Japan Studio

Japan Studio
Native name	JAPANスタジオ
Company type	Division
Industry	Video games
Founded	16 November 1993
Defunct	1 April 2021
Fate	Merged into Team Asobi and other studios
Successor	Team Asobi
Headquarters	Tokyo, Japan
Products	Ape Escape; The Legend of Dragoon; Ico; Everybody's Golf; Wild Arms; Shadow of the Colossus; Siren; LocoRoco; Patapon; Gravity Rush; Knack; The Last Guardian;
Parent	Sony Interactive Entertainment

Japan Studio was a Japanese video game developer based in Tokyo. A first-party studio for Sony Interactive Entertainment (formerly Sony Computer Entertainment), it was best known for the Ape Escape, LocoRoco, Patapon, Gravity Rush, and Knack series, the Team Ico games, Bloodborne, The Legend of Dragoon, and Astro's Playroom. In April 2021, Japan Studio was reorganized and merged with Team Asobi and other SIE studios.