, also referred to as just , is a Japanese

manga artist A manga artist, also known as a mangaka (), is a Cartoonist, comic artist who writes and/or illustrates manga. Most manga artists study at an art college or manga school or take on an apprenticeship with another artist before entering the indus ...

, video game artist and character designer.

Biography

Upon graduating from art design college, he first began working on

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designs, but in 1998 subsequently changed careers to become a manga/anime style artist. Soon after, he began illustrating for numerous

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and designing their characters, thus quickly gaining himself renown and popularity. Apart from his illustration work, which has since encompassed designing general games such as the recent iterations of

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's popular '' Shining''

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series, he is also executive director of his own company, RPM Y.K.

Works

General games

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Street Slam ''Street Slam'' is a basketball video game developed by Data East for Neo Geo, released in 1994. The game features three-on-three basketball match-ups with a variety of different teams. ''Street Slam'' is the only basketball game released on t ...

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Shining Tears is an action role-playing game co-developed by Nextech and Amusement Vision and published by Sega in 2004 for the PlayStation 2 as a part of the '' Shining'' video game series. It tells the story of a mysterious boy named Xion. An anime adaptat ...

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Shining Wind is an action role-playing game developed by Nextech and published by Sega for the PlayStation 2, and the 19th game in the '' Shining'' video game series. It was released on May 17, 2007 in Japan. The game is the sequel to '' Shining Tears''. The ...

'' *'' Shining Hearts'' *'' Shining Blade'' *'' Shining Ark'' *'' Exstetra'' *'' Shining Resonance'' *'' Valhellio'' *''

Azur Lane ''Azur Lane'' () is a side-scrolling video game, side-scrolling shoot 'em up video game created by Chinese developers Shanghai Manjuu and Xiamen Yongshi, released in 2017 for the iOS and Android (operating system), Android operating sys ...

Rated 18 Series

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Light novels

Dōjinshi

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Princess Crown ''Princess Crown'' is an action role-playing game developed and published by Atlus in collaboration with Sega that was released only in Japan. Originally released in 1997 for the Sega Saturn, it was ported to the PlayStation Portable in 2005. Us ...

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Ragnarok Online ''Ragnarok Online'' (, ''Rageunarokeu Onrain'' marketed as ''Ragnarök'', and alternatively subtitled ''The Final Destiny of the Gods'') is a massive multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) created by Gravity (Korean company), Gravity based ...

'') *''Runar!'' ('' Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny'') * (''

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Fate/stay night ''Fate/stay night'' is a Japanese visual novel game developed by Type-Moon. It was first released for Microsoft Windows, Windows on January 30, 2004. The story takes place over three distinct routes: ''Fate'', ''Unlimited Blade Works'' ...

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Zegapain is a Japanese anime television series created by Sunrise staff and manga artist Takehiko Itō. Produced by Sunrise, TV Tokyo and Dentsu, it is directed by Masami Shimoda, with Mayori Sekijima handling series scripts, Takehiko Itō and ...

'') * ('' Hayate no Gotoku'') * ('' Bamboo Blade'') * (''

Bakemonogatari is a Japanese light novel series written by Nisio Isin and illustrated by Vofan. The plot centers on Koyomi Araragi, a third-year high school student who survives a vampire attack and finds himself helping girls involved with a var ...

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Macross Frontier is a Japanese anime television series and the third Japanese anime television series set in the ''Macross'' universe. It was broadcast on MBS from April 4, 2008 to September 26, 2008. ''Macross Frontier'' is the story of a human spa ...

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Clannad Clannad () were an Irish band formed in 1970 in Gweedore, County Donegal, by siblings , and (Moya) (in English, Brennan) and their twin uncles Noel and (Duggan). They have adopted various musical styles throughout their history. Beginn ...

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Artbooks

*''Tony's Art Works Graph I to IV'' (Limited-edition release in

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References

External links

RPM Co., Ltd.T2 Art Works on Tokyo Otaku Mode
Japanese video game artists Japanese video game designers Anime character designers 1971 births Living people Manga artists from Miyagi Prefecture {{Anime-bio-stub