EDIT: I found the solution. If you extract the zip on (presumably non-Japanese) Windows 7, it changes the font file name to some gibberish, renaming it to ちはやゴシック.tff fixes it.
I'm getting this error on Windows 7:
```
I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.
While running game code:
Exception: Could not find font u'\u3061\u306f\u3084\u30b4\u30b7\u30c3\u30af.ttf'.
-- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------
Full traceback:
File "renpy/common/_layout/screen_main_menu.rpym", line 28, in script
python hide:
File "E:\Downloads\VA11HallAKIDS-1.0-win\VA11HallAKIDS-1.0-win\renpy\ast.py", line 848, in execute
renpy.python.py_exec_bytecode(self.code.bytecode, self.hide, store=self.store)
File "E:\Downloads\VA11HallAKIDS-1.0-win\VA11HallAKIDS-1.0-win\renpy\python.py", line 1812, in py_exec_bytecode
exec bytecode in globals, locals
File "renpy/common/_layout/screen_main_menu.rpym", line 35, in <module>
ui.interact()
File "E:\Downloads\VA11HallAKIDS-1.0-win\VA11HallAKIDS-1.0-win\renpy\ui.py", line 287, in interact
rv = renpy.game.interface.interact(roll_forward=roll_forward, **kwargs)
File "E:\Downloads\VA11HallAKIDS-1.0-win\VA11HallAKIDS-1.0-win\renpy\display\core.py", line 2624, in interact
repeat, rv = self.interact_core(preloads=preloads, trans_pause=trans_pause, **kwargs)
File "E:\Downloads\VA11HallAKIDS-1.0-win\VA11HallAKIDS-1.0-win\renpy\display\core.py", line 3098, in interact_core
self.draw_screen(root_widget, fullscreen_video, (not fullscreen_video) or video_frame_drawn)
File "E:\Downloads\VA11HallAKIDS-1.0-win\VA11HallAKIDS-1.0-win\renpy\display\core.py", line 2038, in draw_screen
renpy.config.screen_height,
File "render.pyx", line 485, in renpy.display.render.render_screen
File "render.pyx", line 233, in renpy.display.render.render
File "E:\Downloads\VA11HallAKIDS-1.0-win\VA11HallAKIDS-1.0-win\renpy\display\layout.py", line 711, in render
surf = render(child, width, height, cst, cat)
File "render.pyx", line 145, in renpy.display.render.render
File "render.pyx", line 233, in renpy.display.render.render
File "E:\Downloads\VA11HallAKIDS-1.0-win\VA11HallAKIDS-1.0-win\renpy\display\layout.py", line 711, in render
surf = render(child, width, height, cst, cat)
File "render.pyx", line 145, in renpy.display.render.render
File "render.pyx", line 233, in renpy.display.render.render
File "E:\Downloads\VA11HallAKIDS-1.0-win\VA11HallAKIDS-1.0-win\renpy\display\layout.py", line 711, in render
surf = render(child, width, height, cst, cat)
File "render.pyx", line 145, in renpy.display.render.render
File "render.pyx", line 233, in renpy.display.render.render
File "E:\Downloads\VA11HallAKIDS-1.0-win\VA11HallAKIDS-1.0-win\renpy\display\screen.py", line 639, in render
child = renpy.display.render.render(self.child, w, h, st, at)
File "render.pyx", line 145, in renpy.display.render.render
File "render.pyx", line 233, in renpy.display.render.render
File "E:\Downloads\VA11HallAKIDS-1.0-win\VA11HallAKIDS-1.0-win\renpy\display\layout.py", line 711, in render
surf = render(child, width, height, cst, cat)
File "render.pyx", line 145, in renpy.display.render.render
File "render.pyx", line 233, in renpy.display.render.render
File "E:\Downloads\VA11HallAKIDS-1.0-win\VA11HallAKIDS-1.0-win\renpy\display\layout.py", line 913, in render
surf = render(d, width - x, rh, cst, cat)
File "render.pyx", line 145, in renpy.display.render.render
File "render.pyx", line 233, in renpy.display.render.render
File "E:\Downloads\VA11HallAKIDS-1.0-win\VA11HallAKIDS-1.0-win\renpy\display\behavior.py", line 715, in render
rv = super(Button, self).render(width, height, st, at)
File "E:\Downloads\VA11HallAKIDS-1.0-win\VA11HallAKIDS-1.0-win\renpy\display\layout.py", line 1083, in render
xminimum = max(xminimum, size_groups[size_group].width(width, height, st, at))
File "E:\Downloads\VA11HallAKIDS-1.0-win\VA11HallAKIDS-1.0-win\renpy\display\layout.py", line 1025, in width
rend = i.render(width, height, st, at)
File "E:\Downloads\VA11HallAKIDS-1.0-win\VA11HallAKIDS-1.0-win\renpy\display\behavior.py", line 715, in render
rv = super(Button, self).render(width, height, st, at)
File "E:\Downloads\VA11HallAKIDS-1.0-win\VA11HallAKIDS-1.0-win\renpy\display\layout.py", line 1110, in render
st, at)
File "render.pyx", line 145, in renpy.display.render.render
File "render.pyx", line 233, in renpy.display.render.render
File "E:\Downloads\VA11HallAKIDS-1.0-win\VA11HallAKIDS-1.0-win\renpy\text\text.py", line 1807, in render
virtual_layout = Layout(self, width, height, renders, drawable_res=False, size_only=True)
File "E:\Downloads\VA11HallAKIDS-1.0-win\VA11HallAKIDS-1.0-win\renpy\text\text.py", line 590, in __init__
glyphs = ts.glyphs(s, self)
File "E:\Downloads\VA11HallAKIDS-1.0-win\VA11HallAKIDS-1.0-win\renpy\text\text.py", line 238, in glyphs
fo = font.get_font(self.font, self.size, self.bold, self.italic, 0, self.antialias, self.vertical, self.hinting, layout.oversample)
File "E:\Downloads\VA11HallAKIDS-1.0-win\VA11HallAKIDS-1.0-win\renpy\text\font.py", line 650, in get_font
face = load_face(fn)
File "E:\Downloads\VA11HallAKIDS-1.0-win\VA11HallAKIDS-1.0-win\renpy\text\font.py", line 591, in load_face
raise Exception("Could not find font {0!r}.".format(orig_fn))
Exception: Could not find font u'\u3061\u306f\u3084\u30b4\u30b7\u30c3\u30af.ttf'.
Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1
Ren'Py 6.99.14.1.3218
VA-11 Hall-A KIDS 1.0
Sun Apr 01 18:37:38 2018
```