Kids Station

Kids Station (Japanese: キッズステーション, Kizzu Sutēshon) is a Japanese cable and satellite television channel that launched on April 12, 1993.^[1] It primarily airs anime and other animation-related content aimed at children during the day, and teens and adults at night.

Kids Station Inc.

Headquarters in Toranomon, Minato, Tokyo
Native name	キッズステーション
Romanized name	Kizzu Sutēshon
Founded	April 12, 1993; 32 years ago (1993-04-12)
Headquarters	Toranomon, Minato, Tokyo
Key people	Masao Takiyama (President & CEO), Ryoji Nojima (Representative Director & CEO)
Owner	AK Entertainment Tokyo Broadcasting System JCOM Horipro
Website	www.kids-station.com

Kids Station

Logo used since 2004
Country	Japan
Broadcast area	Nationwide
Headquarters	Ebisu, Shibuya, Tokyo
Programming
Language(s)	Japanese
Picture format	1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
Owner	AK Entertainment Tokyo Broadcasting System JCOM Horipro
History
Launched	April 1, 1991; 34 years ago (1991-04-01)
Former names	Lemon Channel (1991–1993)

An HD feed of the channel (Kids Station HD (Japanese: キッズステーションHD, Kizzu Sutēshon HD) was first established on October 1, 2009.^{[citation needed]}

In 2017, Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan announced a joint venture with Mitsui & Co. known as "AK Holdings", which would acquire their respective stakes in Animax and Kids Station, with Sony as the majority owner of the company.^[2]

On December 18, 2023, Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan announced they would sell their stakes in both Animax and Kids Station to electronic store chain Nojima. The deal was finalized on April 1, 2024.^[3][4]

See also

• Nickelodeon
• Cartoon Network
• Disney Channel

Ownership

• AK Entertainment (Nojima)
• Tokyo Broadcasting System
• JCOM
• Horipro