Level-5

Level-5 Inc. (Japanese: 株式会社レベルファイブ, Kabushiki-gaisha Reberu Faibu) is an independent video game developing and publishing company which operated in Fukuoka, Japan founded since October 1998. The main key peoples of Leve-5 are: Akihiro Hino, the president of the company as well CEO, and Yasuhiro Akasaka which he is the Lead Director of the company. Level-5 became one of the ten largest video game companies in Japan since 2010 where they hold a 2.9% market share.

History

Level-5 has been founded by Akihiro Hino since October 1998 after he left Riverhillsoft as he took his development team with him from the same company. Akihiro Hino did not originally believed that his team could be an independent developer which he formed a connection with Sony Computer Entertainment, who would allow him to develop for their upcoming Playstation 2 under the condition that he set up his own company. Soon later he created the company "Level-5" which is based on the highest mark that you can get on the Japanese report cards.

Since 2007, they released Professor Layton and the Curious Village which became a commercial success which gave Level-5 major popularity in developing video games.

In 2011, Level-5 unveiled Yo-kai Watch to the public in 2011 Tokyo Game Show, and it was announced during the annual Level-5 Vision press conference, in which it was also announced that Yo-Kai Watch would consist of a manga and anime series.

Official websites

• Level-5 international America website
• Level-5 official Japanese website