Shogakukan

Shogakukan (株式会社小学館, Shogakukan Co., Ltd.) is a Japanese publisher of dictionaries, literature, manga, non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan. It is a subsidiary of the Hitotsubashi Group (which also owns Hakusensha and Shueisha).

Shogakukan founded Shueisha, which also founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are together called the Hitotsubashi Group, one of the largest publishing groups in Japan. Shogakukan is located in the Shogakukan Building in Hitotsubashi, Chiyoda, Tokyo, and the other two companies are located in the same ward.

Notable subsidiaries

 * - general publishing company
 * - a monthly novel magazine
 * - a monthly manga magazine for young women (josei 20s)
 * onBLUE - manga anthology publication
 * - physical media music production company that also started doing 3DCG production
 * Tokyo Otaku Mode - a Japanese culture website aimed at foreign audiences
 * Viz Media - joint entertainment subsidiary with Shueisha

Men's (Dansei) manga magazines

 * Shōnen manga magazines
 * - weekly: released every Wednesday
 * - also known as ; monthly: released on the 25th of every month
 * - monthly: released on the 12th of every month
 * Seinen manga magazines
 * - bi-weekly: released on the 10th and 25th of every month
 * - bi-weekly: released on the 5th and 20th of every month
 * - bi-weekly: released on the 2nd and 4th Friday of each month
 * - weekly: released every Monday
 * - also known as ; monthly: released on the 27th of every month


 * Unspecified demographic manga magazines
 * - monthly: released on the 19th of every month

Women's manga magazines

 * Shōjo manga magazines
 * - was monthly: released on the 13th of every month
 * - bi-monthly: released on the 24th of even-numbered months
 * - monthly: released on the 3rd of every month
 * - bi-monthly: released on the 20th of odd-numbered months
 * - bi-weekly: released on the 5th and 20th of every month
 * - bi-monthly: released on the 15th of odd-numbered months
 * - monthly: released on the 28th of every month


 * Josei manga magazines
 * - aimed at young josei (18 to 25); monthly: released on the 24th of every month
 * - bi-monthly: released on the 5th of even-numbered months
 * - monthly: released on the 8th of every month
 * - bi-monthly: released on the 5th of even-numbered months


 * Kodomo/learning magazines
 * - aimed at elementary school students, but some classify as a shōnen; released on the 15th of every month
 * - aimed at elementary school boys; released on the 30th of even months
 * - aimed at early elementary; monthly: released on the 21st of every month
 * - main readership is preschool boys; monthly, but occasionally bi-monthly