Rieko Kodama
Rieko Kodama | |
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| Born | Rieko Kodama May 23, 1963 Kanagawa, Japan |
| Other names | Phoenix Phenix Rie Phoenix Rie |
| Known for | Video game designer |
| Notable work | Phantasy Star, Skies of Arcadia |
Rieko Kodama (小玉 理恵子, Kodama Rieko, born May 23, 1963 in Kanagawa, Kanagawa Prefecture) (Also credited as Phoenix Rie, Phenix Rie or Phoenix)[1] is a video game designer, director and producer.
Education
Born in Kanagawa, Japan, she began her education undecided between art and archeology. She opted for art and enrolled in a trade school for advertising design. In 1984, a fellow student brought her to work at Sega. Influence of archeology can be seen in several games that she has worked on, including Phantasy Star and Skies Of Arcadia, where the player often has to travel and discover past civilizations.
Career
Kodama started in character design, for arcade titles such as Champion Boxing (1984) and Ninja Princess (1984), as well as Master System games like Alex Kidd in Miracle World (1986) and Quartet (1987).As one of the few designers at the company, she found herself working on multiple titles at once, being credited on as many as five or six games a year. Kodama built up a reputation as an artist and was soon given a chance to work on larger projects, such as Phantasy Star. As the main designer, Kodama was responsible for creating all the character designs, the 2D maps, battle-scene backgrounds, and townspeople, among other things.
In 1993 she took on directional and producerial roles with Phantasy Star IV, Magic Knight Rayearth, Deep Fear, Skies of Arcadia and Altered Beast reboot.
After working on a variety of educational games on Nintendo DS and PSP[2], it was announced In 2008 it was announced that Kodama would be producing a new RPG entitled 7th Dragon, in collaboration with Kazuya Niinou (Trauma Center, Etrian Odyssey) and composer Yuzo Koshiro. She has been involved in the following entries of the series since. Currently she works at the CS3 division of the company.
References
- ^ Interview: Rieko Kodama from The Next Level
- ^ "www.g-wie-gorilla.de - Interview with Rieko Kodama". 2013-12-12. Retrieved 2015-08-18.