Overview
- Oasis Management has built a roughly 13.76 percent stake in Kadokawa and is publicly urging shareholders to vote against CEO Takeshi Natsuno to force a change in strategy and leadership.
- Kadokawa has formally opposed Oasis’s shareholder proposals and said the issues raised cover complex business arrangements that cannot be reversed quickly.
- FromSoftware president Hidetaka Miyazaki said on June 12 that he is generally satisfied with the studio’s current development environment and that the team can freely make the games it wants without excessive interference.
- Oasis argues Kadokawa loses profits by using outside publishers in major overseas markets and wants FromSoftware to self-publish and pursue stronger monetization, a plan that critics warn could threaten creative freedom.
- A decisive shareholder vote is scheduled for June 24 and could alter who controls Kadokawa’s strategy, affecting publishing deals, revenue sharing, and the future direction of FromSoftware’s announced and unannounced projects.