Editing Tecmo (section)

===Merger of Tecmo and Tehkan Electronics Corporation. Focus on console video games===
On April 1, 1987, Tecmo Ltd. merged with its sister company Tehkan Electronics Corporation. The former's name was retained for the merger but the latter was the actual surviving company.<ref name="History by Koei Tecmo"/>

By the turn of the decade, Tecmo was firmly in the camp of [[video game consoles]]. Though still involved in the arcade industry, much of the  success was achieved on the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] with titles such as  ''[[Ninja Gaiden]]'', ''[[Tecmo Bowl]]'' and the Japan-only  ''[[Tsuppari Ōzumō]]''. When [[Sony Computer Entertainment|Sony]] released its [[PlayStation]] in the 1990s, Tecmo joined the endeavor which set the tone for series such as ''[[Dead or Alive (series)|Dead or Alive]]'', ''[[Monster Rancher]]'', ''[[Deception (video game series)|Deception]]'' and ''[[Gallop Racer]]''.

Tecmo enters the second section of [[Tokyo Stock Exchange]] in March 2000 and transitioned to the first section in March 2001.

On October 1, 2001, Tecmo founder, Yoshihito Kakihara, steps down as president and representative director due to health issues. Kakihara becomes chairman and representative director while vice president, Junji Nakamura, becomes president and representative director.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nlab.itmedia.co.jp/games/gsnews/0109/03/news10.html|title=SBG: Tecmo announces change of representative director|website=ITmedia|date=September 3, 2001|language=ja}}</ref> By 2002, Tecmo stopped producing new arcade games.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=JAMMA Promotes Redemption; Kakihara|magazine=[[:ja:ゲームマシン|Game Machine]]|issue=653|publisher=[[:ja:アミューズメント通信社|Amusement Press, Inc.]]|date=1 March 2002|page=16|lang=ja|url=https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/20020301p.pdf#page=9}}</ref>

On January 1, 2006, Tecmo president, Junji Nakamura, steps down while Yoshimi Yasuda was named his successor.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/tecmo-ps3-lineup-coming-soon/1100-6142544/| title=Tecmo: PS3 lineup coming "soon"| website=GameSpot | publisher= | access-date=April 12, 2023}}</ref> Nakamura becomes chairman of Tecmo until his resignation from the company on February 1, 2006.<ref name=nstyle>{{Cite web|url=https://n-styles.com/main/archives/2008/06/05-080000.php|title=Summary of all-out war by Tecmo and Tomonobu Itagaki|website=N-Styles|date=June 5, 2008|language=ja}}</ref>

On July 18, 2006, Tecmo's founder, Yoshihito Kakihara, died of [[interstitial pneumonia]] at the age  of 67.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tecmo.co.jp/company/pdf/2006072102.pdf |title=2006072102.pdf |access-date=2019-09-12}}</ref><ref name="English history"/>

Tecmo delisted from the Tokyo Stock Exchange on March 26, 2009, right before the merger with [[Koei]] took effect.