Ruby Party

Ruby Party (ルビーパーティー, Rubī Pātī) is the Japanese brand name of the Koei Tecmo Holdings and its woman-based game developing team.[2] The team was established around 1990 by Keiko Erikawa.

Logo of the team Ruby Party
Current Chief Brand manager: Mei Erikawa
Deputy Brand manager: Tōru Ogawa[1]

The team has been producing mainly the Neo Romance series which is the series of otome games for women.The first product of this series is Angelique released in 1994, which is known as the first otome game in the world.[3]

History

In around 1985, Erikawa was developing various games with her husband Yōichi Erikawa. But the games in those days were all targeted to males. Erikawa thought it was not strange that the games for women would exist. There were almost no women staff in Koei in that point. Therefore, she started to recruit women staff.[4][3]

Ten years later, women-based developing group was constructed in the Koei at last. This group is the Ruby Party team.

The first product of this team was Angelique game in 1994. However, the team Ruby Party did not totally develop the game by itself. Yōichi Erikawa and his male developing staff helped the completion of Angelique.[4][3] After release of Angelique, Ruby Party has developed many otome games and planned various stuffs such as OVAs, Drama CDs, Music CDs, Anime, and managed live events.

The name

"Ruby Party" was named after the fact that jewel ruby is considered as the queen of jewelry, and it symbolizes the passions and genuine loves.[5]

Products

Ruby Party develops the Neo Romance game series, which are otome game series for women.[6]

  1. Angelique series
  2. Harukanaru Toki no Kanata de series (Haruka: Beyond the Stream of Time)
  3. Kin'iro no Corda series (La Corda d'Oro)
  4. Neo Angelique series
  5. Geten no Hana (下天の華), [7]
  6. Miss Princess, Mispri (MISS PRINCESS ミスプリ！), [8]
  7. Love phi Summit (ラブφサミット),[9]

Notes and references
  1. (ja) Koei staff 2016 (retrieved 17 April 2022)
  2. (ja) Ruby Party Brand Koei website (retrieved 17 April 2022.
  3. (ja) Interview to Shibuya Ko and Keiko Erikawa (retrieved 25 February 2022)
  4. (ja) Interview to Keiko Erikawa, 2015 (retrieved 17 April 2022)
  5. (ja) Origin of the name "Ruby Party" (retrieved 17 April 2022
  6. (ja) Neo Romance (retrieved 17 April 2022
  7. (ja) Geten no Hana Official site (retrieved 17 April 2022)
  8. MisPri Official page (retrieved 17 April 2022)
  9. (ja) Official Love phi Summit (retrieved 17 April 2022)
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