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Formerly | iNiS Ltd. (1997-2000) iNiS Corporation (2000-2016) Spica (2017) inisJ Corporation (2016-2020) LIONA Interactive (2020-) |
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Company type | Private |
Industry | Video games |
Founded | February 3, 1997[1] Tokyo, Japan |
Headquarters | , |
Key people | Masako Harada (CEO)[1] Keiichi Yano (COO)[1] Takahide Hoshino (CFO)[1] |
Products | Gitaroo Man Elite Beat Agents |
Website | https://www.liona.co.jp/ |
LIONA Interactive (株式会社LIONA) (formerly known as iNiS Corporation (株式会社イニス, Inisu)) is a Japanese video game developer that specializes in rhythm games.
It was co-founded by Keiichi Yano on February 3, 1997, as iNiS Ltd.. The company's former name iNiS is an acronym and it stands for "infinite Noise of the inner Soul." In 2000, the company changed name to iNiS Corporation.
In December 2016, inisJ Corporation was founded. In March 2017, iNiS changed its name to Spica. After a while, in May, Spica went bankrupt.[2]
In 2020, inisJ changed its name to LIONA Interactive.