This page contains a list and basic introduction to the members of the development team at French-Bread. As of July 2021, there are 14 full-time staff members working at French-Bread [1].
Doujin circle Watanabe Production was originally created in 1995. When they stopped making doujin games, they wanted to use a different name from Watanabe Production. Doujin circle name "Soft Circle French-Bread" was something a certain member of the team already owned, but wasn't used anywhere. Apparently it came from the fact that they were so young and poor, that all they had to eat was convenience store french breads and tap water[2].
French bread is a common noun and cannot be used as a company name. On the paper, they are officially Unknown Co., Ltd (株式会社アンノウン), but still use French-Bread in their games as that name is more well-known[3]. Their office is located in Taito, Tokyo[4][1].
Main Staff[]
Nobuya Narita (なりた のぶや)[]
The producer as well as the main scenario writer for the UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH series. He is one of the founders of French-Bread as a doujin circle. Narita has mentioned in an interview that his favorite character is Hilda.
He often posts to Twitter about his progress in mobile games such as "Fate/Grand Order" and "Ingress".
Narita is also a close friend of Hiiragiboshi Takumi, the author of the "Absolute Duo" light novel series. They met over 15 years ago while both were still amateurs making doujins. Narita and Yoshihara have helped in designing battle suits for the "Absolute Duo" light novels. (Link)
Seiichi Yoshihara (吉原 成一)[]
A sprite artist who has worked with FRENCH-BREAD since the days of Melty Blood. Back then, he used the name "Honoka Yoshihara" (吉原ほのか), which can be seen in the game's credits.
He is the character designer and the original planner for the UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH series. Ideas for characters and the setting have existed since his days in high-school. Yoshihara's personal favorite characters are Linne and Seth.
Kamone Serizawa (芹沢 鴨音)[]
The main battle planner for both Melty Blood and UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH, as well as the leader of the programming team. Kamone handles the updates to the official homepage and Twitter. He is also the host of French-Bread's monthly Twitch broadcast, the French-Bread Information Station. Kamone is often seen playing the most recently added characters of the game as a way to promote and teach new techniques. He occasionally returns to play using his main character of choice, Hilda. Nowadays, he mostly plays Enkidu.
Hyde (Color 16), Linne (Color 15) and Orie (Color 7) were actually made by him. Seth (Color 5), Gordeau (Color 29)
and Hilda (Color 26) were made by the sprite artists based on Kamone's ideas[5].
Kamone has played fighting games since his grade-school days thanks to the influence from his older brother. Kamone spent a lot of his time finding glitches and infinite combos in various fighting games and posting videos to NicoNicoDouga. This eventually led in him being scouted to the FRENCH-BREAD.[6]
Serizawa Kamone isn't his real name[7]. He has used a nickname "Kamone" in the internet since his days in middle school. However, registering to various sites usually requires using a last name and not wanting to use his real lastname, he ended up borrowing a last name from character that appeared in a popular eroge. That character was Chamomille Serizawa from "Gyousatsu♥Shinsengumi".[8]
He plays various fighting game and often streams them on his personal Twitch channel. The archieves are viewable on his Youtube channel. He is well-known as a huge fan of the manga/anime franchise NEW GAME! He is also a fan of SMARTPHONE games such as "Kirakira Fantasia" and "Fate/Grand Order".
Serves as a director for this game. His main job is that of an effect designer, but he's also responsible for the UI design and screen layout.
He has appeared in French-Bread's in-house game tournaments a few times using Vatista.
Art by Takehiko Wagatsuma
Orie's Birthday 2013
Carmine's Birthday 2014
Seth's Birthday 2015
Gordeau's Birthday 2015
Linne's Birthday 2016
Eltnum's Birthday 2016
Byakuya's Birthday 2016
Hyde's Birthday 2017
Phonon's Birthday 2017
Hilda's Birthday 2017
Nanase's Birthday 2018
Yuzuriha's Birthday 2018
Chaos' Birthday 2018
Artists[]
Takahiro Saito (斎藤 孝廣)[]
One of the game's background artists. He also helps in the effect designing.
Art by Takahiro Saito
Wald's Birthday 2013
Hilda's Birthday 2013
Linne's Birthday 2014
Chaos' Birthday 2016
Eltnum's Birthday 2017
White Day 2018
Makoto Sato (佐藤 誠)[]
CG graphics artist. Has participated in French-Bread's in-house tournaments using Mika and Nanase.
Art by Makoto Sato
Hyde's Birthday 2015
Yuzuriha's Birthday 2015
Nanase's Birthday 2017
Mika's Birthday 2017
Seth's Birthday 2018
Carmine's Birthday 2018
Kara Osawa (大澤 空)[]
Sprite artist. Plays a lot of Guilty Gear on his days off. Posts on Twitter about "Fate/Grand Order" and "Alice Gear Aegis".
Art by Kara Osawa
Yuzuiha's Birthday 2016
Wald's Birthday 2016
Seth's Birthday 2017
Linne's Birthday 2017
Chaos' Birthday 2017
Mika's Birthday 2018
Gordeau's Birthday 2018
Byakuya's Birthday 2018
Daisuke Matsuo (まつお だいすけ)[]
Sprite artist.
Art by Daisuke Matsuo
Gordeau's Birthday 2016
Hilda's Birthday 2016
Yusuke Nakahara (中原 悠佑)[]
Sprite artist. Has participated in French-Bread's in-house tournaments using Gordeau. He was the main artist for Nanase's sprite animations after Yoshihara had designed them.[9]
Art by Yusuke Nakahara
Yuzuriha's Birthday 2013
Seth's Birthday 2014
Gordeau's Birthday 2014
Byakuya's Birthday 2014
Linne's Birthday 2015
Eltnum's Birthday 2015
Chaos' Birthday 2015
Carmine's Birthday 2016
Orie's Birthday 2016
Valentine's Day 2017
Gordeau's Birthday 2017
Hyde's Birthday 2018
Wagner's Birthday 2018
Phonon's Birthday 2018
Kotaro Shiratori (白鳥 光太郎)[]
Sprite artist. Has participated in French-Bread's in-house tournaments using Seth and Byakuya.
Art by Shiratori
Wald's Birthday 2015
Hilda's Birthday 2015
Hyde's Birthday 2016
Phonon's Birthday 2016
Merry Christmas 2016
Carmine's Birthday 2017
Yuzuriha's Birthday 2017
Byakuya's Birthday 2017
Linne's Birthday 2018
Eltnum's Birthday 2018
Enkidu's Birthday 2018
Mybyou (六秒)[]
Sprite artist. Announced on February 5th 2016 that he had resigned from French-Bread.[10]
