Yūsuke Kozaki

Yūsuke Kozaki (Japanese: コザキユースケ, Hepburn: Kozaki Yūsuke, born May 12, 1978) is a Japanese manga artist and character designer.

Yūsuke Kozaki
Kozaki at the 2019 Anime Expo
Born	(1978-05-12) May 12, 1978 (age 46)
Occupation	Manga artist

Works

Manga artist

• Kaeru wa Tori Tsudzuke (蛙は撮り続け) (1997, Monthly Young Magazine, Kodansha, one-shot)
• Mi Kakunin Higō Shōjo Kaoru (未確認非業少女カオル) (1998, Bessatsu Monthly Young Magazine, Kodansha, one-shot)
• Naizo-kun (ナイゾウクン) (2001, Monthly Young Magazine, Kodansha, web manga)
• Spiral (スパイラル, Supairaru) (2001, Bessatsu Pachislot Panic 7, Byakuya-Shobo)
• Karasuma Kyoko no Jikenbo (2002–12, written by Ōji Kiroi, BStreet→Monthly Comic Birz, Gentosha, 10 volumes)^[1][2]
• Chick Dismantler (2003, Blade Gunz, Mag Garden, one-shot)
• Tokyo Karasu (東京カラス) (2005–08, Robot, Wanimagazine)
• No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle Erotic Comic (2010, Marvelous Entertainment)^[3]
• Donyatsu (どーにゃつ) (2011–present, Young Gangan, Square Enix, 5 volumes)^[4][5]
• Tokyo Karasu (written by Hiroki Miyashita, Monthly Sunday Gene-X, Shogakukan) – character design from 2012 to 2013^[6][7]

General source:^[8]

Character designer

Anime

• Speed Grapher (2005, Gonzo)
• Intrigue in the Bakumatsu – Irohanihoheto (2006–07, Sunrise)
• Bubuki Buranki (2016, Sanzigen)
• Under the Dog (2016, Kinema Citrus)

Video games

• Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan (2005, INiS/Nintendo)
• No More Heroes (2007, Grasshopper Manufacture/Marvelous Entertainment)
• Chūmon Shiyou ze! Ore-tachi no Sekai (2008, GAE)
• Half-Minute Hero (2009, Marvelous Entertainment)
• No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle (2010, Grasshopper Manufacture/Marvelous Entertainment)
• No More Heroes: Heroes' Paradise (2010, feelplus/AQ Interactive/Marvelous Entertainment)
• Ace Combat: Assault Horizon (2011, Bandai Namco Games) – Tie-in novel Ace Combat: Ikaros in the Sky^[9]
• Fire Emblem Awakening (2012, Intelligent Systems/Nintendo)
• Liberation Maiden (2012, Level-5/Grasshopper Manufacture)
• Puzzle & Dragons (2012, GungHo Online Entertainment)
• Unchain Blaze EXXIV (2012, Furyu) – Hilda only
• Liberation Maiden SIN (2013, 5pb./Mages)
• Ranko Tsukigime's Longest Day (2014, Grasshopper Manufacture/Bandai Namco Games)^[10]
• Tekken 7 (2015, Bandai Namco Entertainment) – Lucky Chloe and Jin Kazama only^[11]
• Fire Emblem Fates (2015, Intelligent Systems/Nintendo)^[12]
• Pokémon Go (2016, Niantic) - Team Leaders, Professor Willow and Rhi design, official player character artwork^[13][14]
• Fire Emblem Heroes (2017, Intelligent Systems/Nintendo)
• Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (2017, Monolith Soft/Nintendo) – Aegaeon and Agate design
• Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes (2019, Grasshopper Manufacture)
• Daemon X Machina (2019, Marvelous)
• AI: The Somnium Files (2019, Spike Chunsoft)^[15]
• Pokémon Sword and Shield (2019, Game Freak/Nintendo/The Pokémon Company) – The Pokémon Toxel, Toxtricity, Gigantamax Toxtricity and Falinks designs^[16][17]
• No More Heroes III (2021, Grasshopper Manufacture)^[18]
• AI: The Somnium Files – Nirvana Initiative (2022, Spike Chunsoft)
• Pokémon Scarlet and Violet (2022, Game Freak/Nintendo/The Pokémon Company) - The Pokémon Varoom, Revavroom, Cetoddle and Cetitan designs^[19]
• Wizardry Variants Daphne (2024, Drecom)^[20]

Other

• Vocaloid (2009, AH-Software) — SF-A2 Miki V2, V4

General source:^[8]

References

1. "烏丸響子の事件簿 (1)" (in Japanese). Gentosha. Retrieved December 20, 2014.
2. "烏丸響子の事件簿 (10)" (in Japanese). Gentosha. Retrieved December 20, 2014.
3. "「NO MORE HEROES 2 DESPERATE STRUGGLE」，先着特典「エロチカ★コミック」のゲスト作家を公開。公式サイトでは愛猫ジーンのダイエット動画も" (in Japanese). 4Gamer.net. August 10, 2010. Retrieved December 20, 2014.
4. "どーにゃつ 1巻" (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved December 20, 2014.
5. "どーにゃつ 5巻" (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
6. "東京カラス 1" (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved December 20, 2014.
7. "東京カラス 4" (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved December 20, 2014.
8. "About KYMG" (in Japanese). Yūsuke Kozaki's official website. Retrieved December 20, 2014.
9. Inc, Aetas. "「ACE COMBAT」の架空機体「ASF-X 震電II」をフィーチャーした書籍が登場". 4Gamer.net (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-03-08. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
10. "Short Peace Project's Ranko Tsukigime's Longest Day Launch Trailer Streamed". Anime News Network. April 18, 2014. Retrieved December 20, 2014.
11. Kozaki, Yūsuke [@kymg] (June 7, 2017). "鉄拳7ソフト頂きました。ありがとーございます！ 本作では仁とラッキークロエのデザインを担当させて頂きました。" (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved March 25, 2020 – via Twitter.
12. "Fire Emblem if Announced For Nintendo 3DS". Anime News Network. January 14, 2015. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
13. "Developer Diaries: The Art of Pokémon GO". Pokémon GO. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
14. Kozaki, Yūsuke [@kymg] (June 6, 2022). "ポケモンGOに新たに現れた謎の人物リイのデザインしましたどんなキャラかな？？" (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2024 – via Twitter.
15. Romano, Sal (2019-03-21). "AI: The Somnium Files launches July 25; interview with director Kotaro Uchikoshi and designer Akira Okada". Gematsu. Archived from the original on 2019-03-22. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
16. Kozaki, Yūsuke [@kymg] (December 22, 2020). "発売から１年が経ちました。 「ポケットモンスター ソード・シールド」にて、 エレズン、ストリンダー、タイレーツのデザインを担当させて頂いております！" (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved January 11, 2023 – via Twitter.
17. Kozaki, Yūsuke [@kymg] (May 15, 2022). "しました！" (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved January 11, 2023 – via Twitter.
18. Romano, Sal (June 11, 2019). "No More Heroes III announced for Switch". Gematsu. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
19. Kozaki, Yūsuke [@kymg] (January 10, 2023). "『ポケットモンスター スカーレット・バイオレット』にて、開発のゲームフリーク監修でアルクジラ&ハルクジラ、ブロロン&ブロロロームのデザインを担当致しました！ 世界中の人が笑顔になってワクワクできるデザインを目指しました。皆さんと共に良きパルデアの旅をしてもらえます様に！ #ポケモンSV" (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved January 10, 2023 – via Twitter.
20. "シリーズ最新作『Wizardry Variants Daphne』事前登録開始。コザキユースケによるキービジュアルも公開". 電撃オンライン (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-08-15.

External links

• Official website
• Yūsuke Kozaki at Anime News Network's encyclopedia