Company:Frontwing

Short description: Japanese visual novel studio

Frontwing

Native name	株式会社フロントウイング
Type	Kabushiki gaisha
Industry	Computer games
Founded	2000 (2000)
Headquarters	Taitō, Tokyo, Japan
Key people	Ryūichirō Yamakawa (Producer, President and CEO) Akio Watanabe (Director and Character Designer) Fumio (Game illustrator) Yōsai Kūchū (Game illustrator and Character Designer)
Products	Eroge, Visual novels
Owner	Bushiroad (50.625%)
Website	frontwing.jp

Frontwing Co., Ltd. (株式会社フロントウイング, Kabushiki-gaisha Furonto Uingu) is a Japanese visual novel studio known for the production of adult bishōjo games. Its main office is located in Taitō, Tokyo. The representative producer and president is Ryūichirō Yamakawa. “Frontwing” is the company's main brand, but it has also released games under affiliated brands “Survive” (サヴァイブ), “Hotchkiss” (ホチキス), and “b-wing.” These brands have all since merged to become “Frontwing.”

Frontwing's games cover a diverse range of genres, from school love life stories to hardcore adult games, and also games that utilize 3D computer graphics. The 3D content production team, Polygon Mura (ポリゴン村), is closely involved in the games’ production by seeking ways to incorporate 3D graphics into essentially 2D projects. Several of their games, originally produced for PC, have been ported to consoles. The development of the ported versions is generally done in-house. The company is also active in many other fields, including the development of the dance 3D software Dance X Mixer, taking part in the bi-annual Comic Market, and Niconico live broadcasts.

Since the company's founding in 1999 as a bishōjo games developer and the release of Frontwing's first title, Canary (Canaria: Kono Omoi o Uta ni Nosete) in August 2000, it has published over 20 titles in the visual novel genre. The studio's flagship games include the Netherworld Angel Djibril series, and the Grisaia trilogy which spawned an animated series in 2015. In regards to the Djibril series, writer Naoki Miyamoto, author of the book "Adult Games: Introduction to Cultural Studies”, has pointed out why there is a big demand for such works: “If the one to fight is a beautiful heroine, the risks she takes stimulate people's erotic imagination.”

In 2011, the first installment of the Grisaia series, The Fruit of Grisaia, won first place in the Moe Game Award. The second installment, The Labyrinth of Grisaia, won second place in 2012.

Frontwing marked its first venture into the overseas market May 29, 2015, with the English release of The Fruit of Grisaia on Steam. The company has since established its own in-house translation team, which made its debut with the English release of The Leisure of Grisaia on May 18, 2016.

On March 16, 2021, Frontwing announced that Bushiroad had acquired a 50.625% controlling stake of the company, with Frontwing becoming a subsidiary of Bushiroad.

List of visual novels

Listed by brand, in chronological order.

Frontwing

Japan Release date	Japanese title	English title	English Release date
August 4, 2000	Canary	N/A
November 11, 2001	Hooligan	N/A
September 27, 2002	Tea Society of a Witch	N/A
March 28, 2003	Sweet Legacy	N/A
August 29, 2003	Private Akihabara Academy	N/A
December 19, 2003	Akibox ~"Private Akihabara Academy" Fandisk~	N/A
April 23, 2004	Netherworld Angel Djibril	N/A
August 27, 2004	Sky Song	N/A
April 22, 2005	Netherworld Angel Djibril -episode 2-	N/A
February 24, 2006	Boy Meets Girl	N/A
September 9, 2006	Megachu!	N/A
March 23, 2007	Kimi Hug	N/A
December 27, 2007	Time Leap	N/A
June 27, 2008	Netherworld Angel Djibril -episode 3-	N/A
December 26, 2008	Star Song	N/A
August 28, 2009	Time Leap Paradise	N/A
December 25, 2009	Star Song ~Starlight Serenade~	N/A
April 23, 2010	Netherworld Angel Djibril -episode 4-	N/A
February 25, 2011	Le Fruit de la Grisaia (French for The Fruit of the Grisaia)	May 29, 2015
July 29, 2011	Warring States Angel Djibril	N/A
February 24, 2012	Le Labyrinthe de la Grisaia (French for The Labyrinth of the Grisaia)	June 22, 2016
September 28, 2012	Pure Girl	N/A
March 29, 2013	Le Eden de la Grisaia (French for The Eden of the Grisaia)	N/A
February 28, 2014	Innocent Girl	N/A
August 15, 2014	Idol Magical Girl Chiru Chiru☆Michiru	July 29, 2015
March 27, 2015	Yukikoi Melt	N/A
October 23, 2015	The Leisure of Grisaia	May 18, 2016
November 27, 2015	From the Future Undying	N/A
December 12, 2015	The Afterglow of Grisaia	July 20, 2016
April 28, 2016	ISLAND	August 23, 2018
N/A	N/A	Purino Party	June 23, 2016
August 28, 2016	Corona Blossom Volume 1: Gift From The Galaxy	July 29, 2016
October 28, 2016	Corona Blossom Volume 2: The Truth From Beyond	October 26, 2016
January 26, 2017	Corona Blossom Volume 3: Journey To The Stars	January 26, 2017
April 28, 2017	Grisaia: Phantom Trigger	April 28, 2017
July 28, 2017
January 26, 2018
April 27, 2018	Momoiro Closet	May 8, 2018
July 27, 2018
October 26, 2018	Loca-Love: My Cute Roommate	October 26, 2018
April 26, 2019
August 30, 2019
April 23, 2020
June 19, 2020
July 22, 2020
September 25, 2020
November 26, 2020
February 25, 2022
April 5, 2022
April 28, 2023
October 26, 2023
2023 TBD

Survive

Japan Release date	Japanese title	English title	English Release date
December 20, 2002	Azrael	N/A
December 19, 2003	Snow Song	N/A
January 31, 2003	Separation Blues	N/A

Hotchkiss

Japan Release date	Japanese title	English title	English Release date
August 8, 2002	Hotchkiss Crank In!	N/A
October 10, 2003	Twin Sex	N/A

b-wing

Japan Release date	Japanese title	English title	English Release date
August 8, 2003	Take off!!	Take Off!!	N/A

Incidents

• Green Green High-Cost, Miscommunication and Copyright Dispute Case

External links

• (English)
• Frontwing on Facebook