| Price | Amazon |
| Release | November 7, 2025 |
| Compatibility | NS / PC |
| Dimensions | 11.7″ x 8.3″ x 0.8″ |
| Weight | 1.85 lbs |
| Cable | 1.8 m |
Overview
The onslaught of keyboard manufacturers making leverless controllers continues! Such is the case with FILCO too. This Japanese company has been making keyboards since 1992—roughly when Street Fighter II came out and started the arcade fighting game craze.
That said, FILCO is perhaps best known for its Majestouch keyboards that the community finds to be tank-like and built to last. Then, we have the Granpro Itadaki by FILCO. It has a lot of the awesome features that leverless controllers which came out in the same year have—plus some additional features.
(Quick Japanese lesson: Itadaki means peak—as in a mountain’s peak.)
To get this article rolling, you may be glad to know that your Itadaki order should be arriving in a stylishly slim box with the following freebies:
- Switch puller
- Three replacement switches
- Couple of 24 mm replacement buttons
- Couple of 24 mm button covers
You can use those button covers to hide any two buttons you don’t want. This makes sense because the Itadaki has a whopping 18 buttons, and not every player is guaranteed to need that many buttons.
In any case, the Itadaki’s extra buttons serve as:
- Left middle finger button (for a WASD layout)
- Left pinky button
- Right pinky button
- Right index button
- Two thumb buttons
In classic leverless fashion, the 30 mm jump button being bigger than the rest allows you to press it with either thumb’s side easily. As for the thumb buttons nearby, their horizontal linearity keeps your thumbs near the jump button. In general, the Itadaki’s buttons have a moderate sound to them.
All the Itadaki’s main buttons benefit from Gateron Low Profile 3.0 switches that are light and linear. You can also hot swap them with other switches of the same series if you like.
Ergonomically, the Itadaki’s wrist rest is sloped for your comfort, and the right angle USB-C cable coming out of the controller’s center back makes for a convenient location.
Not only that, the Itadaki has eight function buttons—with three on the top panel’s upper left and five more on the upper right. If needed, these function buttons can be disabled with the tournament lock on the upper right. Otherwise, the function buttons are for:
- Less brightness
- More brightness
- Pattern change
- Touchpad/turbo
- Capture/right
- PS/home
- Share/minus/back
- Options/plus/start
You’ll know later in this article what the brightness and pattern buttons are for. In the meantime, the Itadaki’s upper left screen can show you valuable information like:
- Turbo rate
- Input mode
- Directional mode
- SOCD cleaning mode
- Animation of button presses
That screen is made possible due to the highly popular RP2040 chip that the Itadaki uses. Weighing in at less than a kilogram—and with a roughly A4 size—you may even be able to slide the controller into a tablet sleeve you already own to then carry it to the next tournament with little fatigue. Another benefit of the controller’s size is comfy lap play.
Visually, the plastic enclosure looks elegant and almost metallic. Although the black color makes the Itadaki look like many other leverless controllers, it’s still a color that a lot of players prefer, so it’s good that it’s offered.
The black cable matches the Itadaki’s color too, but for some nuance, you can activate the LED to shine through the controller’s sides and around the buttons.
It’s because of the LED that the Itadaki has brightness and pattern buttons, by the way, unlike controllers that don’t have dedicated buttons for their LED.
Time to wrap things up!
So, is the Itadaki worth a buy for fighting gamers like us? Short answer: Yes, it’s worth a buy if you like the idea of having a slim and spacious yet light controller with many buttons, which should meet your current (or even future) fighting game’s requirements. More than that, you can hide any buttons you don’t need with the free button covers.
In closing, you should especially consider this controller if you like having a right pinky button—since it’s extremely hard to find controllers with such a button at the time of the Itadaki’s launch. At this point, it’s up to you if you’d like to order the controller from FILCO’s parent company, Diatec, or Amazon.