Too Kyo Games

Japanese game developer

Too Kyo Games, Inc.

Native name

| トゥーキョーゲームス株式会社

Romanized name

| Tū Kyō Gēmusu Kabushiki-gaisha
Company type| Kabushiki-gaisha
Industry| Video games, anime
Founded| 2017; 8 years ago (2017)
Headquarters|

Tokyo

Japan

Key people

* Kazutaka Kodaka (CEO)
* Kotaro Uchikoshi
* Masafumi Takada
* Rui Komatsuzaki

Number of employees

| 10[1] (2023)
Website| tookyogames.jp

Too Kyo Games, Inc. (Japanese: トゥーキョーゲームス株式会社, Hepburn: Tū Kyō Gēmusu Kabushiki-gaisha)[2] is a Japanese video game developer founded by ex-employees of Spike Chunsoft. It was formed in 2017 by Danganronpa series creator Kazutaka Kodaka, Zero Escape series creator Kotaro Uchikoshi, composer Masafumi Takada, and artist Rui Komatsuzaki. The company is working on several games, and collaborated with Pierrot on the 2020 anime series Akudama Drive.

## History

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Kotaro Uchikoshi (pictured), Kazutaka Kodaka, Masafumi Takada, and Rui Komatsuzaki are the core members of the company.

Kazutaka Kodaka, the writer of Spike Chunsoft's Danganronpa franchise, started thinking about how he wanted to create his own development company where he could do new things, following the completion of the anime television series Danganronpa 3 (2016) and the video game Danganronpa V3 (2017). He discussed it with the Danganronpa composer and character designer, Masafumi Takada and Rui Komatsuzaki, who also were interested in the idea. Takada founded the company in 2017, as he had already been involved in the launch of other companies. Kodaka also invited other people to join the company, including Kotaro Uchikoshi, the director and scenario writer for Spike Chunsoft's Zero Escape series, the Danganronpa illustrator Shimadoriru, Takumi Nakazawa, the director and co-writer of KID's Infinity series, and the Danganronpa novelist Yoichirou Koizumi. Kodaka, Takada, Komatsuzaki, and Uchikoshi are the core members of the company, and Kodaka is its representative and CEO. The company's name is a wordplay on Tokyo – where they are based – and the Japanese word kyō (狂; "crazy"), thus meaning "Too Crazy Games".[3]

The company was announced to the public in September 2018, announcing that four projects were under development,[4][5][6][7] which were eventually revealed as the games World's End Club, Master Detective Archives: Rain Code, and The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy, and the anime series Akudama Drive. Development of Rain Code began prior to Kodaka's departure from Spike Chunsoft. In addition to these four projects, the company announced and released the FMV game Death Come True in 2020, and announced the "Extreme Baseball" multimedia project Tribe Nine. The goal of the company, according to Kodaka, is to create new intellectual properties, and for the staff to also create their own indie game projects;[8] though he has stated he would like to return to the Danganronpa franchise in the future.[3] Between 2020 and 2023, Too Kyo Games recruited new employees, including Jun Fukuda, the sound designer and composer known for working in the No More Heroes series, UI and graphic designer Yuki Kudo, and novelist Kyohei Oyama.[9][10][11]

In May 2025, Too Kyo Games was announced to be developing Shuten Order in collaboration with DMM Games.[12]

## Works

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### Video games

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Year  | Title  | Publisher  | Platform(s)  | Notes  | Ref.

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2020  | Death Come True | IzanagiGames  | Android, iOS, macOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One | Co-developed with Esquadra  | [13][14][15]
World's End Club |

* JP: IzanagiGames
* WW: NIS America

| iOS, macOS, Nintendo Switch, Windows, PlayStation 5  | Co-developed with Grounding | [16]
2023  | Master Detective Archives: Rain Code | Spike Chunsoft | Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox Series X/S | Co-developed with Spike Chunsoft  | [17]
2025  | Tribe Nine | Akatsuki  | Android, iOS, macOS, Windows  | Co-developed with Akatsuki  | [18]
The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy |

* WW: Aniplex
* NA: Xseed Games (Switch)

| Nintendo Switch, Windows  | Co-developed with Media.Vision | [19]
Shuten Order |

* JP: DMM Games
* WW: Spike Chunsoft

| Nintendo Switch, Windows  | Co-developed with Neilo  | [20][21]

### Anime

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Year  | Title  | Notes  | Ref.

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2020  | Akudama Drive | Co-produced with Pierrot | [22]
2022  | Tribe Nine | Co-produced with Liden Films and Akatsuki  | [23]

## References

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1. ^ "Tookyo Games".
2. ^ "トゥーキョーゲームスの情報｜国税庁法人番号公表サイト" [Information on Too Kyo Games, Inc.]. Corporate Number Publication Site, National Tax Agency. Retrieved May 7, 2025.
3. ^ a b "小高和剛氏、打越鋼太郎氏らによる新会社Too Kyo Games設立！ 日本独自のゲームで世界に挑む、新会社設立に迫るインタビュー". Famitsu (in Japanese). Enterbrain. September 12, 2018. Archived from the original on September 12, 2018. Retrieved September 13, 2018.
4. ^ Romano, Sal (September 9, 2018). "Mysterious game company Too Kyo Games established, led by noted game creator". Gematsu. Archived from the original on September 12, 2018. Retrieved September 12, 2018.
5. ^ Romano, Sal (September 11, 2018). "Too Kyo Games led by Danganronpa and Zero Escape creators Kazutaka Kodaka and Kotaro Uchikoshi, four projects underway". Gematsu. Archived from the original on September 16, 2018. Retrieved September 12, 2018.
6. ^ Sherman, Jennifer. "Too Kyo Games, Pierrot Collaborate on New Anime". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on September 11, 2018. Retrieved September 12, 2018.
7. ^ Romano, Sal (September 27, 2018). "Too Kyo Games' announced titles likely due out in two to three years". Gematsu. Archived from the original on September 27, 2018. Retrieved September 27, 2018.
8. ^ Valentine, Rebekah (September 11, 2018). "Former Danganronpa, Zero Escape, Fate/Grand Order developers form Too Kyo Games". Gamesindustry.biz. Gamer Network. Archived from the original on September 11, 2018. Retrieved September 13, 2018.
9. ^ "World's End Club (Windows, 2021) credits". MobyGames. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
10. ^ "IzanagiGames Official Site". IzanagiGames Official Site. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
11. ^ "Tookyo Games". Tookyo Games (in Japanese). Retrieved June 26, 2023.
12. ^ "DMM Games and Too Kyo Games announce Shuten Order for Switch, PC". Gematsu. May 16, 2025. Retrieved May 18, 2025.
13. ^ "ダウンロードソフト『DEATH COME TRUE』配信開始のお知らせ" (in Japanese). Esquadra, Inc. June 25, 2020. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
14. ^ Brown, Fraser (December 9, 2019). "Death Come True is an FMV game from the creator of Danganronpa". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on December 10, 2019. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
15. ^ Romano, Sal (December 15, 2019). "Death Come True to be released for PS4, Switch, PC, iOS, and Android". Gematsu. Archived from the original on December 15, 2019. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
16. ^ Romano, Sal (September 3, 2020). "World's End Club launches September 4 for Apple Arcade, in spring 2021 for Switch". Gematsu. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
17. ^ Romano, Sal (November 27, 2021). "Spike Chunsoft and Too Kyo Games announce dark fantasy mystery game Enigma Archives: RAIN CODE". Gematsu. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
18. ^ Clewis, Mercedez (February 18, 2020). "Akatsuki and Too Kyo Games Team Up to Collaborate on 'Tribe Nine'". Siliconera. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
19. ^ Romano, Sal (June 18, 2024). "Aniplex, Too Kyo Games, and Media.Vision announce The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy for Switch, PC". Gematsu. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
20. ^ "DMM Games and Too Kyo Games announce Shuten Order for Switch, PC". Gematsu. May 16, 2025. Retrieved May 16, 2025.
21. ^ Romano, Sal (May 21, 2025). "SHUTEN ORDER launches September 5". Gematsu. Retrieved May 21, 2025.
22. ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (May 14, 2020). "Akudama Drive Anime Delayed to October Due to COVID-19". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on May 31, 2020. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
23. ^ Loo, Egan (September 30, 2021). "Akatsuki, Too Kyo Games' Tribe Nine Project Gets TV Anime, Smartphone RPG, Webtoon". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 30, 2021.

## External links

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* Official website

*[Ref.]: References
*[WW]: Worldwide