---
title: "Love Escalator"
description: "The third high school year is about to begin, and Takashi Kurosaki decides that it should be a memorable year - at least from the point of view of romantic adve"
image: "https://t.vndb.org/cv/50/11150.jpg"
---

# Love Escalator

![Love Escalator](https://t.vndb.org/cv/50/11150.jpg)

**Alternative Title:** ラブ・エスカレーター

**Aliases:** ラブエスカレーター

**Developer:** Umitsuki Production

**Release date:** Apr 17, 1998

**Platform:** Windows, P98

**Language:** Japanese, Chinese (simplified)

**Rating:** 7.3/10 (13 votes)

## Description
The third high school year is about to begin, and Takashi Kurosaki decides that it should be a memorable year - at least from the point of view of romantic adventures. His best friend asks Takashi to help him win the heart of Rie, a girl whom Takashi liked in junior high school but hasn't seen much since. However, when Takashi meets Rie, he begins to realize that he may have feelings for her, and is torn between friendship and romance.

[From [Moby Games](http://www.mobygames.com/game/pc98/love-escalator)]

## Characters
### Kawai Rie (河合 理恵)
- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Brown, Shoulder-length, Intake
- **Eyes:** Brown
- **Body:** Teen, Pale, Medium Breasts
- **Clothes:** Jacket, Sport Bloomers, Yukata, Ribbon Tie, Tennis Outfit, Blazer School Uniform
- **Role:** High School Student

### Oosawa Hinako (大沢 ひな子)
- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Pink, Long, Wavy
- **Body:** Pale
- **Eyes:** Green, Tareme
- **Clothes:** Coat, Scarf, Ribbon Hair Tie, Sailor School Uniform
- **Role:** High School Student

### Sakura Mayumi (佐倉 真由美)
- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Ponytail, Waist Length+, Green
- **Eyes:** Brown
- **Body:** Teen, Pale
- **Clothes:** Coat, Glasses, Scarf, Sport Bloomers, One Piece Swimsuit, Ribbon Tie, Ribbon Hair Tie, Tennis Outfit, Blazer School Uniform
- **Role:** High School Student

### Wakiya Tooru (脇谷 徹)
- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Black, Short, Spiky
- **Eyes:** Brown
- **Body:** Teen, Pale
- **Clothes:** Headband, Gakuran
- **Role:** Friend, High School Student

### Yamamoto Noriko (山本 のり子)
- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Blond, Waist Length+, Curtained
- **Body:** Pale
- **Eyes:** Blue
- **Clothes:** Necklace, Chinese Dress, Beret, Sunglasses, Pendant Earrings, Blazer, Sleeveless Dress
- **Role:** University Student

### Chiba (千葉)
- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Black, Short, Shaggy
- **Body:** Teen, Pale
- **Role:** High School Student
- **Clothes:** Overall, Coke-bottle Glasses, Gakuran

### Nakano (中野)
- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Red, Shoulder-length
- **Eyes:** Red
- **Clothes:** T-shirt, Bandanna, Sunglasses, Gakuran
- **Role:** High School Student

### Oka Kozue (岡 こずえ)
- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Black, Short
- **Body:** Pale, Young-adult
- **Clothes:** Necklace, Turtleneck Shirt, Blazer
- **Engages in:** Smoking
- **Eyes:** Garnet
- **Items:** Cigarette

### Tamura (田村)
- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Brown, Short
- **Eyes:** Brown
- **Body:** Teen, Pale
- **Clothes:** Glasses, Gakuran
- **Role:** High School Student

### Tashiro Miki (田代 美紀)
- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Blond, Long, Straight, Sidehair
- **Body:** Teen, Pale
- **Eyes:** Blue
- **Clothes:** Coat, Headband, Scarf, Gloves

## Shops
- [Official Website](http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA000482/)

## Releases
### Japanese
- **1997-06**: Love Escalator Demonstration - [Official website](https://web.archive.org/web/20010711075230/http://pyon.org/furukawa/watasimo/archives/LOVEDEMO.LZH)
- **1998-04-17**: Love Escalator - [ErogameScape](https://erogamescape.dyndns.org/~ap2/ero/toukei_kaiseki/game.php?game=3668)
- **1998-09-14**: Love Escalator PC-9801 for Windows - [Official website](http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA000482/)

### Chinese (simplified)
- **2025-01-20**: Love Escalator - [Official website](https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1GWwmeSEKA/)

## Tags
Sexual Content, ADV, High School, Multiple Endings, Foolish Friend, Nameable Protagonist, Brief NVL Scenes, Early Sexual Content, Other Perspectives, Missionary Position, Protagonist in Relationship, Sixty-nine, Heroine with Intake Hairstyle, Heroine with Chinese Dress, Doggy Style, Central Heroine, Outdoor Sex, Cowgirl, Secret Romance, Pixel Art, Single Boobjob, Single Handjob, Single Blowjob, Anal Sex, Flat Tints Only

## More Games from Umitsuki Production
- [Power Slave](https://pinovel.net/v8782)
- [Rookies](https://pinovel.net/v8783)
- [Love Escalator](https://pinovel.net/v8781)

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