Human Entertainment

Human Corporation

Native name	ヒューマン株式会社
Romanized name	Hyūman Kabushiki Gaisha
Industry	Video games
Founded	May 1983; 41 years ago (1983-05)
Defunct	January 2000; 24 years ago (2000-01)
Fate	Bankruptcy
Headquarters	Japan
Key people	Goichi Suda Hifumi Kono
Products	Clock Tower Fire Pro Wrestling Twilight Syndrome
Website	human.co.jp

Human Corporation (Japanese: ヒューマン株式会社, Hepburn: Hyūman Kabushiki Gaisha) was a Japanese video game developer and publisher founded in 1983. The company produced games for a number of platforms, including home consoles, portable consoles, and personal computers. Human declared bankruptcy in 2000 and disbanded. Its former members went on to form new companies including Nude Maker, Sandlot, Spike, and Grasshopper Manufacture.

Originally, the company were two different entities known as TRY Corporation and Communicate, Inc. until the two merged into one as Sonata. The company then changed their name into Human Corporation in 1989 and later started a division called Human Creative School, where their students would start out developing video games. One example of their efforts was for the Famicom game Egypt. In addition, the company also had an in-house sound team known as HELP.

The company is known for originating the popular Fire Pro Wrestling series, as well as other sports games such as Formation Soccer and Final Match Tennis, and racing video games such as Human Grand Prix and Fastest 1. They are also known for developing the first music rhythm video game, Dance Aerobics (1987), the 3D open world game Mizzurna Falls (1998),^[1][2] and some early horror games including the Twilight Syndrome and Clock Tower series.