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Alfred Robert Kahn (born January 18, 1947) is a retired American executive. From 1991 to 2011, he was Chairman and CEO of 4Kids Entertainment, a company that is a global provider of children's entertainment and merchandise licensing.〔 He previously led the licensing division for the Coleco company.〔 In 1988, he turned Leisure Concepts, Inc. into 4Kids Entertainment, since then being the chairman and CEO of that company. In 2002, he founded the National Law Enforcement and Firefighters Children's Foundation.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nleafcf.org/?page_id=78 )〕 Kahn also serves on the Board of Directors of the Federal Drug Agents Foundation, Children's Tumor Foundation, Stephen Gaynor School for Learning Difficulties, Long Island University, and Bette Midler's New York Restoration Project.〔 He has also appeared in various conferences surrounding the anime industry. ==Career== Born in Brooklyn to Murray and Lilyane Kaplan Kahn,〔 Alfred R. Kahn graduated from C.W. Post College at Long Island University.〔 Previously the head of the licensing division for Coleco, Kahn joined Leisure Concepts, Inc., turning that company into 4Kids Entertainment, for which he became Vice Chairman in July 1987 and later Chairman and CEO in 1991.〔 4Kids eventually became the largest trading entity in North America in the 1990s due to its success of licensing Japanese anime series ''Pokémon'' and ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' among many others, as well as producing American series like ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles''.〔 Kahn has been the executive producer for numerous other 4Kids properties, including ''G.I. Joe Sigma 6'' and ''Cubix''. In September 2002, Kahn founded the National Law Enforcement and Firefighters Children's Foundation to help the children of law enforcement personnel and firefighters and fund anti-drug and anti-violence programs. Kahn also serves on the Board of Directors of the Federal Drug Agents Foundation, the Children's Tumor Foundation, the Stephen Gaynor School for Learning Difficulties, Long Island University, and Bette Midler's New York Restoration Project.〔 On June 22, 2005, LIMA, the International Licensing Industry Merchandisers' Association, inducted Kahn into the Murray Altchuler Licensing Hall of Fame for his "continual and outstanding" contributions to the licensing industry for over 10 years. Over those 10 years, Kahn and 4Kids had licensed such huge and popular properties such as ''Pokémon'', ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'', ''Tokyo Mew Mew'' and ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles''. Kahn also won the 2006 Spirit of Achievement award from the National Center for Learning Disabilities. In December 2007, Kahn served as a panelist in the ICv2 Conference on Anime and Manga in New York City.〔 〕 There, he commented about the Japanese manga industry that "mainga (''sic'') is dying in Japan".This particular comment sparked some derisive comments from fans. Rich Johnson of Yen Press replied to the previous comment, stating that manga was still a billion dollar industry in a down phase. Kahn retired as the CEO of 4Kids Entertainment on January 11, 2011.〔 http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110111005818/en/4Kids-Entertainment-Chairman-CEO-Alfred-Kahn-Retires 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alfred R. Kahn」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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