Akita Shoten
Japanese publishing company
Akita Shoten
Akita Publishing Co., Ltd. (株式会社秋田書店, Kabushiki-gaisha Akita Shoten) is a Japanese publishing company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo. It was founded by Teio Akita in 1948. As of May 2023, the company's president is Tokuji Yamaguchi. The company is known for publishing the manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Champion, which serialized works such as Osamu Tezuka's Black Jack, Keisuke Itagaki's Baki the Grappler, and Shinji Mizushima's Dokaben. In January 2025, due to the renovations at the headquarters building, the company established a temporary headquarters in Honkomagome, Bunkyō, Tokyo.
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