Kurouto Shikou Rebrands as Crowxis After 25 Years
CFD is trading a name that signaled expertise for one meant to travel to ordinary buyers, and the first products reach for global partners rather than domestic specialist cred.
Reporting from 1 source: ASCII.jp.
CFD Sales announced on September 1 that its DIY PC brand Kurouto Shikou is now Crowxis. At Tokyo Game Show 2026 the company explained the name combines "Crow," from the three-legged crow of myth, with "Axis." President Koji Mitani said the old name read as intimidating to beginners. Graphics cards, power supplies, memory, and an ergonomic chair were shown.
The new name is a coined word. "Crow" comes from the yatagarasu, the three-legged crow, and "Axis" stands for a steady axis of choice. Black stays the base color, carried over from the old brand's sound.
Existing products keep selling under the Crowxis banner. New graphics cards arrive through a distribution deal with Colorful for GeForce RTX 5000 cards and a partnership with TUL for Radeon RX 9000 cards, alongside memory modules made with Team Group and an office chair built with Ergo Human.
Support also changes shape. A LINE support desk opens in winter 2026, and a diagnostic tool that suggests a power supply wattage from a chosen graphics card is in development.
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