Tsunako
Appearance
Tsunako | |
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Born | 28 January 1986 |
Nationality | Japanese |
Occupation(s) | Illustrator, Video game artist, Character designer |
Tsunako (つなこ, born 28 January 1986) is a Japanese videogame creator and illustrator from Okayama Prefecture, who works for Idea Factory. She has designed and illustrated characters for various games and print media.[1]
Biography
Tsunako joined Idea Factory in 2007, beginning as a general game sprite creator for games such as Spectral Gene and Cross Edge. She later became the lead character designer for the Hyperdimension Neptunia game series,[2] and signed a deal with light novel author Kōshi Tachibana as the illustrator for Date A Live.[3] She has also made guest illustrations for games such as Sei Madou Monogatari.[4] She ranked 6th on the Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! 2014 Top Illustrator Rankings.
Main works
Video games
- Spectral Gene (2007, PS2): in-game sprite designer
- Spectral Force Genesis (2008, NDS): character designs
- Cross Edge (2008, PS3/X360): character designs, in-game sprite illustrator
- Trinity Universe (2009, PS3): character designs and official art
- Hyperdimension Neptunia (2010, PS3): character designs and official art[2]
- Hyperdimension Neptunia Mk2 (2011, PS3)
- Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory (2012, PS3)[5]
- Hyperdimension Idol Neptunia PP (2013, PSVita)
- Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 1 (2013, PSVita)
- Date A Live: Rinne Utopia (2013, PS3): in-game sprite illustrator[6]
- Fairy Fencer F (2013, PS3): character designs and official art[7]
- Hyperdevotion Noire: Goddess Black Heart (2014, PSVita)
- Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 2: Sisters Generation (2014, PSVita)
- Date A Live: Ars Install (2014, PS3)
- Hyperdimension Neptunia U: Action Unleashed (2014, PSVita)
- Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 3: V Century (2014, PSVita)
- Fairy Fencer F: Advent Dark Force (2015, PS4)
- Megadimension Neptunia VII (2015, PS4)
- Date A Live Twin Edition: Rio Reincarnation (2015, PSVita)
- MegaTagmension Blanc + Neptune VS Zombies (2015, PSVita)
- Super Dimension War Neptunia VS Sega Hard Girls Dream of Coalescence Special (2015, PSVita)
Light novels
- Date A Live (2011): character designs and novel illustrations[8]
- Hyperdimension Neptunia: Highschool (超次元ゲイム ネプテューヌ はいすくーる, 2012)[a]: character designs and novel illustrations[9]
Manga
- マンガでわかる! 東大式麻雀入門 (監修:井出洋介、2007年 池田書店)
- マンガでわかる! 東大式麻雀入門 役の覚え方入門 (監修:井出洋介、2010年 池田書店)
- マンガでわかる! 東大式麻雀入門 勝つ打ち方入門 (監修:井出洋介、2010年 池田書店)
Footnotes
- ^ Published by Sakuranomori Bunko, ISBN 9784891990800
References
- ^ つなまよざ
- ^ a b 2010-08-19, 『超次元ゲイム ネプテューヌ』女性開発陣+naoのメガネ鼎談, Famitsu
- ^ 2013-03-30, シリーズ最大の強敵が出現! 「放課後ライトノベル」第135回は『デート・ア・ライブ』で百合っ子をデレさせろ, 4gamer
- ^ 2012-12-04, Sei Madou Monogatari announced for PS Vita, Gematsu
- ^ 2012-04-09, Next Neptunia Game Set In The ’80s, Coming To Japan This Summer, Siliconera
- ^ 2013-06-19, PS3「デート・ア・ライブ 凜祢ユートピア」ビジュアルガイド7月発売, Otasuke
- ^ 2013-05-09, Fairy Fencer F detailed in Famitsu, Gematsu
- ^ 2013-03-02, Date A Live Novel to Bundle Unaired Anime Episode, Anime News Network
- ^ 超次元ゲイム ネプテューヌ はいすくーる, HIFUMI SHOBO Co., Ltd.