Ruby Party (ルビー・パーティー) is a video game developing team working for Koei Tecmo. Their main focus is producing titles for the company's popular romance-adventure brand, the Neoromance series.
The team is famous for producing the first romance title targeting women in Japan, starting the trend for the Otome game genre. Members of the team are known to be predominately female, but the structure has changed over the years to include male developers. The team's name is meant to highlight the female members since rubies are considered the "queen of gems" and represent passionate love.
Ruby Party also partakes or supervises the various media made based on their products such as drama CDs, light novels, magazine publications, radio programs, live events, talk shows, comics, and anime. Select animated and comic adaptations have been localized overseas, but the games have largely remained in Japan aside from a few rare exceptions. If enough interest arises for their games, there may be a chance someday they will be brought overseas and translated into English.
According to Mei Erikawa, the team's name was chosen to honor women. Rubies are highly treasured as one of the four great precious gemstones. Its meanings can be "passion" or "true love". "Party" is meant to emit a friendly atmosphere. In essence, the name is figuratively a wish to improve women's lives. The team also had its own jewelry brand called Rubipa de July.
There are three main divisions within this team: development (centered on creating the games), production (focusing on character songs and live events), and commodity (merchandise). Women make up 60% of the team, and all of the conception and world building is done by them in management, planning, or directing positions. It's common to experience a reduction in a product's development for maternity leave.
As of April 1, 2016, Ruby Party doubles as a brand name for the company's romantic simulations, merchandise, licenses for multimedia projects, and stage event management. Mei Erikawa currently serves as the director for the Ruby Party brand.
Developed Games
Angelique Series
| Game Title | Developer | Platform | Release | English | |
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Angelique | Ruby Party | Console Mobile Devices |
1994 | No |
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Angelique Special | Ruby Party | Console PC |
1995 | No |
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Fushigi no Kuni no Angelique | Ruby Party | Console PC |
1996 | No |
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Angelique Love Love Mail | Ruby Party | PC | 2000 | No |
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Angelique Special 2 | Ruby Party | Console PC |
1996 | No |
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Angelique Tenkuu no Requiem | Ruby Party | Console PC |
1998 | No |
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Angelique Duet | Ruby Party | Console | 1998 | No |
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Angelique History | Ruby Party | Console | 2000 | No |
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Sweet Ange | Ruby Party | Console | 1999 | No |
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Angelique trois | Ruby Party | Console | 2000 | No |
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Aizouban Angelique trois | Ruby Party | Console | 2002 | No |
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Angelique trois Screen Cocktail | Ruby Party | PC | 2001 | No |
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Angelique étoile Prologue | Ruby Party | PC | 2003 | No |
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Angelique étoile | Ruby Party | PC | 2003 | No |
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Angelique Retour | Ruby Party | Console | 2015 | No |
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Angelique Luminarise | Ruby Party | Console | 2021 | No |
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Lovelove ♥ Tenshi-sama Angelique | Ruby Party | Mobile | 2011 | No |
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Neo Angelique | Ruby Party | Console | 2006 | No |
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Neo Angelique Full Voice | Ruby Party | Console | 2008 | No |
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Neo Angelique Special | Ruby Party | Console | 2008 | No |
Geten no Hana Series
| Game Title | Developer | Platform | Release | English | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Geten no Hana | Ruby Party | Console | 2013 | No |
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Geten no Hana Yumeakari | Ruby Party | Console | 2014 | No |
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Geten no Hana with Yumeakari Aizouban | Ruby Party | Console | 2016 | No |
Haruka: Beyond the Stream of Time Series
La Corda d'Oro Series
| Game Title | Developer | Platform | Release | English | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Kiniro no Corda | Ruby Party | Console PC |
2003 | No |
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Kiniro no Corda 2 | Ruby Party | Console | 2007 | No |
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Kiniro no Corda 2 encore | Ruby Party | Console | 2007 | No |
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Kiniro no Corda 2 f | Ruby Party | Console | 2009 | No |
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Kiniro no Corda 2 f encore | Ruby Party | Console | 2009 | No |
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Kiniro no Corda 2 ff | Ruby Party | Console | 2017 | No |
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100man-nin no Kiniro no Corda | Ruby Party | Mobile PC |
2011 | No |
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Kiniro no Corda 3 | Ruby Party | Console | 2010 | No |
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Kiniro no Corda 3 Full Voice Special | Ruby Party | Console | 2013 | No |
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Kiniro no Corda 3 AnotherSky feat. Jinnan | Ruby Party | Console | 2014 | No |
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Kiniro no Corda 3 AnotherSky feat. Shiseikan | Ruby Party | Console | 2014 | No |
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Kiniro no Corda 3 AnotherSky feat. Amane Gakuen |
Ruby Party | Console | 2014 | No |
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Kiniro no Corda 4 | Ruby Party | Console | 2016 | No |
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Kiniro no Corda Octave | Ruby Party | Console PC |
2019 | No |
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Kiniro no Corda Starlight Orchestra | Ruby Party | Mobile | 2021 | No |
Miscellaneous Titles
| Game Title | Developer | Platform | Release | English | |
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Buddy Mission BOND | Ruby Party | Console | 2021 | No |
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FabStyle | Ruby Party | Console | 2011 | No |
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LoveφSummit | Ruby Party | Mobile | 2009 | No |
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MISS PRINCESS: Miss Puri! | Ruby Party | Console | 2011 | No |
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Shingeki no Kyojin Shichi Kara no Dasshutsu | Ruby Party | Console | 2017 | No |
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Tokimeki Restaurant☆☆☆ Project TRISTARS | Ruby Party | Console Mobile |
2018 | No |