I am wondering what WRPGs exist that were developed in Japan. There are certainly JRPGs developed in the west, especially if you look at RPG maker games, but you even have games like Celestian Tales: Old North, Earthlock, and perhaps even Undertale is clearly based off the JRPG genre.

My question is, what if you look the other way, at WRPGs that were developed in Japan?

I can actually think of one possible example, Wizardry Gaiden 4. This game has 3 dungeons that are immediately accessible, a lot of NPCs in those dungeons (complete with options to do things like stealing or casting charm or mindread spells), and multiple ways to deal with them to solve puzzles. (One NPC game me a key after being hit with a charm spell; there's also the option of attacking them.)

Any examples? (Bonus points if you can name one that officially got an English release.)

Dragons Dogma and Dark Souls i would say borrow much more from western rpg's than japanese if not entirely in western style, i can't say i care for either game though.

Also i personally wouldn't call them proper rpg's but they are labeled as action rpg's so that's that.

Do those Elminage games count? They're throwbacks to the Wizardry games apparently (I've not played any of them), but the Wizardry games were a major influence on JRPGs in the first place, so there's that bit of ambiguity there.

Was gonna say this, all those Wizardry clones are pretty much Japanese-developed WRPGs, albeit some with an anime-ish artstyle.

Regalia of Men and Monarch is JRPG developed by Polish studio. You forgot that. Other that that, I can't contribute.

Bloodborne is inspired by a western author H.P. Lovecraft and developed by From Software so that would count as a wrpg made by a Japanese studio. .

Since people already mentioned Dark Souls and Bloodbourne, do you consider King's Field to be WRPG? It's quite reminiscent of western dungeon crawlers.

Vandal Hearts, fantastic Tactics RPG felt really Western for a Japanese game (Konami).

That's an interesting question.

While they are a lot like the old Wizardry games, they lack many of the characteristics that are typically associated with WRPGs; in particular, don't expect to find NPC interaction in them (even though it was present in Wizardry 5). If anything, one could justify creating a sort-of "proto-RPG" classification for the earlier RPGs, before the modern conventions of the genre developed. (Even then, I note that Ultima and Wizardry are quite different from each other; the early Ultima games are more like what WRPGs later became, but I note that the original Dragon Quest has more in common with Ultima than Wizardry.) Again, one could argue that most of them aren't really WRPG-ish. (Wizardry Gaiden 4 is an exception, but even then these aspects of the game disappear once you complete the initial 3 dungeons, which can be played in any order.) I wasn't trying to make a complete list; if I did, it likely would have also included Anachronox and Septerra Core. One of the Touhou games makes reference to Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None", but that particular game has a very obvious Japanese feel. (Then again, said game is clearly *not* an RPG, even though it does have stats that could be compared to level and experience points.)

Final Fantasy 14 (if MMORPGs count).

Vandal Hearts is one of my favourite games of all time. It's easy to latch on to, has enough depth but not too much that makes your brain freeze. I replayed it a lot of times and last time we tried to do a 'no character deaths' run. Which was quite succesful tbh. Then i tried giving vandal hearts 2 a spin again and no... just no.

Final Fantasy 12 as well. It basically plays like an open world WRPG with real time combat and the unique gambit system to set up your party's AI. Probably my favorite Final Fantasy to date.

As someone else said, Dragon's Dogma is about as wannabe WRPG as it gets for a Japanese made RPG. The story isn't anything to write home about and the characters are awful, but the combat is some of the most fun and addicting I've ever played... if you're into action heavy combat as opposed to more traditional, strategic RPG combat.

Have it, played it, loved it :)