Kanai Factory

Kanai Factory is a Japanese self-made board game studio, selling games mainly on conventions and via mail delivery in Japan. The studio consists of designer Seiji Kanai and most games are illustrated by illustrator Noboru Sugiura.
The studio was started in 2000 "to develop and study new ideas in board games, card games and role playing games" (cited from the website). First game (Dragon Rush) came out in 2002, and most other games in 2005 and onwards.