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Sōhei Niikawa
Japanese video game developer and executive From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sōhei Niikawa (Japanese: 新川宗平, Hepburn: Niikawa Sōhei) is a Japanese video game developer and executive known for creating the Disgaea series. He joined Nippon Ichi Software in 1996, and was its CEO and president from 2009 to 2022.[1][2][3][4]
In March 2025, Niikawa announced that he had founded a new company, SuperNiche. Two games were listed as them being involved with: an adaptation of Etrange Overlord where they were working with developer Gumdrops in production, and an untitled production.[5]
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- Dual Orb: Seireiju Densetsu (1993)
- Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure (1998)
- Disgaea: Hour of Darkness (2003)
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