Kids Station

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Kids Station Inc.

Headquarters in Toranomon, Minato, Tokyo
Native name	キッズステーション
Founded	April 12, 1993 (1993-04-12)
Headquarters	Japan
Owner	AK Entertainment Tokyo Broadcasting System JCOM Horipro
Website	www.kids-station.com

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 1, 1991.^{[citation needed]} It primarily airs anime and other animation-related content aimed at children during the day, and teens and adults at night.

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. Sony is the majority owner of the company.^[1]

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.^[2][3]

• Nickelodeon
• Cartoon Network
• Disney Channel

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

• Kids Station home page (in Japanese)

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