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KONAMI Logo History

Konami is a Japanese entertainment, video game and gambling holder company located in Ginza, Chūō, Tokyo.

Ffounded on 21st March 1969, by Kagemasa Kōzuki in Osaka, stating him with his two co-founders' surnames of the company's name: Kagemasa Kozuki, Yoshinobu Nakama and Tatsuo Miyasako.

If you take the first two letters of their names you get the word KO NA MI

Over the years Konami has changed it's logo design, here are four of the main logo designs.

I like "2nd logo" the best (1986 - 1998)

1981 - 1986

Designer: Unknown
Typography: Helvetica (Modified)
Launched: March 1981

If you look at the logo letter "K" it is very stylised almost making another letter "I", Kionami.

Konami Logo 1981-1986

Konami Logo 1981-1986 Alt

1986 - 1998

Designer: James Cross by Cross Associates
Typography: Univers Black Italic
Launched: August 1986

James Cross - https://a-g-i.org/design/ucla-catalogue/

Konami introduced the new "bacon strips" logo which would be used until 2003.

The text on the bottom was given a new font (Univers Bold) became all-uppercase and italicize, coloured gray or black, the logo was sometimes placed in a boxed frame as shown below.

Konami Logo 1986-1998

Konami Logo 1986-1998 Alt

Design

コナミロゴの幾何学と構造
Geometry and structure of the Konami logo

センター介せ
Se n taa kai se

Sentaa kaise translates as Centre or Centralized

As with any corporate company logo, they have a specification for designer to follow to keep the company assetts consistant.

These would have to be followed by internal devisions when making games, box art and anything else that would use the company logo.

1998 - 2003

Designer: James Cross
Typography: Univers Black
Launched: October 1998

Next Konami changed the text colour to black and straightened the text upright, like it previous version an optional boxed frame is sometimes used.

This logo was used in tandem with the next logo for certain games all the way to from mid to late 2003, this logo text is still being used on the card backs for the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game.

Konami Logo 1998-2003

Konami Logo 1998-2003

 

2003 - 2013

Designer: Unknown
Typography: Optima Pro Bold (Modified)
Launched: April 2003

Konami introduced a new logo, although the previous logo continued to be used in tandem with it for certain games until late 2003. This logo consists of a knife-shaped banner with the word "KONAMI" in it. This logo is still in used by the Konami Sports Club.

Konami Logo 2003-2013

Konami Logo 2003-2013 Alt

2003 - 2013

Designer: Unknown
Typography: Optima Pro Bold (Modified)
Launched: April 2003

Hex color: #bf0021
RGB: 191 0 33
CMYK: 0 100 83 25
Pantone: PMS 485 C

In 2013, the knife-shaped banner was removed, leaving only the wordmark from the previous logo. This variant was originally used for corporate purposes from 2003 to 2013 but is now used in all games.

Konami Logo 2013

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