Syn Sophia

syn Sophia, Inc.
syn Sophia
Native name
株式会社シンソフィア
Kabushiki Gaisha Shin Sofia
FormerlyThe Man Breeze (1995–1997)
AKI Corporation (1997–2007)
Company typeKabushiki gaisha
IndustryVideo games
GenreVideo game development
FoundedJune 19, 1995; 29 years ago (1995-06-19) in Tokyo, Japan
Headquarters,
Japan
Key people
  • Shuji Yoshida (CEO)
  • Hiroya Tamura (Director)
Number of employees
70 (2016)
Websitewww.syn-sophia.co.jp

syn Sophia, Inc. (株式会社シンソフィア, Kabushiki Gaisha Shin Sofia), formerly AKI Corporation and The Man Breeze, is an independent video game development studio located in Kichijōji, Tokyo, Japan, founded on June 19, 1995. The company is best known for its popular wrestling games in the late 1990s and early-mid-2000s, starting with the release of Virtual Pro-Wrestling in 1996.

The company's take on World Championship Wrestling proved successful in the late 1990s with the release of several games, culminating in WCW/nWo Revenge for the Nintendo 64. As a result, the World Wrestling Federation ended their twelve-year relationship with Acclaim Entertainment and partnered with THQ/AKI in 1999. The relationship would continue AKI's reputation for quality wrestling games, which ended with the release of WWF No Mercy.[1]

  1. ^ McLaughlin, Rus IGN Presents the History of Wrestling Games IGN (November 12, 2008). Retrieved on 2-03-11.