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is a Japanese
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designer. A member of the studio
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, he worked on the ''Gundam'' series as well as his work on
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s, such as the ''
Virtual On is a series of video games developed by Sega AM3/Hitmaker, and originally created by Juro Watari. The games feature fast, action-oriented gameplay requiring quick reflexes, featuring mecha called Virtuaroids or "VRs", that are large robots the p ...
'' series and '' Policenauts''.


Biography

Born in 1963, Katoki created designs for the graphic novel ''
Gundam Sentinel is a novel set in the Universal Century timeline of the ''Gundam'' universe, originally serialized in ''Model Graphix'' magazine between September 1987 and August 1988. ''Gundam Sentinel'' became a cult hit, due to its super-detailed mechanica ...
''. He then worked in the OVA series '' Gundam 0083'', where he designed the majority of the mobile suits in the series, including the RX-78GP03 Gundam Dendrobium Stamen and Orchis mobile weapons. His next prominent work was '' V Gundam'', where he was the main mechanical designer, creating the main mobile suits Victory Gundam, V2 Gundam and the V2 Assault Buster Gundam. After that, he worked on ''
G Gundam ''Mobile Fighter G Gundam'', also known in Japan as (and commonly referred to as simply ''G Gundam''), is a 1994 Japanese animated television series produced by Sunrise and the fifth installment in the long-running ''Gundam'' franchis ...
'', now in design of the antagonist mobile suits. His next work was on ''
Gundam Wing ''Mobile Suit Gundam Wing'', also known in Japan as , is a 1995 Japanese mecha anime series directed by Masashi Ikeda and written by Katsuyuki Sumizawa. It is the sixth installment in the ''Gundam'' franchise, taking place in the "After ...
'', where most of the enemy mobile suits, including the popular Tallgeese, were designed by him. He also created the mobile suits designs for '' Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz'', and re-designed the Gundams with a more fantastic style, creating the XXXG-00W0 Wing Gundam Zero EW. To correspond with these new designs, he also redesigned the 5 original Gundams from ''
Gundam Wing ''Mobile Suit Gundam Wing'', also known in Japan as , is a 1995 Japanese mecha anime series directed by Masashi Ikeda and written by Katsuyuki Sumizawa. It is the sixth installment in the ''Gundam'' franchise, taking place in the "After ...
''. Katoki also has worked in
Super Robot Wars ''Super Robot Wars'', known in Japan as is a series of Japanese tactical role-playing video games produced by Bandai Namco Entertainment, formerly Banpresto. Starting out as a spinoff of the '' Compati Hero'' series, the main feature of the fr ...
and
Virtual On is a series of video games developed by Sega AM3/Hitmaker, and originally created by Juro Watari. The games feature fast, action-oriented gameplay requiring quick reflexes, featuring mecha called Virtuaroids or "VRs", that are large robots the p ...
video games, and in the ''Patlabor 2'' movie. He also collaborates quite frequently with
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, often doing touch-up designs for the Master Grade model kits and production of the Gundam fix figuration (G.F.F.) series action figures. He is also working with the company to develop a subcategory of the Robot ''Damashii'' mecha action figure line, called the ''Ka Signature'' line. In his art book, ''Gundam Fix'', Katoki said: "Do people, like myself, spend time imagining what it would be like if Gundam robots were actually present on the streets of our cities? Are you sure you're not limiting yourself to the images that were offered in the animated series? One of the reasons that I fell in love with Gundam was that it excites me to imagine what it would be like if these machines actually existed, and I worry that other fans may be losing out..." He said he hopes his work will catch peoples' attention"...then people who had never before been drawn in by the magic of these giant robots may discover their attraction for the first time."


Credited series/works


Super Robot Wars series

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4th Super Robot Wars is a tactical RPG for the Super Famicom developed by both Banpresto and Winky Soft and published by Banpresto. It is the 5th entry in the Super Robot Wars series and the last entry in the Classic Timeline. It was first released on March 17, 199 ...
* Super Robot Wars Gaiden: Masō Kishin – The Lord Of Elemental * Shin Super Robot Wars *
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Super Robot Wars F Final Super may refer to: Computing * SUPER (computer program), or Simplified Universal Player Encoder & Renderer, a video converter/player * Super (computer science), a keyword in object-oriented programming languages * Super key (keyboard button) ...
* Super Robot Wars Complete Box *
Super Robot Wars Alpha is a 2000 tactical role-playing video game developed and published by Banpresto for the PlayStation. A version for the Dreamcast, ''Super Robot Wars for Dreamcast'', was released a year later. Gameplay Chronologically, ''Super Robot Wars Alpha ...
* Super Robot Wars Alpha For Dreamcast *
Super Robot Wars Alpha Gaiden , or simply, ''Alpha Gaiden'', is a video game for the PlayStation, first released in Japan in 2001. It is the first side-story in the ''Super Robot Wars Alpha'' series, continuing from '' Super Robot Wars Alpha''. The characters of ''After War ...
* Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation *
2nd Super Robot Wars Alpha This list provides an index of video game titles in Banpresto's ''Super Robot Wars'' franchise, known as ''Super Robot Taisen'' in Japan. Most of the games in the series are tactical role-playing games, but several games representing other genres ...
* Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation 2 * 3rd Super Robot Wars Alpha: To the End of the Galaxy * Super Robot Wars: Original Generations * Super Robot Wars Original Generation: The Animation * Super Robot Wars Original Generation: Divine Wars * Super Robot Wars Original Generation Gaiden


Gundam series

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Gundam Sentinel is a novel set in the Universal Century timeline of the ''Gundam'' universe, originally serialized in ''Model Graphix'' magazine between September 1987 and August 1988. ''Gundam Sentinel'' became a cult hit, due to its super-detailed mechanica ...
**Gundam Sentinel 0079 (unofficial series) * Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory * Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: The Last Blitz of Zeon *
Mobile Suit Victory Gundam , is a 1993 Japanese science fiction anime television series. It consists of 51 episodes, and was directed by Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino. The series was first broadcast on TV Asahi (and its ANN stations). It is the fourth TV anime in ...
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Mobile Fighter G Gundam ''Mobile Fighter G Gundam'', also known in Japan as (and commonly referred to as simply ''G Gundam''), is a 1994 Japanese animated television series produced by Sunrise and the fifth installment in the long-running ''Gundam'' franchise ...
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Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam is a six-volume manga series written and illustrated by Yuuichi Hasegawa based on notes and information by Yoshiyuki Tomino, serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's '' Shōnen Ace'' magazine from December 1994 to March 1997 issues. A sequel t ...
* Gundam Fix *
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing ''Mobile Suit Gundam Wing'', also known in Japan as , is a 1995 Japanese mecha anime series directed by Masashi Ikeda and written by Katsuyuki Sumizawa. It is the sixth installment in the '' Gundam'' franchise, taking place in the "Afte ...
* Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team * New Mobile Report Gundam Wing: Operation Meteor * Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz *
Gundam Evolve , also known as ''Mobile Suit Gundam Evolve'', is a series of promotional short films set in the different timelines of the ''Gundam'' series. Originally there were only five ''Evolve'' episodes, produced from 2001 to 2003, Bandai created ten ...
(Episode 4 and 7) *
Superior Defender Gundam Force , is a 2004 Japanese-American anime television series produced by Sunrise. The series was released to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Gundam media franchise, and was the first Gundam series to be entirely animated in cel-shaded 3D compute ...
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Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO is a Japanese mini-series of nine CGI short films and OVAs based on the ''Gundam'' anime franchise, released from 2004 to 2009 in three chapters each comprising three episodes. Directed by Takashi Imanishi (who previously directed '' Gund ...
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Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn is a novel series written by Harutoshi Fukui with character and mechanical designs provided by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko and Hajime Katoki, respectively. It is first serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's '' Gundam Ace'' magazine from February 2007 to ...
* Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway * Master Grade ** RX-78-2 Gundam Ver.Ka ** XXXG-01W Wing Gundam Ver.Ka ** RB-79 Ball Ver.Ka ** XM-X1 Crossbone Gundam X-1 Ver.Ka *** XM-X1 Crossbone Gundam X-2 Ver.Ka *** XM-X1 Crossbone Gundam X-3 Ver.Ka ** RX-0 Unicorn Gundam Ver.Ka ** RX-0 Full Armor Unicorn Gundam Ver.Ka ** MSN-06S Sinanju Ver.Ka *** MSN-06S Sinanju Stein Ver.Ka *** MSN-06S-2 Sinanju Stein (NARRATIVE Ver.) Ver.Ka ** LM312V04 Victory Gundam Ver.Ka *** LM312V04(B-part) + SD-VB03A Core Booster Ver.Ka *** LM312V04 V-Dash Gundam Ver.Ka ** RX-93 Nu Gundam Ver.Ka ** MSN-04 Sazabi Ver.Ka ** RX-93-v2 Hi-Nu Gundam Ver.Ka ** FA-78 Full Armor Gundam Ver.Ka ** MS-08R High Mobility Type Zaku II 'Psycho Zaku' Ver.Ka ** MSZ-010 ΖΖ Gundam Ver.Ka ** RX-0 Unicorn Gundam 02 Banshee Ver. Ka ** FA-010A FAZZ Ver. Ka ** XXG-00W0 Wing Gundam Zero Ver. Ka ** MSZ-006 Zeta Gundam Ver. Ka ** RX-9 Narrative Gundam Ver. Ka *Ka Signature collection in Robot ''Damashii'' (Spirits) action figure line :*RX-160S Byarlant Custom :*MS-05 Zaku I Sniper Yonem Kirks Custom :*MSA-005K Guncannon DT (Detector) :*AMX-014 Doven Wolf and Doven Wolf Silver Bullet


Virtual On series

* Virtual On: Cyber Troopers *Cyber Troopers Virtual-On One Man Rescue *
Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram is a 1998 arcade action game from Sega, a 3D fighting game where the player assumes control of a giant humanoid robot. It was developed initially on the Sega Model 3 arcade hardware (''M.S.B.S. Ver.5.2''). Updated versions (''Ver.5.4''/''5.45'') ...
**Cyber Troopers Virtual-On One Man Rescue *
Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Force is a 3D mecha fighting game developed by Sega AM3 (formerly Hitmaker) and published by Sega. It was released in Japanese arcades only on the Sega Hikaru arcade system board in 2001. Following its initial release, there was initially no home co ...
**Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Fragmentary Passage *
Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Marz is a 2003 3D mecha action-adventure game developed by Hitmaker and published by Sega. The game was first released on the PlayStation 2 in North America and Japan, and is the fourth game in the ''Virtual On'' franchise. ''MARZ'' expands upon t ...


Other works

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Robot Suit * Patlabor: The Movie 2 * WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3 *
Sgt. Frog ''Sgt. Frog'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mine Yoshizaki. It was launched in '' Monthly Shōnen Ace'' in April 1999. The story follows the attempts of a platoon of frog-like alien invaders t ...
(manga, anime episode 38 and 73) * Chogekijyouban Kerorogunso 2: Shinkai no Princess dearimasu! (also known as Sgt. Frog The Super Movie 2) *
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Welcome to the N.H.K. is a Japanese novel series written by Tatsuhiko Takimoto. It was published by Kadokawa Shoten in Japan in January 2002, and in English by Tokyopop in October 2007. The story revolves around Tatsuhiro Sato, a 22-year-old '' hikikomori'', an a ...
(Episode 24) * Gradius II (manual art for the
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version) * Policenauts (designs for the EMPS mecha) * Super Robot Spirit * Real Robots Final Attack *
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Short Peace is a multimedia project composed of four short anime films produced by Sunrise and Shochiku, and a video game developed by Crispy's! and Grasshopper Manufacture. The four films were released in Japanese theaters on July 20, 2013, and wer ...
(A Farewell to Weapons) * Composite Ver. Ka ** Z-01Z Lancelot Albion Ver.Ka ** Type 0/0A Shinkiro Ver. Ka ** Gurren Lagann Ver.Ka ** Temjin Ver.Ka ** PTX-EX Exbein * Girls und Panzer: This Is the Real Anzio Battle! (
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(ep.122 storyboards) *
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(ep.5 storyboards) * Encouragement of Climb: Next Summit (ep.3 scenario & storyboards) He was also involved in the color scheme design of Toyota Team Kraft's SC430 (#35, GT500) which participated in
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seasons in 2006 and 2007. His colour scheme was later replaced by Gundam Exia-like colour scheme in July 2007 (race 5 in 2007 season) as a promotion project of
Mobile Suit Gundam 00 is a Japanese anime television series, the eleventh installment in Sunrise studio's long-running ''Gundam'' franchise comprising two seasons. The series is set on a futuristic Earth and is centered on the exploits of the fictional paramilit ...
, one of the most recent Gundam Series.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Katoki Hajime Sunrise (company) people Gundam Mechanical designers (mecha) 1963 births Living people