Pokémon USA, Inc., now The Pokémon Company International, was set up in February 2001

How it’s built

1. From The Pokémon Company’s corporate history on its own website.

What we assumed

Nothing. The figure is used as published.

Sanity check

Before this, 4Kids handled Western licensing as Nintendo’s agent. The month comes from the company’s history page, not a registry.

The value

• Pokémon USA, Inc. (now TPCi) established

Where it comes from

The line in the source

Pokémon USA, Inc. （現 The Pokémon Company International, Inc.）を設立

In English

Pokémon USA, Inc., now TPCi, established.

Where it’s used

• Deep dive · The Pokémon CompanyThe thin years, 1998–2015
• ProfileThe Pokémon Company
• ProfileThe Pokémon Company International (TPCi)

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The same measure, other periods

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