Japan's Game Dev/Co East Japan - Backloggdpedia

List of gaming companies located East of Sekigahara, Gifu-ken, Japan. From Gifu-ken and Mie-ken to Hokkaido. The order of the textual information is: chihō/region and ken/prefecture, company name (in bold) and my comments. There is also some silly gossipy information and comments I have written, but please skip over them. Too many companies are located in the 23 wards of Tokyo to be excluded from the East Japan version of the list. The game titles were chosen at my own discretion, as I consider them to be representative of the target game company. So, if you have any objections, please give your opinion in the comments section.

Map of all Japan: simplified ver1, simplified ver2, Tokyo-to Map
Note1: 地方/chihō = region, 都/to = capital city/metropolis, 府/fu = prefecture, 県/ken = prefecture, 市/shi = city, 区/ku = ward
Note2: Games not registered with the IGDB, publisher companies, port development, some development support, and game companies that only make chess/mahjong/smartphone games and educational games were excluded.
Note3: When the list was initially drawn up, the intention was to exclude eroge/adult game companies. But then I thought, "What the hell are Enix, Nihon Falcom and Koei in the early days?" and so it was decided to include eroge-companies in the list. In addition, only eroge-companies that had all-ages ports and known addresses were included in the list.
PS: It was the most typed article on the word chihō in my life so far. Pokémon or Kemono Friends. たーのしー!くない。

中部地方 東海/Chūbu-chihō Tōkai
三重県 四日市市/Mie-ken Yokkaichi-shi
マイクロキャビン/MICROCABIN
I didn't know there was a games company in Mie-ken! Ise Jingu Shrine in Mie-ken is a very nice place and if you plan to travel to Japan, you should definitely visit.
岐阜県 各務原市/Gifu-ken Kagamihara-shi
日本一ソフトウェア/Nippon Ichi Software
東京都 町田市/Tokyo-to Machida-shi

岐阜県 各務原市/Gifu-ken Kagamihara-shi
フォグ/FOG/Full On Games
It became a subsidiary of Nippon Ichi Software in 2016. The two companies have been close since their inception, and the merger is thought to have been amicable, which is unusual for an absorption merger in a games company.
岐阜県 岐阜市/Gifu-ken Gifu-shi
フライトプラン/Flight-Plan
2010 Bankrupt
岐阜県 岐阜市/Gifu-ken Gifu-shi
フェリステラ/FELISTELLA
Successor company after Flight-plan went bankrupt.
愛知県 名古屋市/Aichi-ken Nagoya-shi
サン電子/SUN-Denshi → SUN CORPORATION
愛知県 名古屋市/Aichi-ken Nagoya-shi
プチデポット/petit depot
静岡県 静岡市/Shizuoka-ken Shizuoka-shi
ビック東海/VIC TOKAI → TOKAI Communications
1997, withdrew from the games business. I'm happy about the fact that there was a games company in Shizuoka-ken, even though it has withdrawn from the market. Shizuoka-ken is famous for being a cultural wasteland in terms of anime and manga.
東京都中野区/Tokyo-to Nakano-ku

中部地方 中部/Chūbu-chihō Chūbu 山梨県甲斐市/Yamanashi-ken Kai-shi
イノセントグレイ/Innocent Grey
長野県 長野市/Nagano-ken Nagano-shi

神奈川県 横浜市/Kanagawa-ken Yokohama-shi
ガスト/GUST
2011, the company became a wholly owned subsidiary of Koei Tecmo.
関東地方 南関東/Kanto-chihō Minami-Kanto
神奈川県 横浜市/Kanagawa-ken Yokohama-shi
コーエー/KOEI → コーエーテクモ/KOEI TECMO
The company merged with Tecmo in 2010 to become Koei Tecmo. Combined with the fact that SLGs are not selling well, the passion and ability of the game developers here has dropped dramatically, and all that is left of this company is the fortune of the company founder's wife. Koei is now a shitty company that does not invest its financial gains in new games or in improving the quality of its older games. Therefore, when buying Koei's games on Steam or elsewhere, look at the ratings of Japanese gamers. Many old-time gamers are angry with Koei today.
神奈川県 横浜市/Kanagawa-ken Yokohama-shi
BPS/Bullet-Proof Software
2001 Dissolved
神奈川県 横浜市/Kanagawa-ken Yokohama-shi
ARC SYSTEM WORKS
神奈川県 横浜市/Kanagawa-ken Yokohama-shi
みなとそふと/Minato-soft
神奈川県 川崎市/Kanagawa-ken Kawasaki-shi
クインテット/Quintet
2008 Bankrupt
埼玉県 さいたま市/Saitama-ken Saitama-shi
Q Entertainment
Company of Mizuguchi Tetsuya, famous for Rez.
埼玉県 さいたま市 大宮/Saitama-ken Saitama-shi Omiya
大宮ソフト/OmiyaSoft
Personally, this company is strongly associated with FRONT MISSION GUN HAZARD.
埼玉県 さいたま市/Saitama-ken Saitama-shi
Bimboosoft
埼玉県 新座市/Saimata-ken Niiza-shi
スタジオ最前線/STUDIO saizensen
埼玉県 鶴ヶ島市/Saitama-ken Tsurugashima-shi
悠紀エンタープライズ/Yuki Enterprise
2016 Dissolved. Co-developed Arcana Heart with EXAMU.
埼玉県 所沢市/Saitama-ken Tokorozawa-shi
アイキ/AIKY
2007 Bankrupt. The representative is Niiya Masamitsu, who was president of Compile. The company was established after Compile went bankrupt.
埼玉県 川口市/Saitama-ken Kawaguchi-shi
サーカス/CIRCUS
東京都 武蔵村山市/Tokyo-to Musashi-Murayama-shi
ソラ/Sora Corp
The company's location did not come up in the search, so I had no choice but to write Sakurai Masahiro's hometown.
東京都 立川市/Tokyo-to Tachikawa-shi
日本ファルコム/NIHON FALCOM
I didn't know FALCOM's head office was outside the 23 wards of Tokyo. I am not a FALCOM fan, but I love the songs that Koshiro Yuzo makes.
東京都 立川市/Tokyo-to Tachikawa-shi
ビサイド/BeXide
東京都 武蔵野市/Tokyo-to Musashino-shi
ヒューマン/Human
2000 Bankrupt
東京都 武蔵野市/Tokyo-to Musashino-shi
GAE/Global A Entertainment
2011 Suspended
東京都 武蔵野市/Tokyo-to Musashino-shi
ガイナックス/GAINAX
If you play a single Gainax game, you can see how serious Bandai's game making is in comparison. And read the Wikipedia article to find out more about the mess this shitty company is in. I do not like Evangelion, including the person Hideaki Anno.
東京都 武蔵野市/Tokyo-to Musashino-shi
パンチライン/PUNCHLINE.
Bankrupt? Date of bankruptcy unknown. Former Lovedelic staff's company.
東京都 八王子市/Tokyo-to Hachiōji-shi
エクスペリエンス/experience
千葉県 市川市/Chiba-ken Ichikawa-shi
インティ・クリエイツ/INTI CREATES
In compiling this list, I was very surprised to learn that this company is located in Chiba. Make a sequel to Kabu Trader Shun.
東京都 杉並区/Tokyo-to Suginami-ku → 千葉県 館山市/Chiba-ken Tateyama-shi → 千葉県 鴨川市/Chiba-ken Kamogawa-shi
サンテックジャパン/Sound Technology Japan
2004 Bankrupt
千葉県 柏市/Chiba-ken kashiwa-shi
ニュー/NEW
2008 Disbanded. Date of bankruptcy unknown.
関東地方 北関東/Kanto-chihō Kita-Kanto
栃木県 足利市/Tochigi-ken Ashikaga-shi
オメガフォース/Omega Force
栃木県 小山市/Tochigi-ken Koyama-shi
ユニバーサルプレイランド/UNIVERSAL PLAYLAND → ユーピーエル/UPL
1992 Bankrupt
北海道地方/Hokkaido-chihō
北海道 札幌市/Hokkaido Sapporo-shi
ハドソンソフト/Hudson Soft
It was made a wholly-owned subsidiary by KONAMI in 2013. The long-established Hudson, which had been around since the dawn of video games, ceased to exist. With the disappearance of Hudson, the only game development companies in Hokkaido are eroge companies.
北海道 札幌市/Hokkaido Sapporo-shi
ズーム/ZOOM
The company itself survives, but the game production division has ceased to exist.
ピクセルアーツ/PixelArts
All unknown
2002 Bankrupt?
Unknown
ラブデリック/LOVEdeLIC
2000 Disbanded

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