07th Expansion is a Japanese dōjin

Dojin

, often romanized as doujin, is a general Japanese term for a group of people or friends who share an interest, activity, hobbies, or achievement...

group that specializes in the creation of visual novel

Visual novel

A is an interactive fiction game featuring mostly static graphics, usually with anime-style art, or occasionally live-action stills or video footage...

s known as sound novels. They started out drawing for the trading card game Leaf Fight, but they are most famous for creating the dōjin game

Dojin soft

, also sometimes called , are video games created by Japanese hobbyists or hobbyist groups , more for fun than for profit; essentially, the Japanese equivalent of independent video games. Most of them are based on pre-existing material, but some are entirely original creations...

 series Higurashi no Naku Koro ni. Their most recent work is Umineko no Naku Koro ni

Umineko no Naku Koro ni

is a Japanese murder mystery dōjin soft visual novel series produced by 07th Expansion. The first game in the series, Legend of the Golden Witch, was first released at Comiket 72 on August 17, 2007 playable on the PC; the game sold out in thirty minutes...

, the first game of which was released on August 17, 2007.

Members

• Ryukishi07
  Ryukishi07
  is the pen name of a Japanese man originally from Chiba Prefecture who is well known as the original creator for the idea of the visual novel series Higurashi no Naku Koro ni and Umineko no Naku Koro ni. He is the representative member of the group 07th Expansion...
  
  —Screenplay, illustrations
• Yatazakura—Scripting, also Ryukishi07's younger brother
• BT—Homepage management (deceased)

Sound novels

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni

Onikakushi-hen — August 10, 2002 (Comiket

Comiket

, otherwise known as the , is the world's largest self-published comic book fair, held twice a year in Tokyo, Japan. The first Comiket was held on December 21, 1975, with only about 32 participating circles and an estimated 600 attendees. Attendance has since swelled to over a half million people....

 62)

Watanagashi-hen — December 29, 2002 (Comiket 63)

Tatarigoroshi-hen — August 15, 2003 (Comiket 64)

Himatsubushi-hen — August 13, 2004 (Comiket 66)

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai

Meakashi-hen — December 30, 2004 (Comiket 67)

Tsumihoroboshi-hen — August 14, 2005 (Comiket 68)

Minagoroshi-hen — December 30, 2005 (Comiket 69)

Matsuribayashi-hen — August 13, 2006 (Comiket 70)

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei (fandisc) — December 31, 2006 (Comiket 71)

Umineko no Naku Koro ni

Episode 1: Legend of the Golden Witch — August 17, 2007 (Comiket 72)

Episode 2: Turn of the Golden Witch — December 31, 2007 (Comiket 73)

Episode 3: Banquet of the Golden Witch — August 16, 2008 (Comiket 74)

Episode 4: Alliance of the Golden Witch — December 29, 2008 (Comiket 75)

Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru

Episode 5: End of the Golden Witch — August 15, 2009 (Comiket 76)

Episode 6: Dawn of the Golden Witch — December 30, 2009 (Comiket 77)

Episode 7: Requiem of the Golden Witch — August 14, 2010 (Comiket 78)

Episode 8: Twilight of the Golden Witch — December 31, 2010 (Comiket 79)

Umineko no Naku Koro ni Tsubasa (fandisc) — December 31, 2010 (Comiket 79)

Umineko no Naku Koro ni Hane (fandisc) — December 31, 2011 (Comiket 81)

Higanbana no Saku Yoru ni

Higanbana no Saku Yoru ni

, subtitled The Unforgiving Flowers Blossom in the Dead of Night, is a Japanese manga written by Ryukishi07 of 07th Expansion and illustrated by Ichirō Tsunohazu. It began serialization in the May 2010 issue of Fujimi Shobo's Monthly Dragon Age magazine...

Dai-ichi Yoru — August 13, 2011 (Comiket 80)

Dai-ni Yoru — December 31, 2011 (Comiket 81)

Fighting games

Ōgon Musōkyoku

Ōgon Musōkyoku

, is a 2D versus fighting game developed and published by 07th Expansion. It is considered a side spin-off of the Umineko no Naku Koro ni murder mystery visual novel series and was originally released at Comiket 79 on December 31, 2010. The game was ported to the Xbox 360 by Alchemist in October...

— December 31, 2010 (Comiket 79)

Ōgon Musōkyoku Cross — December 31, 2011 (Comiket 81)

They were also involved in the additional console editions of Higurashi produced by Alchemist

Alchemist (company)

is a Japanese video game developer. It specializes in the development of visual novel video games ports for use on home video game consoles such as the PlayStation 2 and the defunct Dreamcast.-Dreamcast:*Baldr Force EXE*Chocolat: Maid Cafe Curio...

, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Matsuri for the PlayStation 2

PlayStation 2

The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...

 and the Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kizuna series for the Nintendo DS

Nintendo DS

The is a portable game console produced by Nintendo, first released on November 21, 2004. A distinctive feature of the system is the presence of two separate LCD screens, the lower of which is a touchscreen, encompassed within a clamshell design, similar to the Game Boy Advance SP...

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