Konami is a Japanese entertainment, video game and gambling conglomerate holder company located in Ginza, Chūō, Tokyo, and owned by Kagemasa Kōzuki in Osaka, stating him with his one of two co-founders' surnames of the company's name: Kagemasa Kozuki, Yoshinobu Nakama and Tatsuo Miyasako.
Leijac
1969–1973
Designer:
Unknown
Typography:
Unknown
Launched:
March 21, 1969
Konami was founded on March 21, 1969 as Leijac.
Konami
1973–1986
Designer:
Unknown
Typography:
Helvetica (modified)
Launched:
March 19, 1973
1986–2003
1986–1998
Designer:
James Cross of Cross Associates
Typography:
Univers 76 Black Italic
Launched:
August 1986
In August 1986, Konami introduced a new logo. The "bacon strips" (which bear a resemblance to a D-pad) were introduced (which would be used until 2003), and the wordmark on the bottom was given a new font (Univers 76 Black Italic) and became all-uppercase, italicized, and colored gray; sometimes, the logo was placed in a boxed frame.
1998–2003
Designer:
Unknown
Typography:
Univers 75 Black
Launched:
October 1998
In October 1998, the Konami wordmark was made black and straightened upright. Like the last logo, a boxed frame is sometimes put around the logo. It was used in tandem with the next logo for certain games in mid to late 2003 and the wordmark is still being used on the card backs for the Yu-Gi-Oh!Trading Card.
In April 2003, Konami introduced a new logo, although the previous logo continued to be used in tandem with it for certain games until late 2003. This logo consists of a knife-shaped banner with the word "KONAMI" in it. This logo is still used by Konami Sports Club.
In 2013, the knife-shaped banner was removed, leaving only the wordmark from the previous logo. This variant was originally used for the corporate purposes from 2003 to 2013.
