Treasury Stock

Konami Corporation
02 October 2002




FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

                                                                                                        October 2, 2002


                                                                                                     KONAMI CORPORATION

                                                                               2-4-1 Marunouchi Chiyoda-ku Tokyo, Japan

                                                                                                        Kagemasa Kozuki

                                                                                        Representative Director and CEO

                                                                                                    Ticker 9766 at TSE1

                                                                                             Contact: Noriaki Yamaguchi

                                                                                        Representative Director and CFO

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KONAMI CORPORATION hereby notifies that it has acquired treasury stocks pursuant to the Article 210 of Commercial Code
of Japan as follows:


1.  Acquisition period:                          September 2, 2002 to September 30, 2002

2.  Number of shares acquired:                   267,600 shares

3.  Total acquisition cost:                      754,486,500 yen

4.   Acquisition method:                         Acquire on the Tokyo Stock Exchange



Reference:

Acquisition of treasury stocks resolved in the general shareholders' meeting held on June 20, 2002.
•     Type of shares to be acquired:           Common stock of the Company

•     Number of shares to be acquired:         9,000,000 shares (maximum)

•     Total acquisition cost:                  26 billion yen (maximum)




Aggregate number of treasury stocks acquired after the resolution as above.
•     Number of shares acquired:                 1,989,900 shares

•     Total acquisition cost:                    5,134,603,000 yen




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