is a Japanese company which currently deals in graphic design and video game development. The company was founded in 1916 as and originally handled design and printing. In the late 1960s Kogado entered the toy market and handled the Japanese localization of board games from

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before creating original board games for

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. The company later entered video game development in the 1980s. Kogado has released adventure, strategy, and

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s for the

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and PC, including such titles as ''

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'', '' Gadget Trial'', '' Little Witch Parfait'', ''

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'' (which has been made an

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), and '' Power Dolls''. The studio has a number of teams working together.

Subsidiaries

*KOGADO STUDIO, Inc. Design Production Division: Graphic design, digital content, corporate planning. *KOGADO Software Products: Video game studio.

List of teams in Kogado Studio

*Usagi-san Team *Kuroneko-san Team *Iruka-san Team *Kuma-san Team *Shimarisu-san Team *Panda-san Team *Kitsune-san Team *Shukujo Team

List of developed video games

Usagi-san Team

Kuroneko-san Team

Iruka-san Team

Kuma-san Team

Shimarisu-san Team

Panda-san Team

Kitsune-san Team

References

External links

Kogado's official website
(Japanese and Chinese)
List of Kogado games on MSX
{{Authority control Video game companies of Japan Video game development companies Japanese companies established in 1960 Video game companies established in 1960 Software companies based in Tokyo