Kobunsha was established on October 1, 1945, and belongs to the Kodansha group.

The company has published Japanese authors such as Tetsuya Honda, Keigo Higashino, Jiro Akagawa, Miyuki Miyabe and Arimasa Osawa and foreign authors such as Arthur C. Clarke, Jean Genet, Malcolm Gladwell, Jon Ronson, J. D. Vance, Hanya Yanagihara and Zhao Ziyang.^[1]

In 1975, Kobunsha published the women's magazine JJ, known as the earliest established women's magazine for college students in Japan.

From 1994 it established the Kobun Foundation and publishing more mystery novels. The Foundation has been awarding a Grand Prize for Best Mystery Novels each year.^[1][2]

Kobunsha currently publishes women's magazines such as JJ, Classy and JJ Bis.

Women's magazines edit

• JJ
• Bis—a version of JJ magazine targeted at women aged between 15 and 19.
• Classy—a version of JJ magazine targeted at women aged between 24 and 28.
• Very
• Story
• Mart
• Josei Jishin

Men's magazines edit

• Gainer
• Brio
• Pro Wrestling Album

Other magazines edit

• Giallo
• Flash
• Shousetsu Houseki

Magazines no longer published edit

• Hoseki
• Shukan Hoseki
• VS.

Literary book series edit

• Chie No Mori Bunko
• Kappa Novels
• Kobunsha Bunko (English, "Kobunsha Paperback Library")
• Kobunsha Koten Shin'yaku Bunko (光文社古典新訳文庫) (English, "Kobunsha New Translations of Classics Library") (2006)
• Kobunsha Paperbacks
• Kobunsha Shinsho (English, "Kobunsha New Books [i.e. trade paperback]")

Manga edit

• Koubunsha Girl Comic Series
• Koubunsha BL Comic Series
• Hinotama Game Comic Series

Manga anthologies edit

• Megane de Suit
• BL Shouji Shinnyuu Shainsan Irasshai!!
• Shinsengumi anthology Hana to Ran

• Kodansha

• Kobunsha (in Japanese)
• Kobunsha (in English)