Konami

I'm not an expert on the history of Konami and its divisions, but maybe someone can shed some light on what seems to be a complete mess of how people are attaching Konami to particular games.  Here's a list of the ones I could find.

Konami Software Shanghai, Inc. (active dev studio)
Konami COmputer Entertainment Hawaii, Inc. (defunction dev studio as of Aug 2006)
Konami Computer Entertainment Kobe, Inc. (defunct dev studio absorbed into KCE Tokyo)
Konami Computer Entertainment Nagoya Co., Ltd. (defunct dev studio absorbed into KCE Tokyo)
Konami Digital Entertainment Ltd. Korea Branch  (as far as I can tell, the Korea branch is just an office, not a dev studio...and this page is empty)
Konami Digital Entertainment Limited   (Hong Kong)  
  
Anyone want to take a stab at this clusterfuck?  There's got to be some combine/merge potential here. 
 
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**Edit** 
As we figure this shit out I'm going to remove entries from the upper list and put them below to try to keep things organized. 
 
Konami Digital Entertainment is the new name for Konami of America (we are submitting these 5 pages to be merged)
Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.   
Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.   
Konami of America, Inc.        
Konami (America), Inc.   
 
Konami Japan (we are submitting these 2 pages to be merged)
Konami JPN 
Konami Computer Entertainment Japan Co., Ltd.  
Konami Computer Entertainment Japan, Inc.   
  
Konami Tokyo (we are submitting these 3 pages to be merged) 
Konami TYO      
Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo  
Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo Co., Ltd. 
 
Konami Osaka 
Konami OSA Ltd.   
Konami Computer Entertainment Osaka Co., Ltd. 
 
Konami (the primary company) 
Konami Corporation   
Konami, Inc.     
 
Konami Europe
Konami Ltd. 
Konami UK Ltd.      
Konami of Europe GmbH    
Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH       
Konami Deutschland GmbH    
Konami Corporation of Europe B.V.   
    
KCE Studios  
Konami Studios   
Konami Computer Entertainment Studios, Inc.   
Konami Computer Entertainment Sapporo Co., Ltd.

My head just exploded.

holy crap.....

We're gonna need a bigger boat.

holy shit!

Erm. I'll get right on that. *runs away screaming*

yeah, when i added a konami game my face exploded when i saw that list. i just picked the one that had the most games and sounded right.

Well, some of those companies are either individual development studios under the Konami umbrella or international publishing subsidiaries, but holy shit, what a mess.

Yeah, some are definitely dev studios.  But it looks like there's even multiples of some of the dev studios.

Konami-nation 
 
one studio at a time

what about we start with the digital entertainments?
 
Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.
Konami Digital Entertainment Limited 
Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
 
is there any difference between those 3? the korea/gmbh(europe) seem fine to leave separate, but i can't tell the difference besides name in these.

" what about we start with the digital entertainments?
 
Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.
Konami Digital Entertainment Limited 
Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.   is there any difference between those 3? the korea/gmbh(europe) seem fine to leave separate, but i can't tell the difference besides name in these. "

" Konami Computer Entertainment Japan Co., Ltd.  
Konami Computer Entertainment Japan, Inc. 
Konami JPN
It looks like all 3 are the same:
 http://games.ign.com/objects/027/027257.html "

Fuck.

Okay... I think I have it sorted out for the most part. 
 
Once the merges have been done I'll take a look at it again, because I think there's further merging that could be needed, but I can't wrap my head around it all at this point.

Seriously?

" Seriously? "

" @natetodamax said:

" Seriously? "

"Seriously?" at the mess?  Or "seriously?" me trying to fix it? Heh. "

" @natetodamax said:

" Seriously? "

"Seriously?" at the mess?  Or "seriously?" me trying to fix it? Heh. "