About Us

About International Nazotoki Club

The International Nazotoki Club (INC) was created by nazotoki lovers from across the globe!
We love to play escape games!

Chika 🇯🇵

Chika is an escape room & Nazotoki enthusiast and reviewer who loves traveling around the world. Her reviews are available at escapetheroomers.com

She has a strong desire to bring people from all over the world to share puzzle experiences and the feeling of love and excitement by solving puzzles, regardless of their languages, cultural, or social backgrounds.

From Chika:
“Turn the page! There’s always something new beneath the waves.”

Alanna 🇸🇬

Alanna is a narrative designer, puzzle maker, and curious archivist of secrets both real and imagined. Under the name Thorn & Key, she crafts immersive puzzle game experiences that blend storytelling with clever mechanics.

Alanna takes an innovative approach to escape games, from working with clients to create pop-up escape rooms in their spaces, or mini puzzle zines that can fit in your pocket.

From Alanna:
“Even a tiny fish can lead the line, if it dares to swim first.”

Matthew 🇺🇸

Matthew is a puzzle designer, writer, printmaker, violinist, and software engineer. With his company Enigmida, he has created puzzle hunts, alternate reality games, and treasure hunts for audiences around the world. His clients have included a Michelin 3-star restaurant, a curiosity-themed art journal, and an electropop producer.

Matthew has played over 800 escape rooms in 18 countries. He is a regular contributor to Room Escape Artist, writing about escape rooms and immersive experience design. He has also participated in hundreds of puzzle hunts, and has been on the winning team of the MIT Mystery Hunt in 2021 and 2025.

From Matthew:
“There’s a whole ocean for us to explore! Say the word, and I’ll swim along!”