Tatsumi Publishing

Tatsumi Publishing Co., Ltd. (辰巳出版株式会社) is a Japanese publishing house headquartered in Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo. Established on November 1, 1967, in Shinjuku-ku, it traces its origins to the earlier Tatsumi Shobo, founded in 1964, from which it inherited magazines such as Camera Angle, Beauty Magazine, and Weekly Maruhi. The company publishes magazines, mooks, and books across a wide range of genres, including sports, cooking, subculture, pachinko and pachislot information, fishing, pets, puzzles, and comics. The Tatsumi Publishing Group comprises Tatsumi Publishing itself, Nittoshoin Honsha (a practical-book publisher), and Rakuten Co., Ltd. (unrelated to the Rakuten Group), which operated the bookstore "Hon no Rakuten Ina-ten" until its closure on December 31, 2016. While the company was once strongly associated with adult magazines and comics, it strengthened its practical and hobby publishing from the 2000s onward. Its current representative director and president is Kazuji Hirose. The company has a workforce of about 100 people across the group and maintains editorial offices in Osaka, Nagoya, Sendai, and Fukuoka, in addition to its Tokyo headquarters and secondary offices in Bunkyo-ku and Saitama. Its publications include long-running titles such as the fishing magazine Tsuri Joho, the pachinko magazine Pachinko Hisshobon Plus, the pachislot magazine Pachislot Hisshobon, the PC game magazine BugBug, the dog magazine Shi-Ba, and the cat magazine Nekobiyori. It also operates web media such as Hisshobon WEB-TV and Nekobiyori Plus.

Tatsumi Publishing was established on November 1, 1967, in Sanko-cho, Shinjuku-ku, inheriting magazines such as Camera Angle, Beauty Magazine, and Weekly Maruhi from Tatsumi Shobo, which had been founded on June 25, 1964, and published Senki Gaho, Kukai Graph, and Shinshi Senka. In 1999, it acquired the magazine "Skora" from Skora Co., Ltd. and established Skora Magazine as an affiliated company; "Skora" and Skora are registered trademarks of Tatsumi Publishing. In February 2006, it acquired the business rights of the old Nittoshoin and established Nittoshoin Honsha Co., Ltd. to succeed the business. In June 2018, Skora Magazine absorbed Soryusha Co., Ltd. In April 2019, Skora Magazine absorbed Sogo Tosho Co., Ltd. and Fujimi Publishing Co., Ltd. In August 2021, Tatsumi Publishing absorbed Skora Magazine. In October 2021, the headquarters moved from the Tatsumi Building in Shinjuku 2-chome, Shinjuku-ku, to Hongo, Bunkyo-ku; the pachinko/pachislot information magazine and comic editorial departments were relocated to the Second Office in Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, and the editorial department of the PC game magazine BugBug was relocated to the Higashi-Omiya office in Saitama Prefecture. The company has continued to publish a wide range of magazines and books, including fishing, pachinko/pachislot, pet, puzzle, and comic titles, and has expanded into web media and smartphone apps.

• Tatsumi Shobo founded; publishes Senki Gaho, Kukai Graph, Shinshi Senka.

• Tatsumi Publishing established in Shinjuku-ku, inheriting magazines from Tatsumi Shobo.

• Acquires magazine 'Skora' from Skora Co., Ltd.; establishes Skora Magazine.

• Acquires business rights of old Nittoshoin; establishes Nittoshoin Honsha Co., Ltd.

• Bookstore 'Hon no Rakuten Ina-ten' closes.

• Skora Magazine absorbs Soryusha Co., Ltd.

• Skora Magazine absorbs Sogo Tosho Co., Ltd. and Fujimi Publishing Co., Ltd.

• Tatsumi Publishing absorbs Skora Magazine.

• Headquarters moves from Shinjuku to Hongo, Bunkyo-ku; editorial departments relocated.

A mid-sized Japanese publisher specializing in hobby, practical, and entertainment magazines, mooks, and books, with a diversified portfolio spanning fishing, pachinko/pachislot, pets, puzzles, and comics.

• つり情報 (Tsuri Joho)

  Fishing information magazine, published on the 1st and 15th of each month.

• パチンコ必勝本プラス (Pachinko Hisshobon Plus)

  Pachinko information magazine, published on the 20th of each month.

• パチスロ必勝本 (Pachislot Hisshobon)

  Pachislot information magazine, published on the 21st of each month.

• BugBug

  PC game information magazine, published on the 3rd of each month.

• つりコミック (Tsuri Comic)

  Fishing comic magazine, published on the 12th of each month.

• COMICペンギンクラブ (Comic Penguin Club)

  Bishoujo comic magazine, published on the 30th of each month.

• Shi-Ba

  Dog magazine, published on the 29th of February, May, August, and November.

• 猫びより (Nekobiyori)

  Cat magazine, published on the 12th of March, June, September, and December.

• ナンプレワイドスタンダード (Nanpure Wide Standard)

  Sudoku specialty mook.

• Gスピリッツ (G Spirits)

  Professional wrestling specialty mook.

• 特選小説 (Tokusen Shosetsu)

  Novel magazine, published on the 21st of odd months.

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2. 2会社概要 – 辰巳出版株式会社tg-net.co.jp
3. 3辰巳出版 - Wikipediaja.wikipedia.org
4. 4Tatsumi Publishing - Wikidatawikidata.org