What this is
Total dividends The Pokémon Company paid in the years to February 2018–2026: about ¥12.0bn, of which each founding game company would have received about ¥4.1bn.
How it’s built
- From the official gazette, the only distributions were ¥2.99bn (year to February 2018) and ¥8.98bn (year to February 2024).
- Each founding company (Creatures, Game Freak) at a 34% stake: about ¥1.0bn plus ¥3.1bn.
What we assumed
- Creatures and Game Freak each own 34%.Ownership is not published; a different stake would scale each founder's share in proportion.
Sanity check
In all other years retained earnings roll forward exactly, confirming no other dividends.
The value
- Total year to February 2018 26: 11,966
Some detail is too fine to show here; it is kept in the trainer’s notes.
Where it comes from
Our calculation from other figures in the trainer’s notes:
- FiledWhether The Pokémon Company paid a dividend out of its profit for the year to February 2026−¥1m
- EstimateImplied founder dividend receipts 34 34, year to February 2018, year to February 2024 (TPC); year to March 2018, year to March 2024 (founders' receipt years)
Show the working
- 2,989 + 8,977 = 11,966
- 0.34 × 2,989 = 1,016
- 0.34 × 8,977 = 3,052
- 0.34 × 11,966 = 4,068