Nippon Ichi Software

Nippon Ichi Software, Inc.
Native name
株式会社日本一ソフトウェア
Kabushiki gaisha Nippon Ichi Sofutowea
Company typePublic (K.K)
TYO: 3851
IndustryVideo games
Founded
  • September 1991; 33 years ago (1991-09)
  • (as Prism Kikaku)
  • July 12, 1993; 31 years ago (1993-07-12)
  • (as Nippon Ichi Software)
HeadquartersKakamigahara, Gifu, Japan
Key people
Koichi Kitazumi (chairman, president)[1]
Products
RevenueDecrease ¥3.409 billion (2017)[2][needs update]
Total assetsIncrease ¥3.883 billion (2017)[2][needs update]
Number of employees
193 (2021)[3]
SubsidiariesEntertainment Support
FOG Inc.
NIS America
NIS Asia
NIS Vietnam
ToOeuf Studio[4]
Websitenippon1.co.jp

Nippon Ichi Software, Inc. (株式会社日本一ソフトウェア, Nippon Ichi Sofutowea, known as Prism Kikaku Ltd. from July 1993 to July 1995) is a Japanese video game developer and publisher. The company was founded in 1991 and has developed several role-playing video games, most notably the Disgaea and Marl Kingdom series. Its mascot is the penguin-like Disgaea character Prinny.

NIS America, a localization and global publishing branch of the company, was founded in 2003. It originally focused solely on the North American market until being expanded to include Europe and other regions in 2007 and has also published anime.

  1. ^ Romano, Sal (August 19, 2022). "Nippon Ichi Software president Sohei Niikawa resigns, Koichi Kitazumi takes over". Gematsu. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "2017 Nippon Ichi Software Annual Report" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on June 6, 2017. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
  3. ^ "会社概要". Retrieved September 3, 2018.
  4. ^ "Nippon Ichi Software Official Website". Archived from the original on April 9, 2014. Retrieved April 26, 2014.