Editing Tecmo (section)

{{Short description|Japanese video game company}}
{{Use mdy dates|date = February 2025}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Tecmo, Ltd.
| native_name = 株式会社テクモ
| native_name_lang = ja
| romanized_name = Kabushikigaisha Tekumo
| logo = Tecmo logo.svg
| former_name = Imperial Trustee Corporation (1964–1977)<br>Tehkan (1977–1986)
| type = [[Kabushiki gaisha]]<br>[[Subsidiary]]
| industry = [[Video games industry|Video games]]
| predecessors = [[#Imperial Trustee Corporation|Imperial Trustee Corporation]]<br>[[#Nippon Yacht Co, Ltd|Nippon Yacht Co, Ltd]]
| foundation = {{start date and age|July 31, 1967}}
| founder = Yoshihito Kakihara<ref name="English history">{{cite web |title=COMPANY INFORMATION -History- |url=http://www.tecmo.co.jp/company/e/ecp03.html |website=TECMO,LTD. |access-date=3 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080621041137/http://www.tecmo.co.jp/company/e/ecp03.html |archive-date=21 June 2008}}</ref>
| defunct = {{start date and age|April 1, 2010}}<ref name="dissolution"/>
| fate = [[Mergers and acquisitions|Merged]] with [[Koei]]
| successor = [[Koei Tecmo|Koei Tecmo Games]]
| location = [[Tokyo]], Japan
| key_people = Junji Nakamura<ref>{{Cite episode |series=Icons |title=Dead or Alive |series-link=Icons (TV series) |network=[[G4 (American TV channel)|G4]] |date=August 5, 2004 |season=3 |number=11 |url=http://www.g4tv.com/icons/episodes/3352/Dead_or_Alive.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161231112359/http://www.g4tv.com/icons/episodes/3352/Dead_or_Alive.html |archive-date=2016-12-31 }}</ref><br/>[[Tomonobu Itagaki]]
| products = ''[[Bomb Jack]]'' <br/>''[[Captain Tsubasa]]'' <br/> ''[[Ninja Gaiden]]'' <br/> ''[[Dead or Alive (series)|Dead or Alive]]'' <br/> ''[[Fatal Frame]]'' <br/> ''[[Tecmo Bowl]]'' <br/> ''[[Rio: Rainbow Gate!|Rio]]'' <br/> ''[[Deception (video game series)|Deception]]'' <br/> ''[[Monster Rancher (series)|Monster Rancher]]'' <br/> ''[[Rygar (NES game)|Rygar]]'' <br/> ''[[Gallop Racer]]'' <br/> ''[[Solomon's Key]]''
| parent = [[Koei Tecmo]] (2009–2010)
| homepage = [http://www.tecmo.co.jp/company/e/ www.tecmo.co.jp/company/e/]
}}
{{Nihongo|'''Tecmo, Ltd.'''|テクモ株式会社|Tekumo kabushikigaisha}} was a Japanese [[video game]] company founded in 1967. It had its headquarters in the [[Kudankita]] district of [[Tokyo]].<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20020220113054/http://www.tecmo.co.jp/company/gaiyo.htm 主要営業所]." Tecmo. February 20, 2002. Retrieved on October 18, 2010. "本社 東京都千代田区九段北4丁目1番34号 03-3222-7645."</ref> Its subsidiary, '''Tecmo Inc''', was located in [[Torrance, California]].<ref>"[http://64.78.9.175/corporate.asp?page=contact Contact] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110705184627/http://64.78.9.175/corporate.asp?page=contact |date=2011-07-05 }}." Tecmo. Retrieved on October 18, 2010. "Tecmo, Inc. 21213-B Hawthorne Boulevard Torrance, CA 90503."</ref> Prior to 1986, Tecmo was formerly known as '''Tehkan'''.

Tecmo is known for the ''[[Captain Tsubasa]]'', ''[[Dead or Alive (series)|Dead or Alive]]'', ''[[Deception (video game series)|Deception]]'', ''[[Fatal Frame]]'', ''[[Gallop Racer]]'', ''[[Monster Rancher (series)|Monster Rancher]]'', ''[[Ninja Gaiden]]'', ''[[Rygar (arcade game)|Rygar]]'', ''[[Star Force]]'' and ''[[Tecmo Bowl]]'' video game series. When it was still called Tehkan, the company released arcade games such as ''[[Bomb Jack]]'', ''[[Gridiron Fight]]'' and ''[[Tehkan World Cup]]''.<ref name="Japanese history" />

In 2009, Tecmo merged with [[Koei]] to form the [[holding company]] [[Koei Tecmo|Tecmo Koei Holdings]] and was operated as a subsidiary<ref name="Japanese history">{{cite web|title=Tecmo Company History|publisher=Tecmo|url=http://www.tecmo.co.jp/company/sc0203.htm|access-date=2012-12-05}}</ref> until April 2010 when Tecmo was dissolved. Its brand continued to be used until 2016.<ref name="ktreorg_16" /> Its video game franchises are now owned and published by [[Koei Tecmo Games]].<ref name="dissolution"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.koeitecmo.co.jp/php/pdf/news_20140526_01.pdf |title=商号の変更及び定款の一部変更に関するお知らせ |access-date=2019-09-12 |archive-date=2015-07-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705232617/https://www.koeitecmo.co.jp/php/pdf/news_20140526_01.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>