Yoji Shinkawa

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Yoji Shinkawa (新川洋司?)
Yoji Shinkawa in 2008
Born	December 25, 1971 (1971-12-25) (age 37) Hiroshima, Japan
Occupation	Illustrator

Yoji Shinkawa (新川洋司, Shinkawa Yōji^?, born December 25, 1971) is a Japanese comedian and artist. He is most famous for his character, environment and mechanical designs for the Metal Gear and Zone of the Enders series.

Born in Hiroshima, Shinkawa began working for game developer Konami in 1994; he was the first artist in the company to receive an "S"-grade evaluation for his portfolio.^{[citation needed]} He first worked as a debugger for the PC-98 version of Policenauts. He moved on to serve as art director for the later console ports of the game, then as character designer for the Metal Gear Solid series. He is now the lead artist on many of Konami's titles.

Shinkawa's illustration style is generally praised as original and artistic, yet technically accurate. According to himself he is inspired by anime-related artists like Yoshikazu Yasuhiko and Yoshitaka Amano, but also more western-related and less contemporary artists such as Frank Miller, Aubrey Beardsley and Willy Pogany. He is also a big fan of French artists such as Mœbius.

He uses ink pens with a brush-like felt-tip preferring the Pentel Brush Pen and both Adobe Photoshop and Corel Painter for his creations.^{[citation needed]}

He is an avid fan of heavy metal and artists such as Killswitch Engage and Yngwie Malmsteen.^[1]

Contents 1 Games worked on 2 Other works 3 Publications 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Games worked on

• Policenauts
• Metal Gear Solid
• Zone of the Enders
• Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
• Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner
• Fu-un Shinsengumi
• Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
• Fu-un Bakumatsu Den
• Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops
• Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
• Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker

[edit] Other works

• Novels
  • Urban Hercules (illustrations)

• Films
  • Godzilla: Final Wars (monster and mecha designs)

[edit] Publications

• The Art Of Metal Gear Solid
• The Art Of Metal Gear Solid 2
• The Art Of Metal Gear Solid 1.5
• Visual Works of Anubis: Zone of the Enders

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Yoji Shinkawa at MobyGames
• Yoji Shinkawa at the Internet Movie Database

v • d • e Metal Gear series Main series Metal Gear · MG2: Solid Snake · Metal Gear Solid · MGS2: Sons of Liberty · MGS3: Snake Eater · MGS: Portable Ops · MGS4: Guns of the Patriots · MGS: Peace Walker · MGS: Rising Other games Snake's Revenge · MG: Ghost Babel · Metal Gear Acid · Metal Gear Acid 2 · MGS Mobile · MG Online · MGS Touch Expanded versions and remakes MGS Integral and VR Missions · MGS2: Substance · MGS: The Twin Snakes · MGS3: Subsistence · MPO Plus · MGA Mobile · MG Arcade Supplements The Document of MGS2 · MGS: Digital Graphic Novel · MGS2: Digital Graphic Novel · MGS4 Database Creators Hideo Kojima · Shuyo Murata · Yoji Shinkawa · Motosada Mori · Shinta Nojiri Voice actors Japanese Akio Ohtsuka · Banjo Ginga · Kōji Totani · Kenyu Horiuchi · Hideyuki Tanaka · Takeshi Aono · Kyoko Terase · Kikuko Inoue · Houko Kuwashima English David Hayter · Cam Clarke · Patric Zimmerman · Quinton Flynn · Christopher Randolph · Paul Eiding · Kim Mai Guest · Debi Mae West · Jennifer Hale Characters Main characters Solid Snake · Big Boss · Raiden · Ocelot Characters by game MG · MG2 · MGS · MGS2 · MGS3 · MPO · MGS4 Related Metal Gear (weapon) · Soundtracks · Kojima Productions List of media · Category

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NAME	Shinkawa, Yoji
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Japanese Illustrator
DATE OF BIRTH	December 25, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hiroshima, Japan
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH