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{{Infobox Company
|type2           =Black
|image           =Eng Toho emblem.png
|caption         =The English Toho logo, used by Toho International
|name            =Toho International, Inc.
|type            =Licensing and film distribution company
|status          =Active
|leader          =Koji Ueda (president)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/robsalkowitz/2023/07/11/godzilla-spotted-approaching-america-new-japanese-production-arriving-in-december/?sh=2d0da17f3322|title=Godzilla Spotted Approaching America! New Japanese Production Arriving In December|first=Rob|last=Salkowitz|date=11 July 2023|work=Forbes}}</ref>
|founder         =
|founded         ={{bl|July 23, [[1953]] (LA office)<ref name="G-Fan">{{harvnb|Lees|2001|p=54}}</ref>|February 27, [[1960]] (NY office){{R|G-Fan}}}}
|hq              =2029 Century Park East, Suite 1140<br>Los Angeles, California, [[United States|USA]] 90067<ref name="HQ">{{cite web|url=https://www.toho.co.jp/company/privacy-policy.html|title=個人情報保護について|work=Toho|accessdate=4 July 2022}}</ref>
|aka             ={{bl|International Toho Inc.<ref name="Films 55">{{Cite book|title=Toho Films|volume=Vol. 2|date=c. 1956|publisher=[[Toho]]|page=50}}</ref>|Toho International Co., Ltd.<ref name="Action">{{cite book|title=Toho's Best Classics: Action|date=c. 2004|publisher=Toho International|page=1}}</ref>}}
|parent          =[[Toho]] &rarr; TOHO Global<ref name="Global">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nikkei.com/nkd/disclosure/tdnr/20230929560891/|title=吸収分割に係る事後開示書類|date=1 October 2023|work=Nikkei}}</ref>
}}
'''Toho International, Inc.''' {{Nihongo|国際東宝株式会社|Kokusai Tōhō Kabushiki Gaisha}} is an [[United States|America]]n company headquartered in Los Angeles, California.{{R|HQ}} It is a subsidiary of '''TOHO Global Inc.''' {{Nihongo|TOHO Global 株式会社|Tōhō Gurōbaru Kabushiki Gaisha}}, which is itself owned by [[Toho|Toho Co., Ltd.]]{{R|Global}} Founded in [[1953]], Toho International is responsible for the licensing and marketing of Toho's films and other properties for release outside of [[Japan]].{{R|G-Fan}} In recent times, the company has begun pursuing an English-language social media presence for the ''[[Godzilla (franchise)|Godzilla]]'' brand, launching official [[#GODZILLA OFFICIAL by TOHO|YouTube]], Twitter, and Instagram accounts, as well as the website Godzilla.com and its built-in Godzilla Store. Its current parent company TOHO Global was established on July 20, [[2023]], and adopted Toho International from Toho Co. that October 1.<ref name="Global2">{{cite web|url=https://www.nikkei.com/markets/ir/irftp/data/tdnr/tdnetg3/20230713/e750if/140120230704517719.pdf|title=子会社設立及び会社分割（簡易吸収分割）による国際事業分社化のお知らせ|date=13 July 2023|work=Nikkei}}</ref>{{R|Global}}
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==Locations==
Toho International has previously been associated with offices at the following locations:<!--
*322 East 1st Street, Los Angeles, California, USA 90012-->
*369 East 1st Street, Los Angeles, California, USA 90012{{R|Films 55}}
*834 South La Brea Avenue, Los Angeles, California, USA 90036<ref name="UniJapan">{{harvnb|Sakamoto|Yamaki|1967|p=40}}</ref>
*1501 Broadway, [[New York City|New York]], New York, USA 10036{{R|UniJapan}}
*2-6-4 Ginza, Chuoku, [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]] 104-0061{{sfn|Sakamoto|1970|p=39}}
*1-8-1 Yurakucho, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, 100-0006<ref>{{Cite book|title=[[Godzilla vs. Biollante]]|type=press pamphlet|date=c. 1989|publisher=Toho International|p=Back cover|no-pp=y}}</ref>
*1-7-1 Yurakucho, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan 100-0006{{R|Action}}<!--
Toho International also formerly operated the Toho La Brea Theatre at 857 South La Brea Avenue in Los Angeles.-->
==Selected film exports==
{{Notice|note=yes|Years listed are of the films' original release and not necessarily of their first availability abroad.}}
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*''[[Godzilla (1954 film)|Godzilla]]'' (1954)
*''[[Invisible Man (film)|Invisible Man]]'' (1954)
*''[[Godzilla Raids Again]]'' (1955)
*''[[Half Human]]'' (1955)
*''[[wikipedia:The Legend of the White Serpent (film)|The Legend of the White Serpent]]'' (1956)
*''[[Rodan (film)|Rodan]]'' (1956)
*''[[wikipedia:Throne of Blood|Throne of Blood]]'' (1957)
*''[[The Mysterians]]'' (1957)
*''[[The H-Man]]'' (1958)
*''[[Varan (film)|Varan]]'' (1958)
*''[[wikipedia:Monkey Sun|Monkey Sun]]'' (1959)
*''[[The Three Treasures]]'' (1959)
*''[[Battle in Outer Space]]'' (1959)
*''[[The Secret of the Telegian]]'' (1960)
*''[[The Human Vapor]]'' (1960)
*''[[Mothra (film)|Mothra]]'' (1961)
*''[[jawp:ゲンと不動明王#映画版|The Youth and His Amulet]]'' (1961)
*''[[The Last War]]'' (1961)
*''[[Gorath (film)|Gorath]]'' (1962)
*''[[King Kong vs. Godzilla]]'' (1962)
*''[[Matango (film)|Matango]]'' (1963)
*''[[wikipedia:The Lost World of Sinbad|Samurai Pirate]]'' (1963)
*''[[Atragon]]'' (1963)
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*''[[Mothra vs. Godzilla]]'' (1964)
*''[[Dogora (film)|Dogora]]'' (1964)
*''[[Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster]]'' (1964)
*''[[Frankenstein vs. Baragon]]'' (1965)
*''[[Invasion of Astro-Monster]]'' (1965)
*''[[jawp:奇巌城の冒険|The Adventures of Takla Makan]]'' (1966)
*''[[The War of the Gargantuas]]'' (1966)
*''[[Ebirah, Horror of the Deep]]'' (1966)
*''[[The Killing Bottle]]'' (1967)
*''[[King Kong Escapes]]'' (1967)
*''[[Son of Godzilla]]'' (1967)
*''[[Destroy All Monsters]]'' (1968)
*''[[Latitude Zero]]'' (1969)
*''[[All Monsters Attack]]'' (1969)
*''[[Space Amoeba]]'' (1970)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Hedorah]]'' (1971)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Gigan]]'' (1972)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Megalon]]'' (1973)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla]]'' (1974)
*''[[Prophecies of Nostradamus]]'' (1974)
*''[[ESPY]]'' (1974)
*''[[Terror of Mechagodzilla]]'' (1975)
*''[[The War in Space]]'' (1977)
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*''[[Magnitude 7.9]]'' (1980)
*''[[Bye-Bye Jupiter]]'' (1984)
*''[[The Return of Godzilla]]'' (1984)
*''[[Princess from the Moon]]'' (1987)
*''[[Gunhed]]'' (1989)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Biollante]]'' (1989)
*''[[Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah]]'' (1991)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mothra]]'' (1992)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II]]'' (1993)
*''[[Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon]]'' (1994)
*''[[Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla]]'' (1994)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]'' (1995)
*''[[Rebirth of Mothra]]'' (1996)
*''[[Rebirth of Mothra 2]]'' (1997)
*''[[Rebirth of Mothra 3]]'' (1998)
*''[[Godzilla 2000: Millennium]]'' (1999)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Megaguirus]]'' (2000)
*''[[Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack]]'' (2001)
*''[[Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla]]'' (2002)
*''[[Godzilla: Tokyo SOS]]'' (2003)
*''[[Godzilla Final Wars]]'' (2004)
*''[[Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean]]'' (2005)
*''[[Godzilla Minus One]]'' (2023)<ref name="TK">{{cite web|url=https://www.tohokingdom.com/blog/godzilla-minus-one-news-roundup/|title=Godzilla Minus One - News Roundup|date=11 July 2023|work=[[Toho Kingdom]]|accessdate=13 July 2023}}</ref>
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==GODZILLA OFFICIAL by TOHO==
{{Infobox Website
|type1           =Black
|type2           =White
|image           =Godzilla logo.jpg
|caption         =GODZILLA OFFICIAL by TOHO's YouTube channel icon
|name            =GODZILLA OFFICIAL by TOHO
|languages       =English
|status          =Active
|launched        =December 29, [[2020]]
|address         =https://youtube.com/c/GodzillaToho/
}}
'''GODZILLA OFFICIAL by TOHO''' is the official North American YouTube channel for the ''[[Godzilla (franchise)|Godzilla]]'' franchise, operated by Toho International. Its first upload was the North American trailer for ''[[Godzilla vs. Kong]]'' on January 27, [[2021]]. It has since posted the Japanese trailers for all 30 of the main ''Godzilla'' films, subtitled episodes of various ''Godzilla'' TV and web series which were previously only available in Japanese, the original web series ''[[Godzilla CHOMP]]'' hosted by the company's then-creative manager [[Chris Mowry]], and miscellaneous content like collaboration announcements and product reviews.
===Releases===
The GODZILLA OFFICIAL by TOHO channel has made the following series available:
*''[[I'm Home! Chibi Godzilla]]'' (web 2020-2021) - Both seasons, subtitled, from February 15 to August 2, 2021 {{nw|[}}[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg0UgpeODbGGaXSxGjcOjvsww5a7x5YCM playlist]]
*''[[Godzilla Tales]]'' (web 2020) - Reposted from Nerdist channel in a rearranged order, from April 9 to August 13, 2021 {{nw|[}}[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg0UgpeODbGFb_xvghgtbXJDEi4pfQJmO playlist]]
*''[[Godzilla (series)|Godzilla]]'' (TV 1978-1979) - Both seasons, episodes split into three videos each, from August 9, 2021 to February 27, 2023 {{nw|[}}[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg0UgpeODbGF3tBK0IVKOfzTM_DOpu7pE playlist]]
*''[[Godziban]]'' (web 2019-) - First three seasons, subtitled, from August 20, 2021 to October 7, 2022 {{nw|[}}[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg0UgpeODbGG0voPY0mbgyWtGyznR5Yq1 playlist]]
*''[[Godzilla CHOMP]]'' (web 2021-2022) - Original series, from November 10, 2021 to February 16, 2022 {{nw|[}}[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg0UgpeODbGGp05Ze2K96oHEpf_zLd6t_ playlist]]
*''[[Godzilla Island (series)|Godzilla Island]]'' (TV 1997-1998) - First season, subtitled, from March 7, 2023 onward {{nw|[}}[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg0UgpeODbGEjereq8KBJYlOG5LChnDnk playlist]]
*''[[Chibi Godzilla Raids Again]]'' (TV 2023) - Full series, subtitled, from April 11 to July 3, 2023 {{nw|[}}[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg0UgpeODbGH2QnvnptwCJMrwFtZ5Mdwb playlist]]
==References==
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===Bibliography===
*{{cite magazine|title=Keeper of the Radioactive Flame|magazine=G-FAN|issue=50|first=J.D.|last=Lees|date=March–April 2001|publisher=Daikaiju Enterprises}}
*{{cite magazine|title=Business Directory|magazine=UniJapan Film Quarterly|volume=10|number=4|editor-first=Osamu|editor-last=Sakamoto|editor-first2=Hisako|editor-last2=Yamaki|date=October 1967|publisher=Association for the Diffusion of Japanese Films Abroad}}
*{{cite magazine|title=Business Directory|magazine=UniJapan Film Quarterly|volume=13|number=2|editor-first=Osamu|editor-last=Sakamoto|date=April 1970|publisher=Association for the Diffusion of Japanese Films Abroad}}
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