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Kids Station Inc.

Headquarters inToranomon,Minato, Tokyo
Native name	キッズステーション
Romanized name	Kizzu Sutēshon
Founded	April 12, 1993; 32 years ago (1993-04-12)
Headquarters	Toranomon,Minato, Tokyo
Key people	Masao Takiyama(President &CEO), Ryoji Nojima (Representative Director &CEO)
Owner	AK Entertainment Tokyo Broadcasting System J:COM Horipro
Website	www.kids-station.com

Television channel

Kids Station
Programming
Logo used since 2004
Country	Japan
Broadcast area	Nationwide
Headquarters	Ebisu, Shibuya, Tokyo
Languages	Japanese English (via Second Audio Program)
Picture format	1080i HDTV
History
Launched	April 1, 1991; 34 years ago (1991-04-01)
Former names	Lemon Channel (1991–1993)

Kids Station (Japanese: キッズステーション,Kizzu Sutēshon) is a Japanese cable and satellitetelevision channel that launched on April 12, 1993.^[1] It primarily airsanime and otheranimation-related content aimed at children during the day, and teens and adults at night.

An HD feed of the channel (Kids Station HD (Japanese:キッズステーションHD,Kizzu Sutēshon HD) was first established on October 1, 2009.^{[citation needed]}

In 2017,Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan announced a joint venture withMitsui & Co. known as "AK Holdings", which would acquire their respective stakes inAnimax and Kids Station, with Sony as the majority owner of the company.^[2]

On December 18, 2023, Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan announced they would sell their stakes in both Animax and Kids Station to electronic store chainNojima. The deal was finalized on April 1, 2024.^[3]^[4]