Akai Katana

Akai Katana
Akai Katana
Developers	Cave; exA-Arcadia (EXA Label)
Publisher	Cave
Director	Tsuneki Ikeda
Producer	Kenichi Takano
Designer	Hideki Nomura
Programmers	Tsuneki Ikeda; Shinobu Yagawa; Daisuke Koizumi; Toshihiko Sera
Artist	Mushimaro Tachikawa
Composer	Ryu Umemoto
Platforms	Arcade; exA-Arcadia; Xbox 360; Windows; Nintendo Switch; PlayStation 4; Xbox One;
Release	August 20, 2010 Arcade JP: August 20, 2010; Arcade Shin JP: July 24, 2012; Arcade EXA Label WW: February 17, 2022; Shin; Xbox 360 JP: May 26, 2011; EU: May 11, 2012; NA: May 15, 2012; AU: August 28, 2012; Windows WW: December 15, 2022; Switch, PS4, Xbox One JP: December 15, 2022; WW: June 29, 2023; ;
Genres	Scrolling shooter, bullet hell
Arcade system	CAVE CV1000-D; NESiCAxLive (Shin); exA-Arcadia (EXA Label)

Akai Katana is a horizontally scrolling shooter bullet hell developed by Cave and released in Japan on August 20, 2010 for arcades. A port to the Xbox 360 with additional game modes, Akai Katana Shin, followed on May 26, 2011. Rising Star Games published the console release in North America and Europe on May 15, 2012 simply as Akai Katana.

An enhanced arcade port titled Akai Katana EXA Label was released by exA-Arcadia on February 17, 2022. City Connection ported the Xbox 360 release to Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One and released it as Akai Katana Shin on December 15, 2022.