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The link at the bottom of the article to KOEI Canada redirects back to this page. I am guessing it should be removed but I am unsure if this is just some error. --99.231.143.213 (talk) 06:14, 4 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Kou Shibusawa and Eiji Fukuzawa DO NOT EXIST and never have.
The founders of Koei are Yoichi and Keiko Erikawa. Yoichi was a student at Keio University, and after his family's rural dyestuffs business failed he decided to find another line of work. The company to this day is located in Hiyoshi, along with Keio University, and the campany's name is simply a spoonerism of the school's.
With regards to the origin of the company's name, I had an opportunity to speak with Mr. Erikawa a few years back and showed him this wikipedia entry. He said that the name is not related to his alma mater and he's not sure where that notion came from. Therefore, I've deleted the line that read "and the company's name is simply a spoonerism of the school's." Also, the Japanese Wikipedia entry says something totally different (below):
http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20051107/kumar_01.shtml
"Kou Shibusawa: I've been in the industry for 25 years. The company was started in 1978 as a chemical wholesale company. My wife gave me a computer, and developing game software became a hobby of mine. A game which I developed was so interesting that we decided to sell it. However, Nobunga's Ambition in 1983 was our first big hit."
http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/driving/fatalinertia/news.html?sid=6136568
"'Toronto is a vibrant city with a rich cultural mosaic that provides us with the necessary talent to develop games for a global marketplace,' said Koei's founder and game designer Yoichi Erikawa, who has worked on many of the company's biggest games under the name Kou Shibusawa."
If no one is going to correct his article, I'll do it...
The early history is still spotty. Among other things, KOEI released a game named The Dragon & Princess (ドラゴン&プリンセス) in 1982, which is said to have been the first 'JRPG' ever published. Japanese wiki covers it better, someone more fluent in Japanese should add the missing bits to the English version. Andemon (talk) 11:16, 12 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]