Shigeru SAITO

President and CEO of Tose Co., Ltd.
President of Tose Software (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
President of Tose Software (Hangzhou) Co., Ltd.
Chairman of Tose Okinawa

Mar. 1979: Graduated from Ritsumeikan University with a degree in Science and Engineering
Feb. 1987: Assumed the role of president and CEO of Tose Co., Ltd.
Nov. 1993: Established Tose Software (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. and assumed the role of its president (To present)
Mar. 2001:  Established Tose Software (Hangzhou) Co., Ltd. and assumed the role of its president (To present)

Tose Co., Ltd.

Tose Co., Ltd. was established in 1979, and this year is the 31st year since its establishment. It is headquartered in Kyoto, and it also has offices in Tokyo, Sapporo, Okinawa, Shanghai, Hangzhou, and California. According to our creed to serve as “silent force behind-the-scenes”, approx. 1,000 staff is engaging in planning and developing game software, mobile phone content, as well as providing support services for collaborative projects between companies. As an independent game developer that specializes in commissioned development, it has variety of clients including game software publisher, content providers, and etc. It has developed over 1,780 titles (as of Feb. 2010), which is the world’s best development record for entertainment content. With its rich know-how for game software development and capable staff, Tose is firmly supporting major game software publishers here and abroad.

TOSE Co., Ltd. (株式会社トーセ, Kabushiki-gaisha Tōse?) (TYO: 4728) is a video game development company based in Kyoto, Japan. It is most known for developing Nintendo's Game & Watch Gallery series, as well as other Nintendo products. TOSE has developed over 1,000 games since the company's inception in 1979, but is almost never credited in the games themselves (an exception to this is Game & Watch Gallery 4 and the The Legendary Starfy series, as TOSE shares the copyright with Nintendo).[1] "We're always behind the scenes," said Masa Agarida, Vice President of Tose's U.S. division. "Our policy is not to have a vision. Instead, we follow our customers' visions. Most of the time we refuse to put our name on the games, not even staff names." TOSE has gained a reputation for being a secretive "Ninja" developer

List of known games developed by TOSE

Releases

Bases Loaded – (June 26, 1987, Nintendo Entertainment System)
Bases Loaded II: Second Season – (October 8, 1988, Nintendo Entertainment System)
Racket Attack – (September 1991, Nintendo Entertainment System)
Bases Loaded 3 – (September 1991, Nintendo Entertainment System)
Game & Watch Gallery 2 – (November 1998, Game Boy Color)[3]
Dragon Warrior Monsters – (September 25, 1998, Game Boy Color)[3]
Thousand Arms – (December 17, 1998, PlayStation)[4]
Game & Watch Gallery 3 – (April 8, 1999, Game Boy Color)[3]
Metal Gear: Ghost Babel – (April 27, 2000, Game Boy Color)[3]
Densetsu no Starfy – (September 6, 2002, Game Boy Advance)[3]
Game & Watch Gallery 4 – (October 25, 2002, Game Boy Advance)[3]
Shrek: Hassle at the Castle – (October 10, 2002, Game Boy Advance)
The King of Route 66 – (codeveloped with Sega-AM2, March 18, 2003, PlayStation 2)[3]
Densetsu no Starfy 2 – (September 5, 2003, Game Boy Advance)[3]
Densetsu no Starfy 3 – (August 5, 2004, Game Boy Advance)[3]
The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Pumpkin King – (October 7, 2005, Game Boy Advance)[3]
Super Princess Peach – (October 20, 2005, Nintendo DS)[3]
Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime – (December 1, 2005, Nintendo DS)[3]
Sega Casino – (November 15, 2005, Nintendo DS)
Densetsu no Starfy 4 – (April 13, 2006, Nintendo DS)[3]
Avatar: The Last Airbender – (October 10, 2006, Nintendo DS)[3]
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker – (December 28, 2006, Nintendo DS)[3]
Densetsu no Stafy Taiketsu! – (July 2008, Nintendo DS)[3]
Crash: Mind Over Mutant – (October 2008, Nintendo DS)
WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009 – (Fall 2008, Nintendo DS)
Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop - (March 2009, Nintendo Wii)
WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010 – (Fall 2009, Nintendo DS)

Games ported by TOSE

TOSE has ported a few games, including Square Soft and Enix games for the Nintendo Entertainment System and Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

Chrono Trigger (PlayStation, Nintendo DS)[5]
Crystal Defenders (Xbox 360)[6]
Final Fantasy Origins and Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls (ports of Final Fantasy I & II for the PlayStation and Game Boy Advance, respectively)[3]
Final Fantasy IV (PlayStation, Game Boy Advance)[3]
Final Fantasy V (PlayStation, Game Boy Advance)[3]
Final Fantasy VI (PlayStation, Game Boy Advance)[3]
Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth (PlayStation Portable)[3]