Kirarito

Kirarito is a Japanese game art outsourcing and digital production studio serving developers and publishers across mobile, PC and console games. Based in Tokyo with an international presence in San Francisco, it produces artwork and realtime assets spanning early visual development, production and animation. Its work combines in-house creative direction with an international network of external creators.

Art and production capabilities

The studio’s 2D production covers concept design, world-building artwork, character illustration, backgrounds, card and gacha art, and promotional imagery. It also provides traditional animation, vector animation and sprite rigging, including work with Spine and Live2D. UI/UX design forms another part of its game production offering, connecting visual assets with interface structure and player-facing presentation.

Its 3D capabilities include high- and low-polygon character and prop modeling, texturing, UV work, realtime asset optimization, rigging, skinning and animation. These services support both gameplay assets and cinematic production. Kirarito also offers 2D and 3D visual effects, allowing its production work to extend across several stages of a game's visual pipeline.

Beyond commissioned game artwork, Kirarito has explored augmented, virtual and mixed reality applications and digital character experiences. This work includes prototyping interactive content alongside its established art production services, broadening the studio’s activities beyond outsourced assets into original applications and emerging entertainment formats.

Company development

The business originated in the game and graphics division of entertainment company Mirai Shonen. That division became an independent operating business in February 2014, followed by formal incorporation in August that year under Noritsu Koki’s investment portfolio. This history connects the studio’s origins in internal game production with its subsequent focus on business-to-business artwork services.

Noritsu Koki divested Kirarito in February 2020. The company subsequently continued as an independent private studio focused on art outsourcing and digital solutions. Its operating model brings together art direction, animation and engineering with managed external production, supporting publishers that require coordinated delivery across different asset types.