akko brand story (en)

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Akko was founded in Shenzhen, China in 2016 with the concept of “lifestyle gaming peripherals”, emphasizing design and building an innovative peripheral brand. “Diversifying the industry” is what motivates Akko founders, who have engaged in the computer peripheral equipment industry and the gaming industry for years with new ideas to “make peripheral more than just a tool” by embodying pop-cultural imagery, color trends, interests, attitudes and cultural elements. About Akko

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Page 1: Akko Brand Story (EN)

Akko was founded in Shenzhen, China in 2016 with the concept of “lifestyle gaming peripherals”, emphasizing design and building an innovative peripheral

brand. “Diversifying the industry” is what motivates Akko founders, who have engaged in the computer peripheral equipment industry and the gaming industry for

years with new ideas to “make peripheral more than just a tool” by embodying pop-cultural imagery, color trends, interests, attitudes and cultural elements.

About Akko

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Akko offers custom mechanical keyboards. Akko has invested in keyboard research and development to improve and optimize functionality, appearance, and

keycaps. In addition to design, Akko is backed up by its robust and integrated supply chain with deep collaboration with mainstream switch suppliers and factories.

Apart from its independently developed switches, Akko has co-developed proprietary switches with TTC and Gateron to meet the needs of different user groups.

Akko is also one of the brands with the most diverse selections of mechanical keyboard layouts in the world. It is dedicated to offering comprehensive keyboard size

options to users including 108-Key (Full Size), 98-Key, 100-Key (96%), 87-Key (TKL), 84-Key (75%), 68-Key (65%), 61-Key (60%) arrangements. Our customer-centric

mission is that every user is able to find their desired colors, layouts and switches.

Akko is also the world’s leading keycaps manufacturer with years of experiences in producing PBT Dye-Sublimation and Double-Shot keycaps, which forms a

solid base for our keyboard design. Akko offers keycaps with a variety of profiles such as OEM, Cherry, OSA, ASA and DSA, which has brought unique typing experi-

ences for different users and ensure everyone finds comfortable keycaps that fit.

Nowadays, anime, games, and e-sports become important parts of people’s entertainment. With the rise of ACGN culture, Akko has collaborated with

well-known ACGN IPs including One Piece, Dragon Ball Z, Hello Kitty, Sailor Moon: Crystal, Doraemon and Honkai Impact 3 to launch peripherals, and has designed a

custom keyboard for Bilibili, the top ACGN video platform in China. Akko will continue to feature popular anime, film and television, as well as fashion and lifestyle

brands with exclusively designed computer peripheral to enrich your life.

Our Story

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Sophisticated Color Schemes and Designs

World Tour Series ‒ The Akko World Tour series takes some famous cities in the world as the source of design inspiration, and uses the latest

dye-sublimation technology to vividly render their local cultural characteristics.

IP Collaboration ‒ Akko collaborated with world’s influential ACGN IPs (anime, comic, games, novel) to launch culture-based peripherals that are

popular among young consumers.

Professional Color Palette ‒ Utilizing diverse color schemes, every color is carefully selected and calibrated by the design team. Akko offers the

world’s most comprehensive color options for mechanical keyboards.

Horizon

Steam Engine

Dragon Ball Z-GOKU

One Piece-Chopper

World Tour-Tokyo R2

World Tour-Beijing

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108 98 100 (96%)

87(TKL) 84(75%) 68(65%) 61(60%)

A Full Range of Keyboard Layouts

Only a few keyboard brands in the world would be able to match Akko’s diverse layouts. Akko manufactures keyboards of various sizes to satisfy different

purposes such gaming, typing, working, and even travelling to precisely serve your interests with the right keyboard size.

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R4 R4 R3 R2 R1 R1

10.5 10.5 8.3 6.9 7.1 7.1

OEM

DSA

(Unit:mm)

R4 R4 R3 R2 R1 R1

9.75 9.75 7.83 7.33 8.61 8.61

Cherry

(Unit:mm)

(Unit:mm)

PBT Keycaps with Various Profiles

PBT Keycaps ‒ Most Akko keyboards use PBT keycaps, which are extremely durable and resistant to wear even for decades, and the legends

wouldn’t fade away easily comparing to conventional ABS keycaps.

Classic Profiles ‒ Akko keyboards offer the most popular OEM and Cherry profiles to provide a familiar typing feeling.

Proprietary Special Profiles ‒ Akko also develops its original keycap profiles such as OSA and ASA, which are aimed to make keycaps

more beautiful with ergonomic design to bring more comfort.

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Leading Manufacturer for Dye-Sublimation Keycaps

Akko is the world's leading dye sublimation keycaps manufacturer with years of experiences that give more design and color options for keyboards

with sophisticated skills on conventional sublimation and the advanced five-sided sublimation technology.

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Bluish White 月白轴

Cherry RedCherry BrownCherry Black Cherry Blue

Akko Pink Akko Blue Akko Orange Gateron Yellow Gateron Green Gateron White Gateron Pink Gateron Orange

Gold Pink Bluish White Gold Red Gold Brown

Diverse Switch Options

Akko has cooperated with Gateron and TTC to launch a variety of custom switches. Akko also invested to develop its own switches, allowing

users to have a vast selection of typing feelings.

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Akko continuously improves its stabilizers, optimizing the precision of molds and innovating the structure to make typing on large keys more stable,

satisfying and buttery smooth.

Large Keys Crafted for Stability