Creatures, Inc.

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Creatures, Inc.
株式会社 クリーチャーズ

Creatures logo
FoundedNovember 8, 1995
HeadquartersKudan-Kaikan Terrace 9F, 1-6-5 Kudanminami, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102-0074, Japan
TypePrivate
IndustryVideo games, Trading cards
Website

Worldwide:Creatures.co.jp

Creatures, Inc. (Japanese:株式会社(かぶしきがいしゃ)クリーチャーズKabushiki gaisha Creatures) is an affiliate ofThe Pokémon Company (which itself is ajoint venture byNintendo,Game Freak, and Creatures).[1] It was founded on November 8, 1995,[1] byTsunekazu Ishihara, with the assistance ofSatoru Iwata.[2][3] Creatures is one of the companies responsible for producing and licensing various aspects of thePokémon franchise, including thePokémon Trading Card Game and other merchandise inJapan. Creatures owns one third of the copyright to the Pokémon franchise (the other two thirds owned by Game Freak and Nintendo). Its current president and CEO isYuji Kitano, who succeeded the president position fromTsunekazu Ishihara and the CEO position fromHirokazu Tanaka in April 2023.[4][5][6]

The company was founded after the development team of Ape Inc. (known for creating theEarthBound series of video games) was disbanded. Ape still exists for the purpose of managing its IPs, and is an associate company of Nintendo andHobonichi.[7][8]

As of April 2025, Creatures has 274 employees.[1]

Games

Pokémon games

Developer

Pokémon 3D modeling

Packaging and logo design

Other credits

Non-Pokémon games

Peripherals

Other Pokémon products

External links

References

See also

Companies
The Pokémon CompanyThe Pokémon Company International (The Pokémon Company International Ireland • The Pokémon Company International Mexico •Millennium Print Group) • Pokémon Korea • Pokémon Center Co., Ltd. • Pokémon Singapore • Pokémon Shanghai • Pokémon Taiwan •Genius Sonority •The Pokémon Works •Pokémon with You Foundation
Animation &movies4Kids Entertainment •Bang Zoom! Studios •Deluxe •DuArt Media Services •Framestore •Iyuno •Miramax •Moving Picture Company •OLM, Inc. •TAJ Productions •Toho •Universal Pictures Home Entertainment •The Walt Disney Company •Warner Bros.
Books &strategy guidesGolden Books •Media Factory •Prima Games •Scholastic • Simon & Schuster (Pikachu Press)
Collectible cardsArtbox •ConceptLab •D.A.G Inc. •Edibas Collections •Meiji •N-DESIGN Inc. •Studio Bora Inc. •Topps •Toyste Beach •whomor Inc. •Wizards of the Coast
MangaChuang Yi •Outland forlag •Panini Comics •Shogakukan (Shogakukan Asia) •VIZ Media
Merchandise &retailBlokees •Funko •GameStop •Good Smile Company •Hasbro •Jakks Pacific •Jazwares •Jollibee •JR Kikaku •Keeppley •Kotobukiya •Play by Play •Re-Ment •Takara Tomy •Toy Factory •Uniqlo
Video gamesBandai Namco •Creatures, Inc. (Ambrella) •DeNA •Denyusha •Game Freak •HAL Laboratory, Inc. •Hudson Soft •ILCA •Jupiter Corporation •Koei Tecmo •Niantic •Nintendo (Mario Club •Nintendo of America •Nintendo System Development) •ORBITALLINK Inc. •PLANETA •Scopely •Sega •SELECT BUTTON inc. •Spike Chunsoft
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