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{{Infobox Company | company_name = LightWeight Co., Ltd. | company_logo = LightWeight Co., Ltd..png | company_type = Private | foundation = November 22, 1995 | location = [[Setagaya, Tokyo]] | key_people = Akira Nagai (chairman)<br />Hideo Ooishi (director) | industry = [[video game industry|Computer and video game industry]] | products = ''[[Kengo]]'' series | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | num_employees = 14<ref>{{cite web | title=LightWeight Company Profile | url=http://www.indexvg.co.jp/group/light-weight.html | work=IndexVG.co.jp | accessdate=2008-07-18}}</ref> | parent = Index Visual & Games (IVG) | subsid = | homepage = http://www.lightweight.co.jp/ | footnotes = }} {{nihongo|'''''LightWeight'''''|ライトウェイト|Raitoueito}} is a developer of [[video game]]s with [[samurai]] themes, such as the ''[[Bushido Blade (video game)|Bushido Blade]]'' series and the'' [[Kengo]]'' series. ==History== The company was founded on November 22, 1995 in Meguroku, [[Tokyo]] under managing director Tetsuo Mizuno.<ref name="History">{{cite web | title=LightWeight History | url=http://www.lightweight.co.jp/html/index.htm| work=LightWeight.co.jp | accessdate=2008-07-18}}</ref> The developer [[Square Co.|Square Co., Ltd.]] initially had a 40% stake in LightWeight. Lightweight cut its ties with Squaresoft in 1998, and in March 1999, Takashi Ueda was appointed as CEO and director of the company. The following month, developer [[Genki (company)|Genki]] acquired a 40% stake in the company.<ref>{{cite web | title=Genki Company History | url=http://www.genki.co.jp/en/corp/history.html | work=Genki.co.jp | accessdate=2008-07-18}}</ref> In March 2001 LightWeight became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Genki, but dissolved this connection on March 31, 2006 when LightWeight was bought by Index Visual & Games, Ltd. Ueda retired in his position in November 2007.<ref name="History"/> ==Games== *''[[Bushido Blade (video game)|Bushido Blade]]'' (1997) [[PlayStation]] *''[[Bushido Blade 2]]'' (1998) [[PlayStation]] *''[[Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (video game)|Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon]]'' (2003) [[PlayStation 2]] *''[[Eco Creatures: Save the Forest]]'' (2007) [[Nintendo DS]] *''[[Hissatsu Urakagyou]]'' (2005) PlayStation 2 *''[[Kabuki Warriors]]'' (2002) [[Xbox]] *''[[Kengo|Kengo: Master of Bushido]]'' (2000) PlayStation 2 *''[[Kengo|Kengo 2: Legacy of the Blade]]'' (2002) PlayStation 2 *''[[Kengo|Kengo 3]]'' (2004) PlayStation 2 *''[[Sky Diving (video game)|Sky Diving]]'' (2008) [[PlayStation 3]] ==References== {{reflist|2}} ==External links== *[http://www.lightweight.co.jp/index.html Official LightWeight Co., Ltd. Website] [[Category:Companies based in Tokyo]] [[Category:Companies established in 1995]] [[Category:Japanese video game companies]] [[Category:Video game developers]]
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