Konami

What Konami is

Konami Group Corporation is a Japanese entertainment company. Its corporate data page states that the company was founded on March 21, 1969 and incorporated on March 19, 1973, and gives its head office as 1-11-1, Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, with a main office at Harumi Island Triton Square in the same district. Kagemasa Kozuki is listed as Representative Director and Chairman, and Kimihiko Higashio as President and Group CEO.

The group's shares are listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market under the code 9766 and in London under KNM, and the company lists 25 consolidated subsidiaries. Its corporate history records the expansion from arcade amusement machines in the 1970s into home console games in the 1980s, followed by later moves into other entertainment businesses and a listing on the Tokyo exchange in the 1980s.

The corporate history dates the company's move into games to the early 1980s: Konami Industry Co., Ltd. was established in March 1973 and began manufacturing amusement machines for arcades, expanded into the PC game business in October 1982, established Konami of America that November and entered the Nintendo system business in December 1984. Konami Ltd. was established in the United Kingdom in May 1984 and Konami GmbH in Germany that December.

The company's name and headquarters changed over time. Konami Industry Co., Ltd. became Konami Co., Ltd. in June 1991, the corporate name changed again to Konami Corporation in July 2000, and the registered office moved from Kobe to Minato-ku, Tokyo in December 1999. In December 2019 the group began operations at the Konami Creative Center Ginza in Chuo-ku, Tokyo, which includes an esports facility that started operating in January 2020.

Castlevania

Castlevania is the series listed under Konami in our database, and Konami maintains an official web portal for it. That portal records the series' recent releases and reissues, including a collection of eight earlier titles published in May 2019 as part of Konami's 50th anniversary, and a 2018 PlayStation release pairing two earlier games in the series for the first time on that platform.

The portal also covers smaller projects: a mobile entry released in 2020, a version of an earlier Castlevania title brought to mobile in March 2020, and a game released exclusively on Apple Arcade in September 2021. The same page documents later updates to those releases, including content additions and Valentine's event updates in February 2022.

Konami Digital Entertainment

Game publishing sits with Konami Digital Entertainment. Announcing the Castlevania Dominus Collection, Konami Digital Entertainment B.V. said the collection was released on August 27, 2024 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and Steam. The collection gathers three Castlevania titles originally released for the Nintendo DS between 2005 and 2008, along with two bonus versions of the arcade Castlevania, one of them reworked and rebalanced.

The company describes additional features of that collection, including rewind, quick save and load at any time, customisable button and display layouts for the original dual-screen games, a gallery of unreleased artwork and development sketches, an in-game encyclopedia and a music player. Physical editions of the collection were later offered through a partner retailer from September 2024.

Games

• 7 Blades
• A-Jax
• Adrenalin Misfits
• Adventure of Tokyo Disney Sea
• Ai Senshi Nicol
• Airforce Delta
• Aliens
• Amidar
• Animaniacs
• Ant Nation
• Antarctic Adventure
• Arumana no Kiseki
• Asterix
• Astro Invader
• Atsumare! Power Pro Kun no DS Koushien
• Axelay
• Azure Dreams
• Badlands
• Base Wars
• Batman Returns
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• BEAT ARENA
• Beatmania
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• Beatmania IIDX 11 IIDXRED
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• Beatmania IIDX 13: Distorted
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• Beatmania IIDX 16: Empress
• Beatmania IIDX 17: Sirius
• Beatmania IIDX 18 Resort Anthem
• Beatmania IIDX 19: Lincle
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• Beatmania IIDX 21: Spada
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• Bōken Jidai Katsugeki Goemon
• Captain Tsubasa: Eikou no Kiseki
• Captain Tsubasa: New Kick Off
• Captain Tsubasa: Ōgon Sedai no Chōsen
• Castlevania
• Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge
• Castlevania Legends
• Castlevania Puzzle: Encore of the Night
• Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
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• Castlevania: Circle of the Moon
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• Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
• Castlevania: Harmony of Despair
• Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance
• Castlevania: Lament of Innocence
• Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia
• Castlevania: Order of Shadows
• Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin
• Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
• Castlevania: The Arcade
• Cave Noire
• Chibi Maruko-chan: Mezase! Minami no Island!!
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• Coded Arms: Assault
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• Dance Dance Revolution Best Hits
• Dance Dance Revolution Disney Grooves
• Dance Dance Revolution Disney Mix
• Dance Dance Revolution Extra Mix
• Dance Dance Revolution Extreme
• Dance Dance Revolution Extreme 2
• Dance Dance Revolution Freedom
• Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party
• Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party 2
• Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party 3
• Dance Dance Revolution II
• Dance Dance Revolution Kids
• Dance Dance Revolution Konamix
• Dance Dance Revolution Party Collection
• Dance Dance Revolution S
• Dance Dance Revolution Solo 2000
• Dance Dance Revolution Solo Bass Mix
• Dance Dance Revolution Strike
• Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova
• Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova 2
• Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix
• Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 2
• Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 3
• Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 4
• Dance Dance Revolution Universe
• Dance Dance Revolution Universe 2
• Dance Dance Revolution Universe 3
• Dance Dance Revolution USA
• Dance Dance Revolution Winx Club
• Dance Dance Revolution World
• Dance Dance Revolution X2
• Dance Dance Revolution X3
• Dance Dance Revolution: Best of Cool Dancers
• Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix
• Dance Maniax
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• Dancing Stage EuroMix 2
• Dancing Stage featuring Dreams Come True
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• Dancing Stage Max
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• Dancing Stage Party Edition
• Dancing Stage SuperNova
• Dancing Stage Universe
• Dancing Stage Universe 2
• Dancing Stage Unleashed
• Dancing Stage Unleashed 2
• Dancing Stage Unleashed 3
• Dancing Stage X
• Dark Adventure
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• DDRMAX Dance Dance Revolution
• DDRMAX Dance Dance Revolution Beatmania 6thMix
• DDRMAX2 Dance Dance Revolution
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• Detana!! TwinBee
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• Double Dribble: The Playoff Edition
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• eFootball PES 2021
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• Finalizer
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• Frogger
• Frogger Advance: The Great Quest
• Frogger Beyond
• Frogger's Adventures: Temple of the Frog
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• Frogger: Helmet Chaos
• G.A.S.P!! Fighters' NEXTream
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• Ganbare Goemon 2
• Ganbare Goemon 2: Kiteretsu Shōgun Magginesu
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• Ganbare Goemon Gaiden: Kieta Ōgon Kiseru
• Ganbare Goemon Kirakira Dōchū: Boku ga Dancer ni Natta Wake
• Ganbare Goemon Pachisuro
• Ganbare Goemon! Karakuri Dōchū
• Ganbare Goemon: Hoshizorashi Dynamites Arawaru!!
• Ganbare Goemon: Karakuri Kiteretsu Rēsu
• Ganbare Goemon: Sarawareta Ebisumaru!
• Ganbare Goemon: Tōkai Dōchū Ōedo Tengu ri Kaeshi no Maki
• Ganbare Goemon: Uchū Kaizoku Akogingu
• Gangbusters
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• Getsu Fūma Den: Undying Moon
• God Medicine
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• Goemon's Great Adventure
• Gokujo Parodius
• Gokujō Parodius Da! Deluxe Pack
• Gokuraku Parodius
• Golden Time: Vivid Memories
• Gradius
• Gradius Collection
• Gradius Deluxe Pack
• Gradius Gaiden
• Gradius II: Gofer's Ambition
• Gradius III
• Gradius III and IV
• Gradius IV
• Gradius: The Interstellar Assault
• GuitarFreaks V6 & DrumMania V6 BLAZING!!!!
• Gungage
• Guttang Gottong
• Gyruss
• Haunted Castle
• Hayate no Gotoku! Boku ga Romeo de Romeo ga Boku de
• Hayate no Gotoku! Ojō-sama Produce Daisakusen Bokuiro ni Somare!
• Hexion
• Hi no Tori Hououhen
• Hi no Tori Hououhen: Gaou no Bouken
• Hikaru no Go 3
• Hot Chase
• Hybrid Heaven
• Hyper Crash
• Hyper Sports
• International Superstar Soccer
• International Superstar Soccer 2
• International Superstar Soccer 2000
• International Superstar Soccer 3
• International Superstar Soccer 64
• International Superstar Soccer 98
• International Superstar Soccer Deluxe
• International Superstar Soccer Pro
• International Track & Field
• International Track & Field 2000
• Iron Feather
• ISS Pro Evolution
• ISS Pro Evolution 2
• J-League Jikkyou Winning Eleven
• J-League Jikkyō Winning Eleven 2001
• J-League Jikkyō Winning Eleven 97
• J-League Winning Eleven 2007 Club Championship
• J-League Winning Eleven 2008 Club Championship
• J-League Winning Eleven 2009 Club Championship
• J-League Winning Eleven 2010 Club Championship
• Jackal
• Jail Break
• Jikkyō GI Stable
• Jikkyō Oshaberi Parodius
• Jikkyō Powerful Pro Yakyū 14
• Jikkyō Powerful Pro Yakyū 2000
• Jikkyō Powerful Pro Yakyū 4
• Jikkyō Powerful Pro Yakyū 5
• Jikkyō Powerful Pro Yakyū 6
• Jikkyō Powerful Pro Yakyū Basic-ban 2001
• Jikkyō Powerful Pro Yakyū Next
• Jikkyō Powerful Pro Yakyū Wii
• Jikkyō World Soccer 2002
• Jungler
• Juno First
• Jurassic Park III
• Jurassic Park III: Park Builder
• Justice League: Heroes United
• K-1 World Grand Prix
• Kessakusen! Ganbare Goemon 1 & 2
• Keyboardmania
• Kid Dracula
• King Kong 2: Ikari no Megaton Punch
• King Kong 2: Yomigaeru Densetsu
• King's Valley
• King's Valley II
• Kingdom Dragonion
• Knightmare
• Knightmare III: Shalom
• Konami '88
• Konami Antiques: MSX Collection Vol. 1
• Konami Antiques: MSX Collection Vol. 2
• Konami Antiques: MSX Collection Vol. 3
• Konami Arcade Classics
• Konami Classics
• Konami Collector's Series: Arcade Advanced
• Konami Game Collection
• Konami GT
• Konami Hyper Soccer
• Konami Krazy Racers
• Konami Wai Wai World
• Konami's Boxing
• Konami's Ping Pong
• Konami's Soccer
• Korokke! Ban-Ō no Kiki o Sukue
• Lagrange Point
• Laser Invasion
• Leedmees
• Lethal Enforcers II: Gun Fighters
• Life Force
• Lightning Fighters
• Lost in Blue
• LovePlus
• Magical Tree
• Majō Densetsu II: Daimashikyō Galious
• Martial Champion
• Maze of Galious
• McFarlane's Evil Prophecy
• Mega Zone
• Meikyuu Jiin Dababa
• Metal Gear
• Metal Gear Acid
• Metal Gear Acid Mobile
• Metal Gear Solid
• Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
• Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
• Metal Gear Solid V: The Definitive Experience
• Metal Gear Solid: VR Missions
• Metal Gear Survive
• Metamorphic Force
• Midnight Run: Road Fighter 2
• Mikie
• Millennium Winter Sports
• Missing in Action
• Mission: Impossible
• MLB Power Pros
• MLB Power Pros 2008
• Moai-kun
• Momotaro Dentetsu World: Chikyuu wa Kibou de Mawatteru!
• Monster Guardians
• Monster in My Pocket
• Monster Maulers
• Monster Retsuden Oreca Battle
• Motocross Maniacs
• Mr. Goemon
• Muscle Champion: Kinnikujima no Kessen
• MX5000
• My Frogger Toy Trials
• Mystic Warriors
• Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon
• Mōryō Senki Madara 2
• Nagano Winter Olympics '98
• Namachuukei 68
• Nano Breaker
• NBA Give 'n Go
• NBA Play By Play
• Nemesis
• Nemesis 2
• Nemesis 3: The Eve of Destruction
• Neo Contra
• NHL Blades of Steel '99
• Nobiteke! Byon Byon Daisakusen
• NOSTALGIA
• Oha Suta Dance Dance Revolution
• Online Chess Kingdoms
• Operation C
• Otomedius
• Otomedius Excellent
• Otona no Onnaryoku Kentei
• Pachislot Akumajō Dracula
• Pandora's Palace
• Parodius
• Parodius Portable
• Parodius! From Myth to Laughter
• Penguin Adventure
• Penta no Tsuri Bōken
• Plan 9 from Outer Space
• Police 911
• Policenauts
• Pooyan
• Pop'n music 8
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• Pop'n TwinBee: Rainbow Bell Adventures
• Power Pro Kun Pocket 3
• Power Pro Kun Pocket 9
• Poy Poy
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• Pro Evolution Soccer
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• Pro Evolution Soccer 2008
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• Pro Evolution Soccer 3
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• Pro Evolution Soccer Management
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• Punk Shot
• Racer Mini Yonku: Japan Cup
• Racing Jam
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• Rackets & Rivals
• Raging Fighter
• Rakugakids
• Rave Master
• Rave Master: Special Attack Force!
• Reflec Beat Colette
• Reflec Beat Limelight
• REFLEC BEAT Reflesia of Eternity
• Reflec Beat Volzza
• Ring of Red
• Risa no Yōsei Densetsu
• Road Fighter
• Road Fighters
• Roc'n Rope
• Rocket Knight Adventures
• Run and Gun II
• Salamander 2
• Scooter Shooter
• Scramble
• SD Snatcher
• Sexy Parodius
• Shadow of Memories
• Shaman King: Legacy of the Spirits, Soaring Hawk
• Shaman King: Legacy of the Spirits, Sprinting Wolf
• Shaman King: Master of Spirits
• Shaman King: Master of Spirits 2
• Shao-Lin's Road
• Silent Hill
• Silent Hill 3
• Silent Hill: Play Novel
• Silent Hill: The Arcade
• Silent Hill: The Escape
• Silent Hill: The Short Message
• Silent Scope
• Silent Scope 2: Dark Silhouette
• Silent Scope 3
• Skate or Die: Bad 'N Rad
• Snake's Revenge
• Snatcher
• Solar Assault
• Sonic the Hedgehog
• Soul of the Samurai
• Space Manbow
• Sparkster
• Sparkster: Rocket Knight Adventures 2
• Spawn
• Star Devastator
• Stinger
• Strategy X
• Suikoden
• Suikoden I & II
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• Suikoden III
• Suikoden Tactics
• Suikoden Tierkreis
• Suikoden V
• Sunday vs Magazine: Shūketsu! Chōjō Daikessen
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• Super Bishi Bashi Champ
• Super Bomberman R 2
• Super Cobra
• Survival Kids
• Survivor: Day One
• Susume! Taisen Puzzle Dama: Tōkon! Marutama Chō
• Taisen Puzzle Dama
• Tao's Adventure: Curse of the Demon Seal
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Battle Nexus
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3: Mutant Nightmare
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Back from the Sewers
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Radical Rescue
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fall of the Foot Clan
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Melee
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• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time
• Tennis no Oujisama: Sweat & Tears
• Tennis no Oujisama: Sweat & Tears 2
• The Adventures of Batman & Robin
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• The Baseball 2003
• The End
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• The Legend of the Mystical Ninja
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• The Main Event
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• Thunder Cross II
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