Level-5

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Level-5 Inc. (株式会社レベルファイブ) is a Japanese video game developer and publisher established on 28 October 1998, with its head office in Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture and further offices in Tokyo and Osaka. Its business is stated as the planning, production and sale of game software, and it employs around 300 staff under founder and CEO Akihiro Hino. The company began publishing in 2006 with Professor Layton and the Curious Village and is known for the Layton, Yo-kai Watch, Inazuma Eleven, Megaton Musashi, Ni no Kuni and Dark Cloud series. A related company, LEVEL5 IA, handles game planning, dev…