The following is a list of works published by Kodansha and its subsidiaries, such as mangas published by foreign subsidiaries, books, novels and light novels, and others, listed by release date.
Including titles from:
- Kodansha
- Kobunsha
- Seikaisha
- Scola (1981-2001)
- King Records
- Starchild Records
- Vertical
- ASK-Kodansha (1981-1998)
- Asmik Ace Entertainment (1985-1995)
- Del Rey Manga
- Kodansha International
- Kodansha Globe
- Kodansha Amer
- Kodansha Europe
1920s edit
1921 edit
1930s edit
1933 edit
1936 edit
1937 edit
1940s edit
1947 edit
1950s edit
1951 edit
1955 edit
1957 edit
1958 edit
1959 edit
1960s edit
1960 edit
1963 edit
1965 edit
1966 edit
- Atama no Taisou
- The Doctor's Wife
- Masonry in Japan: The First One Hundred Years, 1866-1966
- My Forsaken Star
1967 edit
1968 edit
1969 edit
1970s edit
1971 edit
1972 edit
- 44 Modern Japanese Print Artists
- Court Transcript of the Yukio Mishima Incident
- Papelucho
- Steam Locomotives of Japan
1973 edit
- Japan Sinks
- Karate-Do Kyohan: The Master Text
- Psychic School Wars
- This Island of Japon: Joao Rodrigues’s Account of 16th Century Japan
1974 edit
1975 edit
- Karate-Do: My Way of Life
- The Twenty Guiding Principles of Karate: The Spiritual Legacy of the Master
- War-Wasted Asia: letters, 1945–46
- Yōseiden
1976 edit
1977 edit
1978 edit
- Best Karate, Vol. 3: Kumite 1
- Best Karate, Vol 4: Kumite 2
- Japanese Film Directors
- Landscapes and Portraits: Appreciations of Japanese culture
- Nihon-den Jujutsu
- Some Japanese Portraits
1979 edit
1980s edit
1980 edit
- Coin Locker Babies
- Japonisme in Art, Art Symposium
- On a Certain, Fine Day, Stands Wien in the Forest
- Pinball, 1973
1981 edit
- Biographical Dictionary of Japanese
- The Devil's Gluttony
- Karate-do: My Way of Life
- Sanshouo
- Stick Fighting
- Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window
1982 edit
- Currents in Japanese Cinema
- The Faust Age
- Ideals of the Samurai: Writings of Japanese Warriors
- Smaller Is Better, Japan's Mastery of the Miniature
- Utamaro: Portraits from the Floating World
- A Wild Sheep Chase
1983 edit
- Daijiten Desuku
- Hayao Miyazaki's Image Board Collection
- The Japanese sword
- Kiseto and Setoguro (Famous Ceramics of Japan)
- Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan
- Manga! Manga! The World of Japanese Comics
- Nanako My Love: Azuma Hideo Illust Book
- Nihon no Budō Vol.11
- The Strange Library
1984 edit
- Banjos: The Tsumura Collection
- Midnight Suite
- The Spirit of Aikido
- The Textbook of Modern Karate
- There Was a Knock
1985 edit
- The Haiku Handbook
- Leda: The Fantastic Adventure of Yohko
- Man'yōshū Jiten
- Murder affair of the Yoshitsune's Buried Treasure Legend
- Nyokan Tūkai
- Three Sisters Investigate
1986 edit
1987 edit
1988 edit
- Gambler Jiko Chuushinha
- Hiking in Japan: An Adventurer's Guide to the Mountain Trails
- Hoshin Engi
- Inside the Robot Kingdom
- Karate-Do Nyumon: The Master Introductory Text
- Make Your Own Japanese Clothes: Patterns and Ideas for Modern Wear
- Onna ni tsuite
- A Reader's Guide to Japanese Literature
- Toyota - Fifty Years in Motion
- Visions of the Tranquility of Mount Huangshan
1989 edit
- Akuryō Series
- The Bag of Surprises
- Can't Sleep on Birthday Eve
- Cosmic Epsilon
- Evil Spirits Aren't Scary
- Evil Spirit Series
- Introducing Kyoto
- The Japanese Negotiator: Subtlety and Strategy Beyond Western Logic
- Jesus: Kyōfu no Bio Monster
- Meimon! Tako Nishiouendan
- Mephisto and Waltz!
- Nihongo Daijiten
- Shinobi
- A Stranger in Tibet
- Teke! Teke! Asmik-kun World
1990s edit
1990 edit
- Air Diver
- Conquest of the Crystal Palace
- Cutie Suzuki no Ringside Angel
- Deep Dungeon IV: The Black Sorcerer
- F1 Boy
- Gambler Jiko Chuushinha
- Jumpin' Kid: Jack to Mame no Ki Monogatari
- Necros no Yōsai
- Nippon Ichi no Nakantoku
- Power Drift
- Top Players' Tennis
1991 edit
- The Adventures of Star Saver
- Akagawa Jirou no Yuurei Ressha
- Appreciations of Japanese Culture
- Asmik-kun Land
- Asmik-kun World 2
- Blue Almanac
- Confessions of a Yakuza
- D-Force
- Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
- Hōtō-ki
- Ippatsu Gyakuten: DX Bakenou
- Megalit
- Mikineko Holmes no Kishi Michi
- Monster Pro Wrestling
- Mysterium
- Ransei no Hasha
- Verytex
- Wurm: Journey to the Center of the Earth
- Yellow Cab: The women who took off at Narita
1992 edit
- "Adult" People
- DX Bakenou Z
- The Great Game
- Lennus: Kodai Kikai no Kioku
- Shanghai III: Dragon's Eye
- Sougou Kakutougi: Astral Bout
- South of the Border, West of the Sun
- Taiko: An Epic Novel of War and Glory in Feudal Japan
- The Twelve Kingdoms
- Winds from Afar
- Working For A Japanese Company: Insights Into The Multicultural Workplace
- Xardion
1993 edit
- 1552: Tenka Tairan
- Aah! Harimanada
- Alien vs. Predator
- Bakenou V3
- CD Battle: Hikari no Yūshatachi
- F-15 Super Strike Eagle
- Fragments of a Past: A Memoir
- Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
- A History of the Devil
- Hope Dies Last
- Japan, An Illustrated Encyclopedia
- Kessen! Dokapon Okukoku IV: Densetsu no Yuusha Tachi
- Kishi Densetsu
- Koutetsu no Kishi
- Maten no Sōmetsu
- The Shin Daijiten
- Stepfather Step
- Super Air Diver
- Super Kyousouba: Kaze no Sylphid
- Verve of Mt. Huangshan
1994 edit
- American Night
- Artistic Interpretation of the Huangshan Mountain
- Bakenou TV '94
- Battle Zeque Den
- Big Ichigeki! Pachi-Slot Daikouryaku
- Dance Dance Dance
- Derby Jockey: Kishu Ou heno Michi
- Dokapon 3-2-1: Arashi wo Yobu Yujo
- Ghost Hunt
- Koutetsu no Kishi 2: Sabaku no Rommel Shougun
- Lean and Clean Management: How to Boost Profits and Productivity by Reducing Pollution
- Like hidden fire. The Plot to bring down the British Empire
- Man Meets Dog
- The Memory Police
- On Familiar Terms: A Journey Across Cultures
- Once and Forever: The Tales of Kenji Miyazawa
- Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon Original Picture Collection vol. I
- Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon Volume II Original Picture Collection
- Sons of the Yellow Emperor: A History of the Chinese Diaspora
- Sougou Kakutougi: Astral Bout 2 - The Total Fighters
- The Summer of the Ubume
- Women who slept with the bubble
- Zen in America: Profiles of Five Teachers
1995 edit
- 17 Springs Passed
- The ABC Wars
- A Cruel Angel's Thesis
- Ghost in the Shell: Burning City
- Gon, the Little Fox
- Idol Mahjong Final Romance 2
- Mōryō no Hako
- Mrs. Ohnishi's Whale Cuisine
- The National Parks of Japan
- Sougou Kakutougi Rings: Astral Bout 3
- Trespassers on the Roof of the World: The Secret Exploration of Tibet
1996 edit
- All She Was Worth
- Big Ichigeki! Pachi-Slot Daikouryaku: Universal Museum
- Enhance Your Garden with Japanese Plants
- Fishing Koushien
- The Haiku Seasons: Poetry of the Natural World
- Haiku World: An International Poetry Almanac\
- Idol Mahjong Final Romance R
- The Narrow Road to Oku
- On Familiar Terms: To Japan and Back, a Lifetime Across Cultures
- One Life: The Autobiography of an African American Actress
- Philosophy for Kids!
- Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon Volume III Original Picture Collection
- Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon Volume IV Original Picture Collection
- Reading The Japanese Mind: The Realities Behind Their Thoughts and Actions
- Sakuraba Atsuko: Kakeru kita Megami
- Syusse Mahjong Daisettai
- Yanoáma: the story of Helena Valero, a girl kidnapped by Amazonian Indians
- Yume de Ippai
1997 edit
- Analysis of Ghost in the Shell
- Asuka 120% Limited BURNING Fest
- Bakuretsu Hunter R
- in the room
- The Evening Party at the Princess's House
- Home, Green Home
- Kendo The definitive guide
- Niagara: A History of the Falls. New York
- Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon Volume V Original Picture Collection
- The Roads to Sata
- Rondo-Revolution
- A Lost Paradise
- Ukiyo-e: An Introduction to Japanese Woodblock Prints
- Underground
- Voice Fantasia S: Ushinawareta Voice Power
1998 edit
- The connoisseur's book of Japanese swords
- The garden as architecture : form and spirit in the gardens of Japan, China, and Korea
- Ghost in the Shell 2: Star Seed
- Initial D Gaiden
- Kurashi no kotoba: Gogen Jiten
- Mario Mushano no Chou-Shogi-Juku
- One Hundred Sacks of Rice: A Stage Play
- The Scents of Eden: A History of the Spice Trade
- Shura no Mon
- Tsun Tsun Kumi: Suuji de Puni Puni
- Tsun Tsun Kumi 2: Moji Moji Pakkun
- Yakushiji Ryōko no Kaiki Jikenbo
1999 edit
- Initial D
- Initial D: Koudou Saisoku Densetsu
- Kiganjo
- Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo 3: Shouryuu Densetsu Satsujin Jiken
- Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary
- Living in Two Countries
- Mizuki Shigeru no Youkai Zukan Soushuuhen
- Pikupiku Sentarou
- Prety Soldier Sailor Moon Materials Collection
- Psychometrer Eiji
- Sougaku Toshi Osaka
- South Africa: A Narrative History
- Sputnik Sweetheart
- Super Bass Fishing
- This Cruel World
- Tsun Tsun Kumi 3: Kanjivader
2000s edit
2000 edit
- Bonkura
- The Colors of Japan
- Dejiko no Mahjong Party
- Dive!!
- Go
- Jiken
- Jump
- Mizutamari ni Utsuru Sekai
- Tobaku Mokushiroku Kaiji
- Traditional Japanese Music and Musical Instruments
- Tsutsui-ban akuma no jiten
- Utamaro: Portraits from the Floating World
2001 edit
- Cat Soup
- Dai Tsui Seki-Einstein No Tensai No
- Drunk as a Lord
- A Hundred Years of Japanese Film: A Concise History
- Kagami family series
- Karate Jutsu: The Original Teachings of Master Funakoshi
- Kuroneko to Tsuki Kikyū o Meguru Bōken
- Naniwa Kinyuu Michi
- Shaman King
- Spain no Ame
- The Tale of Genji
2002 edit
- China Impact
- Christmas Terror—Invisible/Inventor
- Dead or Alive 3 Kōshiki Kōryaku Guide
- The fine art of Japanese food arrangement
- Giants of Japan: The Lives of Japan's Most Influential Men and Women
- A Haiku Journey: Bashō's Narrow Road to a Far Province
- Horie Yui no Tenshi no Tamago
- Japan's Longest Day
- Modern Japanese Swords and Swordsmiths: From 1866 to the Present
- The New Generation of Japanese Swordsmiths
- Riding the East Wind: A Novel of War and Peace
- Tsutsui-ban akuma no jiten : kanzen hochū
- Zaregoto
2003 edit
- Basic Wakiya-style Chinese You Can Make in a Frying Pan
- Classical Weaponry of Japan: Special Weapons and Tactics of the Martial Arts
- Discovering the Arts of Japan, A Historical Overview
- Edo no hatamoto jiten
- Guin Saga
- Ho?: Horie Yui Character Best Album
- How to make The Character Novels
- Kura no Kami
- No. 6
- Okko's Inn
- Ring
- Samurai Fighting Arts: The Spirit and the Practice
- Sekai
- Shin Honkaku Mahō Shōjo Risuka
- Sky
2004 edit
- After Dark
- Alive & Kicking
- Ashita no Kioku
- Children Killed by Information Technology: Spreading Game Brain
- Clamp no Kiseki
- The Canon of Judo
- Dark Water
- The Garden of Sinners
- A Guide to the Japanese Stage.
- Innocent Starter
- The Intellectual History of Otaku ―― 1980's Theory
- The Japan Book: A Comprehensive Pocket Guide
- Ico
- The Lone Samurai
- Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Sound Stage 01
- Mottainai Bāsan
- Rakuen
- Spiral
- Ningen
2005 edit
- Chūsei Toshi Kamakura: Iseki ga Kataru Bushi no Miyako
- Eternal Blaze
- Floating Yesterday
- Grand Finale
- Higurashi
- A Hundred Years of Japanese Film: A Concise History, with a Selective Guide to DVDs and Videos
- Kuromajo-san ga Toru!!
- Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's Sound Stage 01
- Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Original Soundtrack
- Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Sound Stage 02
- Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Sound Stage 03
- Monogatari
- Parasite Eve
- The Secret Techniques of Bonsai
- Shadow Family
- Spiritual Garden
- Usotsuki Alice to Kujiragō o Meguru Bōken
2006 edit
- Adventures in the Japanese Bath
- The Beast Player
- Birthday
- The Book of Sake: A Connoisseurs Guide
- The Crimson Labyrinth
- Crossfire
- The Demon's Sermon on the Martial Arts
- The Flowering Spirit: Classic Teachings on the Art of No
- The Hunter
- Loving the Machine: The Art and Science of Japanese Robots
- Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's original soundtracks
- Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's Sound Stage 02
- Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's Sound Stage 03
- Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's Sound Stage Vocal Best Collection
- Plastic Culture: How Japanese Toys Conquered the World
- Plastic Soul
- Super Generation
2007 edit
- Ari no susabi
- Beautiful Amulet
- The Devil's Whisper
- Gōin ni Mai Yeah
- Gray-Colored Diet Coke
- The Guin Saga Manga: The Seven Magi
- Higurashi When They Cry
- History of the University of Tokyo: Forerunner of the University System
- Hito Toshite Jiku ga Bureteiru
- Hoshizora no Spica
- Japanese Cooking: A Simple Art
- Kanojo ni Tsuite Shiru koto no Subete
- Katanagatari
- Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS Sound Stage 01
- Massive Wonders
- My Ego Ratio, My Teeth, and the World
- Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru
- Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei Character Song Album
- Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei Original Soundtrack
- Secret Ambition
- Toward the Terra
- Zessei Bijin
2008 edit
- Arcade Mania! The Turbo-Charged World of Japan's Games Centers
- Chotto Nani Kai ten no ka wakan naidesu……!!
- Darling
- Genshiken: Return of the Otaku
- Haute Chinese Cuisine from the Kitchen of Wakiya
- Kitchen Princess: Search for the Angel Cake
- Kūsō Rumba
- Megumi Ohori×Mōsatsu Amai Kokansetsu
- Research on the Sōkagakkai
- Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei Best Album: Zetsubō Daisakkai
- Yokai Attack! : the Japanese Monster Survival Guide
- Yōkaiden
- Zoku Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei Original Soundtrack
2009 edit
- Buta o Nusumu
- Death by Water
- Heaven
- Honey Jet
- Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS Sound Stage Vocal Best Collection
- Megatokyo
- Minoue Banashi
- The Otaku Encyclopedia
- Railways of Japan - Tokaido Line - Lines/Stations/Track plans - Vol 11 South-east Tokyo and North-west Chiba
- Ringo Mogire Beam!
- The Sleeping Dragon
- Wolverine: Prodigal Son
- X-Men Misfits
- Yojokun: Life Lessons from a Samurai
- Zan Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei Character Song
- Zan Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei Original Soundtrack
2010s edit
2010 edit
- Bushido, The Soul of Japan
- The Essence of Karate
- King of RPGs
- Kogure shashinkan
- Kyokugen Dasshutsu 9 Jikan 9 Nin 9 no Tobira Alterna
- Nihon jinmei daijiten
- Nintendo Magic: Winning the Videogame Wars
- Pistols
- Perfect Guide Book of the Japanese Riot Police
- Shuchō Panchi: Sainenshō Shichō GABBA Funsenki
- Twin Spica
- Yosuga no Sora
2011 edit
- All the Lovers in the Night
- Aruvu Rezuru: Kikaijikake no Yōseitachi
- Attack on Titan: Before the Fall
- Dance Hall
- The Kouga Ninja Scrolls
- Lychee Light Club
- Nihon jinmei daijiten+Plus
- No Longer Human
- Ojamajo Doremi
- Tantei Team KZ Jiken Note
- Velveteen & Mandala
2012 edit
- Best Album
- Devil Survivor 2 The Animation: Cetus's Prequel
- The Essence of Shinto: Japan's Spiritual Heart
- Heroman
- Himitsu
- Listen to Me, Girls. I Am Your Father!
- Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha The Movie 2nd A's Original Soundtrack
- Ninjin Club
- Nocturne for the Starry Sky
- Paradise Kiss
- Queen's Blade: Perfect Visual Book
- Unknown Arve: Kindan no Yōseitachi
2013 edit
- Clockwork Planet
- Dreams of Love, etc.
- Helter Skelter
- Kurage no Shokudō
- Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin
- Sickness Unto Death
- Summer Wars
2014 edit
- Attack on Titan: Harsh Mistress of the City
- Attack on Titan: Lost Girls
- Brainwash ~Comeback from 12 Years of Hell~
- Cardfight!! Vanguard
- How Not to Summon a Demon Lord
- In Clothes Called Fat
- Prophecy
- ~Umaretate no Watashi~ Tomohide Monogatari Jiyoung Story
2015 edit
- Babylon
- Hajime Syacho Photo Book
- Nihon Jinmei Daijiten Plus
- Nihon no Rock Meiban Best 100
- Ninja Slayer
- Pretty Boy Detective Club
- Rune Naito Artbox: The Roots of Kawaii
- Tokyo ESP#Manga
- World End no Niwa
2016 edit
- A Girl on the Shore
- Hajime Syacho Photo Book -Sotsugyō-
- Immortal Hounds
- Nichijou
- Tomonaga Mio First Photobook "Hinata"
- Yagi Magazine
2017 edit
- Arakawa Under the Bridge
- Boarding School Juliet
- Burn the House Down
- Crystal
- Go! Princess PreCure the Book: Hana and Refi's Adventure
- Middle-Aged Businessman, Arise in Another World!
- Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Endless Waltz: Glory of the Losers
- My Unique Skill Makes Me OP Even at Level 1
2018 edit
- Am I Actually the Strongest?
- Against decriminalization: The perspectives on humanity in the early Buddhism and the Lotus sutra.
- Azur Lane: Starting My Life as a Commander with Laffey
- A Girl & Her Guard Dog
- Pop Team Epic