Bandai

Bandai (Japanese: バンダイ, Bandai), fully adressed as Bandai Company, Limited (Japanese: 株式会社バンダイ, Kabushiki-gaisha Bandai), is a Japanese videogame and toy making company that was founded on July 5, 1950. It's the third largest toy producer in the world. Kazunori Ueno is the current president and CEO (Chief Executive Officer) of Bandai. During the 1960s, Bandai was including export sales in their expansion. In 1971, Bandai Models was formed. In 1978, Bandai America Inc. was created. Originally, Bandai was going to merge with SEGA in the late 1990s, but that was cancelled. Eversince the 1980s, Bandai became Japan's leading toy company, and to this day, purchases toy licenses of known franchises like Gundam, Pokémon, One Piece, and Kamen Rider. When Bandai merged with Namco, Limited was controlled and became a member of Bandai Namco.

Involvement in Tenkai Knights
On June 7, 1969, Bandai created Happinet. Happinet is responsible for making the Japanese toys of Tenkai Knights, which are more anime accurate than of Ionix's toys. Bandai sells Tenkai Knights figures in Japan while Spin Master sells them in the western world.

Links
http://www.bandai.com/

http://www.bandai.co.jp/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandai

http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/バンダイ