.c · ISNI 0000 0001 1703 8185
Wikidata facts
- Employees
- 2832
- Revenue
- 783200000
- Official website
- capcom-germany.de
- Image
- CAPCOM本社.jpg
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- Commons category
- Capcom
- inception
- 1979-05-30
- Commons gallery
- CAPCOM
- native label
- カプコン
- social media followers
- 244707
- operating income
- 219100000
- net profit
- 148700000
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19 sectionsContents
- History
- 1979–1984: Founding and arcade games
- 1985–1999: Console game development
- 2000–2009: Transition to modern gaming systems
- 2009–2017: Struggling releases and mismanagement
- 2017–present: Refocus on successful franchises
- Corporate structure
- Development divisions
- Branches and subsidiaries
- Game-related media
- Creations
- Hardware
- Technology
- Game sales
- See also
- Articles
- Companies founded by ex-Capcom employees
- References
- External links
is a Japanese video game company. It has created a number of critically acclaimed and multi-million-selling game franchises, with its most commercially successful being Resident Evil, Monster Hunter, Street Fighter, Mega Man, Devil May Cry, Dead Rising, Ace Attorney, ''Dragon's Dogma, and Marvel vs. Capcom''. Established in 1979, it has become an international enterprise with subsidiaries in East Asia (Hong Kong), Europe (London, England), and North America (San Francisco, California).
==History==