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1970's Corporate History

1969-1979
year month occurrence
1969-1979
1969 March 21 Kagemasa Kozuki (current Chairman of the Board) founded a jukebox rental and repair business in Toyonaka, Osaka.
1973 March 19

KONAMI INDUSTRY CO., LTD. was established at 3-124-1 Meishinguchi, Toyonaka, Osaka.
KONAMI began to manufacture amusement machines for arcades.

1978January KONAMI created and began to market video games using microcomputers.
1979 January KONAMI exported products to the US for the first time (marked the first step towards expansion into the US).