HAL Laboratory

HAL Laboratory, Inc.
	Logo since December 1998
Native name	株式会社ハル研究所
Romanized name	Kabushiki gaisha Haru Kenkyūjo
Type	Private
Industry	Video games
Genre	Video game development; Game engine development; Merchandising;
Founded	February 21, 1980 in Kanda, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
Founder	Mitsuhiro Ikeda
Headquarters	Nakano, Tokyo, Japan
Number of locations	2 studios (2019)
Key people	Shigefumi Kawase (president and CEO); Shinya Kumazaki (director); Nobutoshi Kuroki (director);
Products	Eggerland series; Kirby series; Mother series; Super Smash Bros. series; BoxBoy series;
Number of employees	270 (2026)
Website	www.hallab.co.jp

HAL Laboratory, Inc., formerly shortened as HALKEN, is a Japanese video game developer based in Nakano, Tokyo, with an additional office in Kai, Yamanashi. It was founded on February 21, 1980 by Mitsuhiro Ikeda. The company is best known for the Kirby series, but also worked on the Mother and Super Smash Bros. series. The company, which started out developing games for home computers, has been a partner with Nintendo since 1984.

Its logo, Inutamago, which depicts a dog incubating eggs, is meant to represent "an unexpected bond [...] one that brings the birth of something new."