Japan Studio

Japan Studio was a Japanese video game developer. It was founded in 1993 as Sony Computer Entertainment Japan; it shutdown in 2021 and merged with its former studios (including Team Asobi).^[1]

Japan Studio

Native name	JAPANスタジオ
Formerly	Sony Computer Entertainment Japan (1993–2005)
Company type	Division
Industry	Video games
Founded	November 16, 1993; 32 years ago (1993-11-16)
Defunct	April 1, 2021; 4 years ago (2021-04-01)
Fate	Merged with Team Asobi and other studios
Successor	Team Asobi
Headquarters	Tokyo , Japan
Parent	Sony Computer Entertainment (1993–2005) PlayStation Studios (2005–2021)
Divisions	Team Asobi Polys Entertainment (1998–2005) Team Ico (former) Team Gravity (former)

Former teams

Team Asobi

Main article: Team Asobi

Team Asobi was founded in 2012 by Nicolas Doucet. Their first game was The Playroom, released in 2013 for the PlayStation 4. In 2021, when Japan Studio shut down, Team Asobi became a seperate PlayStation studio.

Polys Entertainment

Main article: Polyphony Digital

Founded in 1998 by Kazunori Yamauchi, Polys Entertainment is known for creating the Gran Turismo series.

Team Ico

Team Ico was founded by Fumito Ueda in 1997, they created the 2001 game Ico. In 2011, they shutdown and Ueda founed his company GenDesign.

Team Gravity

Team Gravity was founded in 1999 by some former members of Team Silent, the original creators of Silent Hill. They developed games in the Siren and Gravity Rush series. They were led by Keiichiro Toyama, who alongside other developers Kazunobu Sato and Junya Okura left the studio in 2020 to form Bokeh Game Studio.