Former NIS president and Disgaea creator Sohei Niikawa establishes SuperNiche LLC

Sohei Niikawa revealed at the beginning of the 2025 fiscal year that he has established a new company called SuperNiche LLC. Niikawa previously worked at Nippon Ichi Software, where he was best known for creating the Disgaea franchise, and he also used to be the company's president for 13 years until August 2022.

The first project Niikawa undertakes with his new company has him produce a game adaptation of the web novel Etrange Overlord, which will be developed by Gemdrops and published by Broccoli, while also having a theme song by the Hololive Vtuber Tsunomaki Watame and character designs by Shinichiro Otsuka of Re:Zero fame.

The above title will not be the only project undertaken by the new company, as Niikawa teased "multiple" projects coming within the same fiscal year. The official site notes that the company also has connections with more companies outside the ones involved in the above project. The list also includes the likes of Arc System Works and NIS America.

Sohei Niikawa's new company SuperNiche LLC has also published an English press release, and you can also read it right below.

SuperNiche LLC is a company established under the management policy of "Creators
First." Our aim is to improve the development environment in Japan so that creators can
freely express their individuality and passion.
We’ve been undertaking several projects already, and all of them are under development
with the concept.

Also, in order to provide a one-of-a-kind entertainment content experience for people
around the world, SuperNiche LLC will freely create content in all kinds of media, including
novels, manga, games, music, video, and so on.

As the first part of the project, we will produce "Etrange Overlord" written by the mysterious
novice novelist Roman Kitayama.
Information on entertainment contents handled by Sohei Niikawa will be kept updated
through the official website of SuperNiche LLC. and Sohei Niikawa's X (@Soheiniikawa).

Since the company is a one-person company, there may be some areas where we cannot
reach our goals, but we would be grateful if you would kindly look after us warmly.
Thank you for your continued support.

SuperNiche LLC.
President Sohei Niikawa