Get your Japanese hip hop biopunk action fix in SONOKUNI, out now on PC via Steam!
Tokyo, Japan - 24th March, 2025 - Kakehashi Games and Don Yasa Crew are excited to announce that their Japanese hip hop biopunk action title, SONOKUNI, is available right now via Steam.
In SONOKUNI, players take on the role of Takeru, a lone assassin tasked with raiding a surreal superpower empowered by biotechnology. Join in her struggle to balance the morality of extreme violence against the defence of her own people, in a story inspired by real-life Japanese mythology (with every moment punctuated with a visceral soundtrack from Japanese developer and hip hop group, Don Yasa Crew).
Can't get enough of the ear-bleeding aural soundscape of SONOKUNI? Then there's more good news:
The SONOKUNI Deluxe Edition is also available via Steam, and it includes the game alongside its 50-track strong soundtrack. Every single one of the bangers within is composed by the hip hop crew-turned-developer, Don Yasa Crew, themselves.
Are you ready to deliver vengeance? Grab your headphones and pick up the game now!
About Don Yasa Crew
Don Yasa Crew is a 7-person Japanese hip hop group who in 2020 - during the height of Covid pandemic lockdown in Japan - decided to make a game. With live performances impossible, their aim was to convey their particular have-not-hip-hop style through SONOKUNI - a world and story infused with raw energetic music and a fresh biopunk take on Japanese mythology.
About Kakehashi Games
Founded in Tokyo in 2013, Kakehashi Games is a boutique publishing team that strives to build bridges between East and West. Over the last decade they have helped release over 300 of the most acclaimed indie titles in Japan, including Hollow Knight, Sea of Stars, Dead Cells, Eastward, and more. As of 2023, Kakehashi Games has become a worldwide publisher as well, with a focus on bringing the best indie games from Asia to the rest of the world. Check their website for more information.
