Former Nippon Ichi Software President Sohei Niikawa Opens SuperNiche Company

Former Nippon Ichi Software president and Disgaea creator Sohei Niikawa announced the opening of SuperNiche, a new company with a “Creators First” management policy. SuperNiche aims to improve the development environment in Japan so that creators can freely express individually and passion for their games. 

Sohei Niikawa is the only person running/being employed at SuperNiche, but various projects have already begun. SuperNiche’s first project is Etrange Overlord from Gemdrops, Broccoli, and novelist Roman Kitayama. The company will undertake several forms of media, such as games, novels, manga, music, and video.

Here’s SuperNiche’s official company bio for Niikawa from the company website, via Gematsu:

Sohei Niikawa has worked at Nippon Ichi Software Co., Ltd. for 26 years since joining the company as a new graduate, and has been engaged in sales and development. He served as president for 13 years. In August 2022, he retired from Nippon Ichi Software Co., Ltd. He established Superniche LLC.

• • Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure (1998)
  • Rhapsody II: Ballad of the Little Princess (1999)
  • Rhapsody III: Memories of Marl Kingdom (2000)
  • La Pucelle: Tactics (2002)
  • Disgaea: Hour of Darkness (2003)
  • Phantom Brave (2004)
  • Makai Kingdom: Chronicles of the Sacred Tome (2005)
  • Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories (2006)
  • Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice (2008)
  • Z.H.P. Unlosing Ranger VS Darkdeath Evilman (2010)
  • Disgaea Infinite (2010)
  • Disgaea 4 (2011)
  • The Guided Fate Paradox (2013)
  • Disgaea 5 (2015)
  • Penny-Punching Princess (2016, scenario only)
  • Disgaea RPG (2019)
  • Disgaea 6 (2021)

Nippon Ichi Software appointed chairman of the board Koichi Kitazumi as the new president of the company on August 19, 2022. Niikawa resigned from his position as president of Nippon Ichi Software due to personal reasons.