This article reports on the individual booths at Keyboard Market Tokyo 2025 on March 22, 2025.
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Keyboard Market Tokyo 2025 – Exhibition Booth Report
From here, we will introduce what we actually talked about as we visited each booth.
A-01 kumakey
At kumakey’s booth, “roBa” was for sale.
The keyboard is a left-right split column tagger layout keyboard with full wireless connectivity that has its roots in the “Keyball” type of keyboard, in which the trackball is operated with the thumbs.
The key pitch is 19 mm and standard, so commonly available keycaps on the market can be used.
It is QAZ style, with a rotary encoder in the center of the left side.
The fact that low-profile (choc v2) was supported from this year also made the event very popular, and there was a long line from the first entry!
They were sold out before noon.”
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A-03 mass
The omni CS, designed by mass, looks like some futuristic device that is no longer a keyboard.
Integrated column staggered layout with two trackballs of different sizes.
The right side was set up to handle pointer operation and the left side to handle scrolling, making it very comfortable to use.
KawamuraAs for a keyboard with trackball, I use Keyball, but scrolling operations require pressing function keys to change layers. However, this can be done with both hands…!
The dual labs alone have an outstanding impact, and the circular touch display placed in the center of the unit has an even greater impact than that.
The UI is well-designed and based on the “Vial” keymap control software, which allows various settings to be made via touch panel operation.
This is the mouse cursor speed fine-tuning screen. Not only the speed, but also the acceleration-like speed on the slow and fast side could be adjusted quite delicately.
When not in use, a screen saver reminiscent of the Matrix is running.
This is the highlight feature! Mr. MASS happily changes the color of the display.
(No, the color change was great, but there was so much more information than that that it really didn’t matter.)
KawamuraIt was already sold out when I went to cover the event.
Wow, this is a great product coming out.
A prototype omni otrh was also on display.
This is very compact looking. I am sure it is a miracle device just like the omni cs.
A-05 YMG Works
The Epilogue by YMG WORKS (Yama G) was sold as the newest addition to The End series.
The exhibited machine had an index finger travo-style, which is unusual for a keyket.
The trackball operation was designed to control the pointer, and the AZ1UBALL installed below it to control the scrolling.
This keyboard is very flexible, allowing trackballs and other modules to be attached in various positions.
The column staggered layout and gasket-mounted construction provide a good key feel, and the large number of keys means that even newcomers to home-built keyboards will have no trouble using this type of keyboard.
KawamuraI can’t get over this look, it’s like a cockpit…!
A-08 Concentrated lubrication Jiki Muso (Nagaya CW)
Here, Yoppi of Palette Systems showed us his ultra-thin keyboard.
Let’s start with AZCARD.
It is really the size of a business card and slips easily into a breast pocket.
It is so slim that you may forget you even have it.
Then, AZPOCKET.
This thin device has a built-in battery and can be connected wirelessly!
What a miracle technology…!
The keyswitch used was a butterfly structure switch made by Kailh.
I was very surprised by the firm keystroke feel, perhaps due to the tactile feel of such a thin device.
A-09 Techmech keys
The OLSK60v2 was designed to fit directly into the commercially available GH60 case.
With the evolution to v2, track points are now mounted in the center.
The track point covers are made by 3DP and can be changed to the color of your choice.
The creator, teckmech, said that he designed the keyboard so that it could be mounted in a GH60 compatible case because he did not want to limit the case options even for an ortholithic keyboard.
The variety of case options is also attractive, as GH60-compatible cases are once again gaining momentum, with the recent release of Wooting and Tofu Redux.
A-10 Kuriya
It has been about a year since the release of “YAK40” last year.
Kuriya entered the key kettle with a fully loaded new product.
The newest work designed by Sasa Kuriuki is DECO40.
This keyboard has a normal profile with an orthogonal layout.
It’s already cool to see.
This is already foul.
Two types of cases are available: an aluminum case with a hairline finish and a polycarbonate case.
Both are made by machining.
Not only the exterior but also the decorative parts are noteworthy.
This inner frame was available in brass or colored aluminum.
The combination of gold brass and silver aluminum is especially cool.
There was a person during the interview who said, “I want it, I want it, I want it, I want it, I want it, I want it, I want it, I want it, I want it.
Moreover, the beauty of this layout is that it can be used in either a 30% layout QAZ or a 40% layout.
The bottom row in particular was excellent, with a very diverse selection of key layouts.
According to Mr. Sasa Kuriuki, “This is all a hot swap, isn’t it bad?
KawamuraI thought that only the bottom row would need soldering, but I was surprised to find that it was an all-hot swap.
I’d like to see the substrate lol
A-11 5z6p Instruments (photo only)
5z6p Instruments, which sells keyboards designed by hsgw, was accepting pre-orders for the Frannel and meias, which were reference exhibits last year.
I wanted to take a closer look at this one…!
B-01 Nogikeshiya (photo only)
Mr. Sekigon, designer of Auto-KDK, which allows users to design their own keyboards on a web browser, actually displayed a keyboard created with Auto-KDK.
Auto-KDK demo video released ⌨ Anyone can easily create their own original keyboard! We’re waiting for you at #KeyKet 2025 B-01 “Nogikeya”! pic.twitter.com/ipR1Pc7p3Z
– Sekitel Gon (@_gonnoc) March 9, 2025
C-01 Usakibodo
Giklabit was selling Futaba, a column-suggested layout keyboard with trackpad.
While many keyboards with trackballs are available, keyboards with trackpads have attracted a great deal of attention.
It seems to use a keyboard control application called Vial to control three-finger gestures, etc., and it was very innovative to be able to operate it as if it were a notebook computer trackpad.
KawamuraWhat surprised me personally is the horizontal rotary encoder under the trackpad. It turns horizontally so it can be used for scrolling, and since it can be pushed toward the back, it still seems to be able to assign one gesture.
This is awesome!
C-03 omuken
wegg | kaito horio was selling this egg-like looking keyboard named poached-eggs.
Fully wirelessly connected keyboard with one-handed six-row left-right split orthogonal layout.
Key caps with top hat style design are home-made.
When I asked him about the size, he replied, “17.5 mm. and when I asked about the key pitch, he said, “It is 17.5mm.
17.5 mm!
KawamuraThe normal pitch is 19.05mm (=1u), which is a bit larger than the 0.9u = 17.145mm pitch that has been increasing recently.
And it fits quite well.
What personally caught my attention was the bottom case section.
What an aluminum plate!
I wanted to give it stability and rigidity,” said the author.
It is true that the rigidity of 3DP alone leaves some concerns, and it is wonderful that they have solved this problem with this kind of ingenuity.
C-07 m.ki and his merry band of friends
A row of keyboards in an orthogonal layout on a colorful desk mat.
m.ki has created a wide variety of keyboards, and many of those on display at this year’s show featured a trackball in a grid array.
It also supports full wireless connectivity, and it is also Good that it runs on dry batteries.
The trackball was also small, 25 mm in size, and seemed designed to avoid palm contact when typing.
Lowe staggered layouts were also available, giving the impression of a very diverse lineup.
KawamuraCome to think of it, I don’t think we were talking about wood filaments at the booth…lol
C-08 FLAGLOOP
At FLAGLOOP, “SYNC24,” designed by Renato, was on sale.
The monotone look, composed of black and white, is simple and beautiful.
It is a one-handed, six-row, left-right split orthogonal keyboard with fully wireless connectivity.
The keyswitches were compatible with choc v2, and the keycaps were self-printing.
What caught the eye most was the modeling on the reverse side.
The bright red leather-like modeling was arranged to be not only fashionable but also practical, functioning as an anti-slip.
The back of the unit is equipped with a magnet, “which makes tenting easier,” he says.
We felt that this keyboard achieved both practicality and fashion, making it a very good interior decoration as well as a display.
C-11 Swamp People’s Association
A swamp people’s group of legends in the homebrew keyboard world.
In this issue, I posed a long-standing question to Mr. Yohe.
“Um…what in the world do you mean by this?”
KawamuraI am a fan of M0ii040 myself, but I have no idea how to read it.
Incidentally, the question was also asked officially.
This keyboard has been used as the main visual since the first time ⌨️
– Keyboard Market Management Office (@keyket_jp) March 15, 2025
What is this keyboard? and sometimes we receive inquiries.
M0ii040 (designed by @yohewi )
It reads “Emurokuyonmaru”!
*We do not accept questions via replies or DM
*Please contact us via our official webpage pic.twitter.com/W7hBMQwpar
Mr. YOHE: “It’s Roc, Roc.”
Well, I couldn’t read it no matter how I looked at it.
It’s binary and it’s loc!” He said.
I see! I mean, I’m a liberal arts major, and I only knew binary numbers as 0 and 1.
Indeed, 0110 is a loc.
It was a moment of clarity, a moment when a long-standing question was answered.
summary
So this is the end of the first half.
Enjoy the second half.
