Tokyo RPG Factory

Tokyo RPG Factory Co., Ltd.
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryVideo games
Founded2014; 10 years ago (2014)
FoundersYosuke Matsuda
DefunctJanuary 2024; 10 months ago (January 2024)
FateMerged with Square Enix
Headquarters6-27-30 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
Key people
Yosuke Matsuda
Atsushi Hashimoto
Takashi Tokita
ProductsI am Setsuna
Lost Sphear
Oninaki
Increase ¥56 million (2022)
Number of employees
10 (2017)
ParentSquare Enix
Websitewww.tokyorpgfactory.com
Footnotes / references
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Tokyo RPG Factory Co., Ltd. (Japanese: 株式会社Tokyo RPG Factory) was a Japanese video game developer and subsidiary of Square Enix, a company known for its work in the role-playing genre. The company was founded in August 2014 under the name "Tokyo Dream Factory" by Yosuke Matsuda, who became president of Square Enix in 2013. During its lifetime, three titles were developed to varying degrees of critical and commercial success: I am Setsuna (2016), Lost Sphear (2017) and Oninaki (2019), each themed after a component of the Japanese concept of setsugekka ("snow, moon and flowers").

Tokyo RPG Factory was founded to develop games inspired by titles from the "golden age" of RPGs. Its structure, which brings in freelancers and staff volunteering from other departments within Square Enix, is modelled on Western film and game studios. Recurring staff members for their projects are director Atsushi Hashimoto and scenario writer Hirotaka Inaba. Noted Square Enix staff member Takashi Tokita provided input on the first two titles before taking on a creative role in Oninaki. The studio was merged into Square Enix in January 2024.

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