In fiscal year 2024, the card game market in Japan was valued at 286.3 billion Japanese yen, reaching around double the size of the previous fiscal year. A major segment of Japanese card games is trading cards, which are also adapted into digital collectible card games. Traditional card games include karuta and varieties played with standard decks.
Value of the card game market in Japan from fiscal year 2016 to 2024
(in billion Japanese yen)
fiscal years 2016 to 2024; the fiscal years ended March 31 of each stated year
Supplementary notes
Figures exclude new arcade-style game machines that allow digital uses of cards, such as Data Carddass by Bandai Namco.
Data prior to fiscal year 2020 come from previous reports. 100 Japanese yen equal 0.69 U.S. dollars or 0.62 euros as of October 2024. Values have been rounded.
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Bandai Namco. (September 30, 2024). Value of the card game market in Japan from fiscal year 2016 to 2024 (in billion Japanese yen) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 03, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1262039/japan-card-game-market-size/
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Bandai Namco. (2024). Value of the card game market in Japan from fiscal year 2016 to 2024 (in billion Japanese yen). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 03, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1262039/japan-card-game-market-size/
Bandai Namco. "Value of The Card Game Market in Japan from Fiscal Year 2016 to 2024 (in Billion Japanese Yen)." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Sep 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1262039/japan-card-game-market-size/
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