Raita Honjou (本庄雷太, Honjou Raita) is a Japanese doujin artist, illustrator, and character designer.

Art and career

Raita has been the lead character designer for

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's ''

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'' video game series since the series premier in 2008. Udon Entertainment has released three artbooks that featured Raita's illustrations from the series. In 2022, the Phrase Gallery in

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hosted a solo exhibition of Raita's artworks, including artworks related to the ''Valkyria Chronicles'' series. The exhibition featured about 50 artworks in total. The 2012 visual novel ''

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'' was inspired by a one-page concept illustration by Raita that was published by the

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''Zettai Shoujo''. The game was developed by a group of

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users with Raita's blessing. Raita said that he loved the game after it was shown to him at

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, and following the game's release, Raita thanked the developers on his blog. In 2012, Raita released a

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and an original anime

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called ''Magical Girl'' at Comiket 82. The CD and Blu-ray featured voices actresses

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, and

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. Raita has designed several characters for the popular mobile game ''

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'', including Shuten Dōji, Minamoto no Raikō, and Sakata Kintoki.

Exhibitions

* 2022: ''Raita Honjou & Valkyria Chronicles Exhibition'', Phrase Gallery Akihabara, Akihabara, Japan * 2024: ''Fate/Grand Order Part 1'', Phrase Gallery Akihabara, Akihabara, Japan

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Honjou, Raita 1972 births 20th-century Japanese artists 21st-century Japanese artists Living people