Contains information on graphic designers that have little to no personal information available online.
Akira Sasaki (佐々木 亮, Sasaki Akira) is a CG artist who has done animation work and interface design for Koei's various titles.
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- Destrega - event scene designer
- WinBack: Covert Operations - motion designer
- Kessen series - animator
- Dynasty Warriors series
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms IX - graphic designer
- Nobunaga's Ambition: Iron Triangle - graphic designer
- Warriors Orochi - interface designer
- Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 - user interface designer
- TRINITY: Souls of Zill O'll - stage designer
Asami Yamamoto (山本 麻美, Yamamoto Asami) is a CG artist who mainly does character design and artworks.
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- Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI - graphic designer
- Dynasty Warriors DS: Fighter's Battle
- Samurai Warriors 2: Xtreme Legends - CG designer
- Warriors Orochi 2
- Dynasty Warriors 6~8
- TRINITY: Souls of Zill O'll
- Samurai Warriors Chronicles
- Pokémon Conquest
- Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage 2
- One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2
- Hyrule Warriors
- Dragon Quest Heroes - character graphic designer
- Warriors All-Stars - character design
Asuna Ito (伊藤 明日奈, Ito Asuna) is a character modeler affiliated with Koei's CG division.
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- Dynasty Warriors 3~7
- Crimson Sea - stage graphic designer
- Samurai Warriors series
- Kessen III
- Warriors Orochi series
- Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War
- Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage series
- TRINITY: Souls of Zill O'll
Chiho Matsubara (松原 千穂, Matsubara Chiho) is a member of Koei's CG division who used to work on graphical assets before becoming one of the team's event designers.
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- WinBack: Covert Operations - CG designer
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms VII~VIII - graphic designer
- Crimson Sea - enemy graphic designer and storyboard writer
- Kiniro no Corda series - CG designer
- Kessen III - character animator
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI - graphic designer
- Warriors Orochi series - event designer
- Samurai Warriors 2: Xtreme Legends - CG designer
- Dynasty Warriors 6~8 - event designer
- TRINITY: Souls of Zill O'll - event designer
- One Piece: Pirate Warriors series - event designer
- Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage 2 - event designer
Daiji Shinohara (篠原 大嗣, Shinohara Daiji) is an artist employed by Koei. He does character designs and graphics for Omega Force titles.
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- Warriors Orochi series (second and third titles)
- Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2
- TRINITY: Souls of Zill O'll
- Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage titles
- Dynasty Warriors series (seventh and eighth titles)
- One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2
- Dragon Quest Heroes - character graphics
- Attack on Titan
- Warriors All-Stars
Daisuke Kojima (小島 大介, Kojima Daisuke) is a CG artist hired by Koei. He has done multiple roles throughout his career in video game production, though his field of expertise lies in 3D modeling and stage design.
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- Romance of the Three Kingdoms VII - graphic designer
- Kessen II~III - background modeler
- Crimson Sea - stage graphic designer
- Samurai Warriors - CG designer
- Nobunaga's Ambition: Iron Triangle - graphic designer
- Dynasty Warriors 5~8 - stage designer
- Samurai Warriors 2 - graphic designer
- Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War - stage designer
- Samurai Warriors 2: Xtreme Legends - CG director
- Warriors Orochi 2 - stage designer
- Pokémon Conquest - stage designer
- Arslan: The Warriors of Legend - stage modeler
George Ikezawa (池澤 穣二, Ikezawa Jōji) is a CG artist who previously worked for Koei. He has done graphic design and cinematic work for some of the company's titles.
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- Nanatsu no Hikan - CG director and character animator
- Enigma - movie editor
- Dynasty Warriors 2~4 - CG designer
- Kessen series - script editor and director
- Crimson Sea - story board director
- Samurai Warriors - CG designer
- Crimson Sea 2 - story board director
- WinBack 2: Project Poseidon - CG designer
- Fatal Inertia - CG director
- Nobunaga's Ambition: Sphere of Influence - movie designer
Hideki Suzuki (鈴木 英樹, Suzuki Hideki) is a video game designer who creates and edits software manuals for Koei's development team.
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Hidemi Nakagawa (中川 英実, Nakagawa Hidemi) is a CG artist who creates visual effects for various Koei titles.
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- Kessen - background modeler and interface designer
- Kessen II - background modeler
- Crimson Sea
- Dynasty Warriors 3: Xtreme Legends - CG designer
- Nobunaga's Ambition: Rise to Power - graphic designer
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms X~XI
- Crimson Sea 2
- Kessen III
- Fatal Inertia - CG supervisor
- Warriors Orochi 2
- Dynasty Warriors 6
- Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2
- Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage
- One Piece: Pirate Warriors
- Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage 2
- One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2
- Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends
- Hyrule Warriors
Hideshi Tatara (多々良 秀史, Tatara Hideshi) is a CG designer responsible for creating some of the graphical assets and models used in many of Koei's games.
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- WinBack: Covert Operations
- Kessen - helmet and armor designer
- Dynasty Warriors series
- Kessen II
- Samurai Warriors
- Crimson Sea 2 - character and enemy graphic designer
- Kessen III
- Nobunaga's Ambition: Iron Triangle - movie designer
- Warriors Orochi 3
- Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage 2
Hirokazu Saito (齋藤 浩一, Saitō Hirokazu) is a CG artist who does character animation and event design for Koei's titles.
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- Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War - event designer
- Dynasty Warriors 6~7 - character animator and event designer
- Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage - character animator
- Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 - action designer
- TRINITY: Souls of Zill O'll - event designer
- Samurai Warriors Chronicles - cinematic animator
- One Piece: Pirate Warriors - character animator
- Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage 2 - event designer
- One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2 - character animator
- Hyrule Warriors - animation artist
Hiroshi Moriguchi (守口 寛, Moriguchi Hiroshi) is a member of Koei's graphics division and executive board, serving as one of its project managers for their games.
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- Enigma
- Kessen series
- Samurai Warriors - CG designer
- Dynasty Warriors (PSP) - CG designer
- Dynasty Warriors 5 - CG designer
- Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War - project manager
- Fatal Inertia - project manager
- Pokémon Conquest - management staff
- Hyrule Warriors - project manager
Hiroshi Shoji (東海林 宏, Shōji Hiroshi) is a CG artist affiliated with Koei. His contributions to the company's CG division include editing movie scenes and creating various graphics.
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- Ishin no Arashi - movie editor (for console ports)
- Mouri Motonari: Chikai no Sanshi - movie editor
- Enigma
- Destrega
- Aizouban Fengshen Yanyi - animation lead
- Saiyuki: Journey West
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms VII~XI
- Nanatsu no Hikan Senritsu no Bishou - opening movie
- Dynasty Warriors 2~6 - CG designer and movie editor
- Kessen series
- Crimson Sea
- Nobunaga's Ambition: Rise to Power
- Crimson Sea 2
- WinBack 2: Project Poseidon - CG designer
- Warriors Orochi series (first and second titles) - movie designer
- Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War
Hitoshi Natsume (夏目 仁史, Natsume Hitoshi) is an illustrator and character designer. He worked for Koei during the 1990s. He also did the comics and illustrations for various Koei publications.
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- Sangokushi Graffiti - illustrator
- Nobunaga no Yabou Shouseiroku - illustrator for book with premium edition
- Mōri Motonari: Chikai no Sanshi - character designer
- Uncharted Waters - illustrator for comic serialized in DaGama magazine
- Daikoukai Jidai Gaiden - character designer
- Fengshen Yanyi - character designer for sub characters, illustrator for official guide book
- Taiko Risshiden III - character designer, illustrator for Hyper Guide Book
- Kessen II - character designer
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Jumpei Imura (井村 淳平, Imura Jumpei) is a game designer in charge of creating software manuals for Koei's titles. He doubles as one of Omega Force's scenario writers.
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- Romance of the Three Kingdoms IX
- Crimson Sea 2
- Dynasty Warriors (PSP)
- Dynasty Warriors 5 - planner
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI
- Warriors Orochi - scenario writer
- Dynasty Warriors 6~7 - game designer
- Warriors Orochi 2 - scenario writer
- Fatal Inertia
- Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage series - scenario writer
- Samurai Warriors Chronicles - scenario writer
- Warriors Orochi 3 - game designer
- Hyrule Warriors series
- Dragon Quest Heroes - planner
Jun Fujii (藤井 潤, Fujii Jun) is a CG artist and director who handles character assets for most of Omega Force's titles.
Works[]
- Dynasty Warriors series
- Mystic Heroes - CG movie designer
- Crimson Sea - character graphic designer
- Samurai Warriors series
- Kessen III - character modeler
- Crimson Sea 2 - character and enemy graphic designer
- Warriors Orochi series
- TRINITY: Souls of Zill O'll - character modeler
- Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage series - character modeler
- One Piece: Pirate Warriors series - character modeler
- Hyrule Warriors - character artist
Jun Watanabe (渡辺 隼, Watanabe Jun) is a graphic designer and movie editor affiliated with Koei's CG division.
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- Kessen III - video editor
- Samurai Warriors: State of War - movie designer
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI - graphic designer
- Dynasty Warriors Vol. 2 - CG designer
- Samurai Warriors 2: Xtreme Legends - CG designer
- Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War - movie editor
- Samurai Warriors Chronicles - digital composer
- Warriors Orochi 3 - voice recording director
- Warriors All-Stars - digital composer
Junwei Ng is a Singaporean CG artist. After graduating from the Multimedia University in Malaysia, he found work at Koei's Singapore branch as a lead animator.
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Katsumi Aizawa (相澤 勝己, Aizawa Katsumi) is a graphic designer who has been a part of Koei's CG unit since 1999.
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- Saiyuki: Journey West - CG designer
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms VIII~XI - CG designer and movie editor
- Dynasty Warriors 4 - support staff
- Angelique étoile Prologue
- Crimson Sea 2 - movie editor
- Nobunaga's Ambition: Rise to Power - graphic designer and movie editor
- Kessen III - video editor
- Dynasty Warriors 5 - CG designer
- Nobunaga's Ambition: Iron Triangle - graphic designer
- Samurai Warriors 2
- Warriors Orochi - interface designer
- Dynasty Warriors 7 - interface designer
- Warriors Orochi 3 - movie editor
- Pokémon Conquest - movie editor
- Hyrule Warriors - cinematics designer
- Dragon Quest Heroes - effects designer
- Nobunaga's Ambition: Sphere of Influence - movie designer
Katsunori Ito (伊藤 勝徳, Ito Katsunori) is a CG artist employed by Koei. He specializes in cinematics and character animation design.
Works[]
- Dynasty Warriors 3~7
- Crimson Sea - animator
- Kessen III
- Crimson Sea 2 - motion designer
- Nobunaga's Ambition: Iron Triangle - cinematic staff
- Samurai Warriors 2 - CG designer
- Warriors Orochi 2
- Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 - action designer
- TRINITY: Souls of Zill O'll
- Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage
- One Piece: Pirate Warriors
- Dragon Quest Heroes
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Kazuo Fukada (深田 和男, Fukada Kazuo) is a CG animator affiliated with Koei. His specialty is character animation.
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Kazuya Oshima (大島 一也, Ōshima Kazuya) is a CG designer formerly affiliated with Koei. He specializes in character modeling.
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Kei Kodama (兒玉 恵, Kodama Kei) is a CG designer employed by Koei who currently does interface designs for their games.
Works[]
- Ishin no Arashi - CG designer
- WinBack: Covert Operations - 2D CG designer
- Dynasty Warriors 2 - CG designer
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms VII - graphic designer
- Kessen II - interface designer
- Dynasty Warriors (PSP) - CG designer
- Dynasty Warriors 5 - CG designer
- Nobunaga's Ambition: Iron Triangle - graphic designer
- Samurai Warriors 2 - CG designer
- Warriors Orochi - interface designer
- Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage - interface designer
Keita Kobayashi (小林 慶太, Kobayashi Keita) is a prominent member of Koei's CG division. Aside from doing graphical assets and event design, he is responsible for directing other artists to complete given projects.
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- Saiyuki: Journey West - monster designer
- Kessen series - animator
- Dynasty Warriors 2 - CG designer
- Dynasty Warriors 3 - CG designer
- Dynasty Warriors 3: Xtreme Legends - CG designer
- Dynasty Warriors 4 - CG designer
- Samurai Warriors - CG designer
- Dynasty Warriors (PSP) - CG designer
- Dynasty Warriors 5 - CG designer
- Samurai Warriors 2 - CG designer
- Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War - event designer
- Warriors Orochi 2 - event designer
- Dynasty Warriors 6 - event designer
- Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 - event designer
- Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage series - CG director
- Dynasty Warriors 7 - event designer
- One Piece: Pirate Warriors series - CG director
- Samurai Warriors 4 - cinematic animator
Kensaku Fujita (藤田 健作, Fujita Kensaku) is an artist affiliated with Koei. He mostly does visual assets for the company's games.
Works[]
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI - graphic designer
- Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War
- Samurai Warriors 2: Xtreme Legends - CG designer
- TRINITY: Souls of Zill O'll - character designer
- Dynasty Warriors 7 - character designer
- Samurai Warriors Chronicles - cinematic animator
- One Piece: Pirate Warriors - stage designer
- Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends - stage designer
- Nobunaga's Ambition: Sphere of Influence - graphic director
- Nobunaga no Yabou Taishi - CG director
Kentaro Yamamoto (山本 建太郎, Yamamoto Kentarō) is a CG artist who mostly does character assets for titles developed by Omega Force.
Works[]
- Dynasty Warriors series
- Kessen II - character modeler
- Samurai Warriors - CG designer
- Nobunaga's Ambition: Rise to Power - movie designer
- WinBack 2: Project Poseidon - CG designer
- Sangokushi Online - CG director
- Warriors Orochi 2 - character modeler
- TRINITY: Souls of Zill O'll - character modeler
- Warriors Orochi 3 - character modeler
- Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage 2 - character model designer
- Dragon Quest Heroes - art director
- Warriors All-Stars - CG modeler
Koji Yamada (山田 耕司, Yamada Koji) is a graphic designer affiliated with Koei. He mostly handles movie editing or cinematic work.
Works[]
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms VII - movie editor
- Kessen series
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms
- Crimson Sea
- Crimson Sea 2
- Dynasty Warriors series - CG designer
- Samurai Warriors series - CG designer
- Nobunaga's Ambition: Rise to Power
- Nobunaga's Ambition: Iron Triangle
- Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2
- Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage series
- One Piece: Pirate Warriors
- Hyrule Warriors
- Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 6
Kousuke Nakajima (中島 康介, Nakajima Kousuke) is a graphic designer and animator affiliated with Koei's CG division. He currently does character modeling for the team's projects.
Works[]
- Destrega - event scene designer
- WinBack: Covert Operations - motion designer
- Kessen series - animator
- Crimson Sea - animator
- Dynasty Warriors 4~8 - character modeler
- WinBack 2: Project Poseidon - CG designer
- Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War - character animator
- Warriors Orochi 2 - character modeler
- Samurai Warriors Chronicles - character modeler
- Pokémon Conquest - character animator
Kyoko Shimomura (下村 恭子, Shimomura Kyoko, born in Yokohama) is a video game designer hired by Koei to help create software manuals for their games. She also became one of their scenario writers later on. Her alternate surname is Iwashita (岩下).
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- Romance of the Three Kingdoms VII
- Gitaroo Man
- Kessen III
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms X
- Warriors Orochi - scenario writer
- Dynasty Warriors 6 - game designer
- Warriors Orochi 2 - scenario writer
- Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 5~6
- Samurai Warriors Chronicles - scenario writer
- Warriors Orochi 3 - game designer
- Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends
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Maki Kimura (木村 麻紀, Kimura Maki) is a graphic designer and character modeler who has worked for Koei's CG unit since 2002.
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- Dynasty Warriors 3~8 - character modeler
- Crimson Sea - interface and character graphic designer
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms IX~XI - CG designer
- Nobunaga's Ambition: Rise to Power - graphic designer
- Samurai Warriors: State of War - CG designer
- Samurai Warriors 2 - CG designer
- Warriors Orochi series - character modeler
- Samurai Warriors 2: Xtreme Legends - CG designer
- Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 - mobile suit modeler
- TRINITY: Souls of Zill O'll - character modeler
- Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage 2 - character modeler
- Hyrule Warriors - character artist
- Nioh - character artist
Mariko Kobayashi (小林 真理子, Kobayashi Mariko) is a CG artist employed by Koei. She is one of the artists in charge of stage design and modeling.
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- Kessen II - weapon modeler
- Dynasty Warriors 3~5 - CG designer
- Nobunaga's Ambition: Iron Triangle - graphic designer
- Warriors Orochi
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI - graphic designer
- Samurai Warriors 2: Xtreme Legends - CG designer
- Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2
- TRINITY: Souls of Zill O'll
- Kiniro no Corda 3 AnotherSky - CG designer
Masahiko Tabe (田部 政彦, Tabe Masahiko) is a movie editor and project manager employed by Koei.
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- Enigma - movie designer
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms VII - promotion movie designer
- Kessen - movie editor
- Dynasty Warriors 2 - PR video designer
- Kessen II - movie editor
- Samurai Warriors 2 - CG designer
- Warriors Orochi - CG project manager
- Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 - CG project manager
- Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage series - CG project manager
- Warriors Orochi 3 - CG project manager
- One Piece: Pirate Warriors series - CG project manager
- Dragon Quest Heroes - CG project manager
Masaki Aikawa (相川 雅樹, Aikawa Masaki, born in Nakano, Nagano) is a graphic designer who graduated from Musashino Art University. He started out freelance before becoming a member of Koei's CG unit in 2004. Aikawa has done event designs and movie editing for most of the team's projects.
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- Kessen III - character animator
- Dynasty Warriors 5 - CG designer
- Nobunaga's Ambition: Iron Triangle - movie designer
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI - graphic designer
- Samurai Warriors 2 - CG designer
- Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War - event designer
- Warriors Orochi 2 - event designer
- Dynasty Warriors 6 - event designer
- Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 - opening movie editor
- TRINITY: Souls of Zill O'll - event designer
- Samurai Warriors Chronicles - visual effects artist
- Dynasty Warriors 7 - opening movie designer
- One Piece: Pirate Warriors series - event designer
- Toukiden: The Age of Demons - event designer
- Samurai Warriors 4 - opening movie editor
- Dragon Quest Heroes - event designer
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Masami Kageyu (景由 昌美, Kageyu Masami, born in Kanagawa Prefecture) is a freelance CG artist who handles character designs and graphics for Koei.
Works[]
- Destrega - CG designer
- Saiyuki: Journey West - portrait designer
- Kessen series - character modeler and designer
- Dynasty Warriors series (including Blast) - main character designer for seventh title
- Nobunaga's Ambition: Rise to Power - graphic designer
- Nobunaga's Ambition: Iron Triangle - graphic designer
- Samurai Warriors series
- Warriors Orochi series
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI - graphic designer
- Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War
- Saihai no Yukue - CG director
- TRINITY: Souls of Zill O'll
- Toukiden: The Age of Demons - character designer
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Masanori Takahashi (高橋 正則, Takahashi Masanori) is a senior manager of Koei's CG division. During his early years with the company, he originally handled graphic design production for their games.
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Takahashi has been credited within the following projects (listed chronologically by game's first release date).
- Kessen series (II~III)
- Crimson Sea series
- Nobunaga's Ambition: Rise to Power
- Dynasty Warriors series (5~7)
- Warriors Orochi series (first and second titles)
- Samurai Warriors 2 (Xtreme Legends)
- TRINITY: Souls of Zill O'll
- Hyrule Warriors
Masaya Kashiwada (柏田 昌哉, Kashiwada Masaya) is a graphic designer involved with Koei's CG unit. Prior to being a character modeler, he used to design movie scenes.
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- Ishin no Arashi - movie designer
- Enigma - movie designer
- Kessen
- Dynasty Warriors series - CG designer for earlier titles
- Kessen II
- Samurai Warriors series
- Nobunaga's Ambition: Rise to Power - graphic designer
- Warriors Orochi series
- Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War
- One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2
Masayuki Minagawa (皆川 昌之, Minagawa Masayuki) is a grapher designer who joined Koei's CG division some time in the late 90s.
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- Enigma - movie designer
- WinBack: Covert Operations - stage designer and modeler
- Saiyuki: Journey West - 3D field designer
- Kessen - character modeler
- Dynasty Warriors 2~3 - CG designer
- Dynasty Warriors (PSP) - CG designer
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms IX - CG designer
- Nobunaga's Ambition: Rise to Power - graphic designer
- Nobunaga's Ambition: Iron Triangle - movie designer
- WinBack 2: Project Poseidon - CG designer
- Fatal Inertia - CG supervisor
Masayuki Tanimoto (谷本 将之, Tanimoto Masayuki) is a character model designer affiliated with Koei.
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Mikio Matsunami (松波 幹郎, Matsunami Mikio) is a CG artist affiliated with Koei. As project manager, he mainly oversees computer graphics production.
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- Enigma - CG director
- WinBack - character modeler
- Kessen - graphic director
- Kessen II - character modeler
- Dynasty Warriors series
- Crimson Sea - CG design
- Crimson Sea 2 - character graphic designer
- Samurai Warriors series
- Warriors Orochi series
- Fatal Inertia
- Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage series
- One Piece: Pirate Warriors series
- Pokémon Conquest
- Nobunaga's Ambition: Sphere of Influence - CG project manager
Nan Li (李楠, Li Nan) is a CG artist formerly affiliated with Tecmo Koei Canada. Based in Beijing, Li worked for the company until September 2008. Their duties involved 3D modeling, producing animated assets, and training new employees.
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- Samurai Warriors series
- Dynasty Warriors 5
- Dynasty Warriors: Gundam
- Dynasty Warriors: Online
- Uncharted Waters Online
- Dynasty Warriors 6
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms series
- Sangokushi Online
- Nobunaga's Ambition Online
- Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 4
- Nioh (unreleased beta version)
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Nobuo Miyoshi (三好 信生, Miyoshi Nobuo) is a leading member of Koei's CG division. He started out as one of the team's CG artists before being promoted to art director.
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- Enigma - CG designer
- WinBack: Covert Operations - character modeler
- Kessen - character modeler
- Dynasty Warriors 2~4 - CG designer
- Kessen II - character modeler
- Crimson Sea - character graphics designer
- Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War - art director
- Warriors Orochi 2 - character modeler
- Samurai Warriors 2: Xtreme Legends - CG designer
- TRINITY: Souls of Zill O'll - art director
- Toukiden: The Age of Demons - CG director
Osamu Kawamura (河村 修, Kawamura Osamu) is a CG designer employed by Koei. He has mostly done work involving user interface design and supervision.
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- Saiyuki: Journey West - field unit chief
- Kessen
- Kessen II
- Crimson Sea - CG director
- Nobunaga's Ambition: Iron Triangle - graphic designer
- Dynasty Warriors DS: Fighter's Battle - design supervisor
- Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War
- Fatal Inertia - CG supervisor
- Uncharted Waters Online - CG director
- Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2
- Dynasty Warriors 7~8
- Warriors Orochi 3
Quek Ernest is a graphic designer who joined Tecmo Koei Singapore until May 2012. He graduated from Curtin University of Technology in Australia and is currently a lead artist for Hong Wei Global. In terms of artistic skills, Ernest is proficient in 3D modeling and concept design.
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- Romance of the Three Kingdoms IX
- Uncharted Waters Online
- Winback 2: Project Poseidon
- Dynasty Warriors 5~7 (including various spin offs)
- Warriors Orochi 2
- Sangokushi Online
- Nobunaga no Yabou Online
- TRINITY: Souls of Zill O'll
- Nobunaga no Yabou Soutenroku
- Sengoku Musou 3 Z
- Warriors: Legends of Troy
- Warriors Orochi 3
- Sangokushi 12
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Reika Tsuchiya (土屋 玲香, Tsuchiya Reika) is a stage designer involved with Koei's CG unit.
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- Crimson Sea
- Dynasty Warriors 4 - support staff
- Crimson Sea 2
- Nobunaga's Ambition: Rise to Power - graphic designer
- Kessen III - background modeler
- Nobunaga's Ambition: Iron Triangle - graphic designer
- Samurai Warriors 2 - CG designer
- Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War
- Dynasty Warriors 6
- TRINITY: Souls of Zill O'll
- Dynasty Warriors 7
- One Piece: Pirate Warriors series
- Samurai Warriors 4 - environment artist
- Dragon Quest Heroes
- Arslan: The Warriors of Legend
Ryota Kamei (亀井 亮太, Kamei Ryōta) is a CG artist who has worked for Koei since April 1992. He mostly does character design and quality control for the company's numerous games.
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- Romance of the Three Kingdoms VI~XI - graphic designer
- Nobunaga no Yabou Internet - CG director
- Saiyuki: Journey West - monster designer
- Kessen II
- Crimson Sea - sub-character designer
- Nobunaga's Ambition: Rise to Power - graphic designer
- Kessen III
- Nobunaga's Ambition: Iron Triangle - graphic designer
- Dynasty Warriors 5~8
- WinBack 2: Project Poseidon - character designer
- Samurai Warriors 2 - CG designer
- Samurai Warriors 2: Xtreme Legends - CG designer and motion actor
- TRINITY: Souls of Zill O'll
- Kiniro no Corda 3 AnotherSky - CG designer
- Nobunaga's Ambition: Sphere of Influence - character graphic designer
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIII - graphic designer
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Sachio Kusakabe (日下部 幸夫, Kusakabe Sachio) is a CG designer who handles stage design for several of Koei's games.
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- WinBack: Covert Operations
- Dynasty Warriors 3~8
- Samurai Warriors - CG designer
- Dynasty Warriors (PSP) - CG designer
- Kessen III - background modeler
- Samurai Warriors 2
- Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War
- Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2
- TRINITY: Souls of Zill O'll
- Warriors Orochi 3
- Dragon Quest Heroes series
Saori Yamanouchi (山内 佐織, Yamanouchi Saori) is a graphic designer employed by Koei to create visual effects for many of their games.
Works[]
- Crimson Sea
- Dynasty Warriors 4 - support staff
- Samurai Warriors - CG designer
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms IX~XI - CG designer
- Nobunaga's Ambition: Rise to Power - graphic designer
- Kessen III
- Samurai Warriors 2 - CG designer
- Warriors Orochi series
- Dynasty Warriors 6~8
- Samurai Warriors 2: Xtreme Legends - CG designer
- TRINITY: Souls of Zill O'll
- Samurai Warriors Chronicles
- One Piece: Pirate Warriors series
- Pokémon Conquest
Satoshi Saka (坂 諭史, Saka Satoshi) is a CG designer and movie editor affiliated with Koei. After leaving the company, he was hired by the Digital Hollywood University in Chiyoda, Tokyo to teach Autodesk Maya to aspiring art students.
Works[]
- Saiyuki: Journey West - monster designer
- Kessen - animator and gunpai designer
- Dynasty Warriors 2~6 - CG designer
- Kessen II - animator
- Mystic Heroes - CG movie designer
- Crimson Sea - sub-character designer
- Samurai Warriors - CG designer
- Nobunaga's Ambition: Rise to Power - movie designer
- Kessen III - assistant movie director
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Shikou Yamaue (山上 史晃, Yamaue Shikou) is a graphic designer affiliated with Koei's CG division.
Works[]
- Dynasty Warriors series - CG designer and character modeler
- Nobunaga's Ambition: Iron Triangle - graphic designer
- Samurai Warriors 2 - CG designer
- Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War - character modeler
- Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 - mobile suit modeler
- Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage series - character modeler
- One Piece: Pirate Warriors series - character modeler
- Hyrule Warriors - character artist
- Dragon Quest Heroes series - character modeler
Shinichi Nakamura (中村 真一, Nakamura Shinichi) is a member of Koei's CG division and serves as one of their event designers.
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Shota Okamoto (岡本 翔太, Okamoto Shota) is a member of Koei's CG unit who specializes in creating stage graphics.
Works[]
- Samurai Warriors 2: Xtreme Legends - CG designer
- Warriors Orochi 2 - stage designer
- Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 - stage modeler
- TRINITY: Souls of Zill O'll - stage designer
- Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage - stage designer
- Samurai Warriors Chronicles - environment artist
- Dynasty Warriors 7 - stage designer
- Pokémon Conquest - stage designer
- Samurai Warriors 4 - environment artist
- Arslan: The Warriors of Legend
Shuichi Okada (岡田 修一, Okada Shuichi) is a Japanese CG artist affiliated with Koei's graphics division.
Works[]
- Samurai Warriors - support staff
- Samurai Warriors 2: Xtreme Legends - CG designer
- Dynasty Warriors 6 - character animation designer
- Warriors Orochi 2 - character animation designer
- Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 - character animation designer
- Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage - action designer
- Dynasty Warriors 7 - event designer
- One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2 - event designer
Sumiko Hatakeyama (畠山 寿美子, Hatakeyama Sumiko) is a CG artist and one of Koei's character designers.
Works[]
- Kessen III
- Dynasty Warriors 5~8
- Samurai Warriors 2 - CG designer
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI - graphic designer
- Warriors Orochi
- Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War
- Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage series
- Pokémon Conquest
- One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2 - character graphic designer
- Hyrule Warriors
- Warriors All-Stars
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Takahiro Sano (佐野 貴宏, Sano Takahiro) is a CG stage designer affiliated with Koei's graphics division.
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Takahito Otome (乙咩 孝仁, Otome Takahito) is a member of Koei's CG division who previously worked on character animations before switching to event design. He was once affiliated with Overworks.
Works[]
- Kessen II - animator
- Dynasty Warriors 3 - support staff
- Crimson Sea - animator
- Dynasty Warriors 3: Xtreme Legends
- Dynasty Warriors 4 - support staff
- Samurai Warriors - CG designer
- Kessen III - character animator
- Crimson Sea 2 - motion and movie designer
- Dynasty Warriors 5 - CG designer
- Samurai Warriors 2 - CG designer
- Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War - event designer
- Warriors Orochi 2 - event designer
- Dynasty Warriors 6 - event designer
- Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 - event designer
- TRINITY: Souls of Zill O'll - event designer
- One Piece: Pirate Warriors series - event designer
- Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage 2 - event designer
Takashi Kimura (木村 孝史, Kimura Takashi) is a CG artist employed by Koei. He has handled stage design and character modeling during his time with the company.
Works[]
- Saiyuki: Journey West - field unit artist
- Dynasty Warriors 3~6 - CG designer and character modeler
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms VIII~XI - CG designer
- Crimson Sea - stage graphic designer
- Angelique étoile - background CG supervisor
- Nobunaga's Ambition: Rise to Power - movie designer
- Warriors Orochi - character modeler
- Samurai Warriors 2 - CG designer
- Warriors Orochi 2 - character modeler
- Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 - mobile suit modeler
Takemitsu Hakamata (袴田 剛光, Hakamata Takemitsu) is a graphic designer and a veteran member of Koei's CG division.
Works[]
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms VI: Awakening of the Dragon - graphic designer
- Dynasty Warriors 3 - CG designer
- Crimson Sea - character graphic designer
- Dynasty Warriors 3: Xtreme Legends - CG designer
- Dynasty Warriors 4 - CG designer
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms IX - CG designer
- Nobunaga's Ambition: Rise to Power - graphic designer
- Dynasty Warriors 5 - CG designer
- Nobunaga's Ambition: Iron Triangle - graphic designer
- Samurai Warriors: State of War - CG designer
- Samurai Warriors 2 - CG designer
- Warriors Orochi - character modeler
- Samurai Warriors 2: Xtreme Legends - CG designer
- Warriors Orochi 2 - character modeler
- Dynasty Warriors 6 - character modeler
- Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 - mobile suit modeler
- Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage 2 - character modeler
- Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends - character modeler
- Dragon Quest Heroes - character modeler
Takeshi Nakashima (中島 建, Nakashima Takeshi) is a CG artist responsible for designing stages for Omega Force's graphics division.
Works[]
- Kessen - background modeler
- Dynasty Warriors series
- Samurai Warriors series
- Kessen III - background modeler
- Warriors Orochi
- Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2
- TRINITY: Souls of Zill O'll
- One Piece: Pirate Warriors
- Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage 2
- One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2
- Attack on Titan
Tetsuo Kato (加藤 哲雄, Kato Tetsuo) is a long-time member of Koei's CG division. He is in charge of character animations and graphics.
Works[]
- Enigma - motion designer
- Destrega - motion designer
- WinBack: Covert Operations - motion designer
- Dynasty Warriors series - CG designer and character animator
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms IX~XI - CG designer
- Nobunaga's Ambition: Rise to Power - graphic designer
- Kessen III - character animator
- Nobunaga's Ambition: Iron Triangle - graphic designer
- Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War - character animator
- Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 - action designer
- Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage series - character animator
- Nobunaga's Ambition: Sphere of Influence - motion designer
- Warriors All-Stars - action motion design
Tomomi Kiryu (霧生 智美, Kiryu Tomomi) is a CG artist and movie designer affiliated with Koei.
Works[]
- Crimson Sea - movie editor
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms IX - movie editor
- Samurai Warriors - CG designer
- Nobunaga's Ambition: Rise to Power - movie editor
- Kessen III - movie editor
- Crimson Sea 2 - movie editor
- Dynasty Warriors 4~8 - CG designer
- Nobunaga's Ambition: Iron Triangle
- Samurai Warriors 2 - CG designer
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI
- Warriors Orochi
- Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War - movie editor
- Fatal Inertia - movie editor
- Warriors Orochi 2
- Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 - movie editor
- TRINITY: Souls of Zill O'll
- Samurai Warriors Chronicles - digital composer
- Pokémon Conquest
- Dragon Quest Heroes
Tsuyoshi Fukuyama (福山 剛, Fukuyama Tsuyoshi) is a CG artist employed by Koei since 2001 to create character assets for their games. He graduated from Tama Art University.
Works[]
- Kessen II - character modeler
- Dynasty Warriors series
- Crimson Sea - character graphic designer
- Samurai Warriors series
- Nobunaga's Ambition: Rise to Power - graphic designer
- Nobunaga's Ambition: Iron Triangle - graphic designer
- Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War - character model designer
- Warriors Orochi 2 - character model designer
- One Piece: Pirate Warriors - character model designer
- Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage 2 - character model designer
- Hyrule Warriors - character artist
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Yasuharu Fuchi (渕 康治, Fuchi Yasuharu) is a graphic designer and character modeler affiliated with Koei's CG unit.
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Yasuhiro Kasagi (笠置 泰寛, Kasagi Yasuhiro) is a Japanese CG artist who handles event design for Koei's various titles.
Works[]
- Samurai Warriors - support staff
- Dynasty Warriors 5~8
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI - graphic designer
- Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War
- Samurai Warriors 2 - CG designer
- Warriors Orochi
- Dynasty Warriors 6
- Warriors Orochi 2
- Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 - opening movie editor
- Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage series
- Samurai Warriors Chronicles - cinematic animator
Yasunobu Saito (斎藤 康信, Saito Yasunobu) is an event designer and long-time member of Koei's graphics division.
Works[]
- Enigma - motion designer
- WinBack: Covert Operations - motion designer
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms VII - opening movie designer
- Kessen series - animator
- Dynasty Warriors series
- Crimson Sea - animator
- Crimson Sea 2 - motion and movie designer
- Samurai Warriors 2 - CG designer
- Warriors Orochi series
- Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War
- Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2
- TRINITY: Souls of Zill O'll
- Samurai Warriors Chronicles - cinematic animator
- Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage 2
- One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2
- Toukiden Kiwami
Yoshihiro Iihama (飯浜 由弘, Iihama Yoshihiro) is a CG artist employed by Koei. As of late, he has been involved in producing animations for 3D character models.
Works[]
- Kessen II
- Dynasty Warriors 3~7
- Samurai Warriors series
- Kessen III - assistant video director
- Nobunaga's Ambition: Iron Triangle - movie designer
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms IX - graphic designer
- Warriors Orochi 2
- Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage
- One Piece: Pirate Warriors series
- Hyrule Warriors
Yoshiki Fukui (福井 良樹, Fukui Yoshiki) is a member of Koei's CG division who used to work on graphics and animation before switching to event design.
Works[]
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms VII - opening movie designer
- Kessen - animator
- Dynasty Warriors series
- Kessen II - opening movie designer
- Crimson Sea - animator
- Nobunaga's Ambition: Rise to Power - movie designer
- Crimson Sea 2 - animator and movie designer
- Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War - event designer
- Warriors Orochi series
- Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 - event designer
- Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage series - event designer
- Hyrule Warriors - cinematics lead
Yuka Kusumi (久住 友香, Kusumi Yuka) is a CG designer employed by Koei.
Works[]
- WinBack: Covert Operations - CG and stage designer
- Saiyuki: Journey West - 3D field designer
- Kessen - character modeler
- Dynasty Warriors 2 - CG designer
- Dynasty Warriors 3 - CG designer
- Dynasty Warriors 3: Xtreme Legends - CG designer
- Nobunaga's Ambition: Rise to Power - graphic designer
- Kessen III - background modeler
- Crimson Sea 2 - stage graphic designer
- Nobunaga's Ambition: Iron Triangle - graphic designer
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI - graphic designer
- Dynasty Warriors 6 - stage designer
Yuka Orihashi (折橋 由佳, Orihashi Yuka) is a CG artist employed by Koei. She is responsible for creating most of the visual effects seen in Omega Force's titles.
Works[]
- Enigma - CG designer
- WinBack: Covert Operations - stage designer
- Saiyuki: Journey West - 3D field designer
- Dynasty Warriors series
- Kessen
- Kessen II
- Samurai Warriors
- Samurai Warriors 2
- Warriors Orochi series
- Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War
- TRINITY: Souls of Zill O'll
- Samurai Warriors Chronicles
- One Piece: Pirate Warriors
- Dragon Quest Heroes
Yuki Miyake (三宅 佑基, Miyake Yuki) is a member of Koei's CG division who designs animation sequences for character models.
Works[]
- Kessen III - support staff
- Dynasty Warriors 5~7
- Warriors Orochi
- Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War
- Samurai Warriors 2: Xtreme Legends - CG designer
- Warriors Orochi 2
- Dynasty Warriors 6
- Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 - action designer
- Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage series
- One Piece: Pirate Warriors series
- Hyrule Warriors
- Samurai Warriors 4 - game animator
- Dragon Quest Heroes
Yukihiro Nakamura (中村 幸裕, Nakamura Yukihiro) is a veteran member of Koei's development team. Versatile in terms of skills, he has done a variety of roles throughout his career such as programming, animation, and cinematics.
Works[]
- WinBack: Covert Operations - programmer
- Kessen - tools programmer
- Kessen II - animator and tools programmer
- Dynasty Warriors 3 - support staff
- Dynasty Warriors 3: Xtreme Legends - CG designer
- Dynasty Warriors 4 - CG designer and movie programmer
- Dynasty Warriors (PSP) - programmer
- Samurai Warriors - CG designer
- Crimson Sea 2 - tools programmer
- Kessen III - character animator
- Dynasty Warriors 5 - CG designer and programmer
- Nobunaga's Ambition: Iron Triangle - movie designer
- Samurai Warriors: State of War - programmer
- Samurai Warriors 2 - CG designer
- Warriors Orochi series - character animator
- Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War - character animator
- Samurai Warriors 2: Xtreme Legends - character animator
- Dynasty Warriors 6 - character animator
- Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 - 3D programmer
- TRINITY: Souls of Zill O'll - character animator
- Samurai Warriors Chronicles - tools and library programmer
- One Piece: Pirate Warriors series - character animator
- Pokémon Conquest - character animator
- Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends - character animator and support programmer
- Warriors All-Stars - technical art
Yumi Namba (南波 優美, Namba Yumi) is a member of Koei's CG division who does stage design and background art for their titles.
Works[]
- Mystic Heroes - CG movie designer
- Crimson Sea
- Daikoukai Jidai V
- Dynasty Warriors 4~8
- Dynasty Warriors (PSP) - CG designer
- Crimson Sea 2
- Samurai Warriors 2 - CG designer
- Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War
- TRINITY: Souls of Zill O'll
- Warriors Orochi 3
- Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage 2
- Hyrule Warriors - environment artist
- Dragon Quest Heroes
- Three Kingdoms
- Nobunaga's Ambition
- Attack on Titan
- Attack on Titan 2
- Nioh 2
Yuta Matsunaga (松永 雄太, Matsunaga Yuta) is a graphic designer who has worked for Koei since 1999. He currently serves as CG director for the Dynasty Warriors series.
Works[]
- WinBack: Covert Operations - motion designer
- Kessen - animator
- Kessen II - animator
- Samurai Warriors
- Dynasty Warriors 5~8
- WinBack 2: Project Poseidon
- Samurai Warriors 2
- Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War - character model designer
- Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 - character model designer
- Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage - character model designer
Yuu Oboshi (大星 悠, Ooboshi Yuu) is a Koei CG designer who mostly does character modeling.
Works[]
- Samurai Warriors 2~4 - CG designer
- Dynasty Warriors Vol. 2 - CG designer
- Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War
- Warriors Orochi 2
- Dynasty Warriors 6~7
- Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 - mobile suit modeler
- TRINITY: Souls of Zill O'll
- One Piece: Pirate Warriors series
- Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage 2
- Hyrule Warriors - lead character artist
- Attack on Titan - CG director