Kinu Nishimura Explained

Kinu Nishimura
Native Name:西村 キヌ
Birth Date:October 5, 1969
Birth Place:Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
Nationality:Japanese
Occupation:Character artist
Years Active:1991–present
Employer:Capcom (1991–2008)
Notable Works:Capcom's fighting games[1]

is a Japanese video game and anime concept artist and illustrator. Currently freelance, she is best known for her character design and promotional art for Capcom's fighting games during the 1990s.

Career

Kinu Nishimura began working at Capcom when she was recruited by Akiman while studying at Kyoto University of Art and Design in 1991, with her first job being Muscle Bomber,[2] and her first major project for them being character design and illustrations for The King of Dragons. During her time at Capcom, she provided designs and art for many of their games, including the Street Fighter series[3] (working alongside Akiman as the main illustrator for Street Fighter II[4] and as character designer, promotional illustrator, and in-game artist for Street Fighter III and Street Fighter IV). She was the main illustrator (alongside Shinkiro) and promotional illustrator for the crossover games Capcom vs. SNK and Capcom vs. SNK 2, on which she worked for Capcom on SNK's characters.[5] Her other work on Capcom's fighting games included the Darkstalkers series,[6] ,[7] and . She has also worked as character designer and/or promotional illustrator on such games as Armored Warriors, Cannon Spike, ,[8] Gaia Master, and Tech Romancer.

Despite Nishimura leaving Capcom in 2008,[9] she has continued to work on some of their games as a freelancer, such as Marvel vs. Capcom 3. She also contributed new illustrations to the Street Fighter 25th and 30th anniversary art books[10] [11] in which she was featured prominently,[12] and the tie-in art books for Darkstalkers Resurrection (including cover art[13]) and .[14]

Outside of Capcom, she has created character designs for many other games, including the Zero Escape series by Spike Chunsoft[15] (although succeeded by Rui Tomono in Zero Time Dilemma)[16] and Culdcept Revolt by Nippon Ichi Software,[17] many social mobile games,[18] anime TV series, including Overman King Gainer,[19] Overlord,[20] and Sirius the Jaeger,[21] and other productions, such as a stage show Dragon, Dance With Wolves.[22] She was charge of the characters and the game world planning for Agatsuma Entertainment's Code of Princess,[23] of which launch copy includes the bonus disc containing a collection of her art;[24] the game's producer said that he wanted to create a sequel, and that Nishimura had come up with some ideas for one already.[25]

Many of her illustrations have been printed in various Capcom[26] [27] and other[28] [29] art books, or served as doujinshi covers.[30] Other have been adapted for figurines (including the "Kinu Nishimura Collection" of Capcom vs. SNK 2 characters[31] and a figure collection of the Capcom characters that she had designed, such as Street Fighter's Ibuki),[32] [33] posters,[34] [35] wall scrolls,[36] and shirts.[37]

Recognition

She is highly acclaimed and popular, both domestically and abroad.[38] [39] [40] Kotaku featured her in an article series intended to celebrate the work of video game artists, and called her "one of the most accomplished artists to have ever worked in video games". Her art is one of the two stated main inspirations for the artist Da-kuro from Japanese company Gumi for their games such as Phantom of the Kill.[41] She was also credited by Carlo Arellano, art director of video game Vainglory.[42] The cover of a special edition of UDON's art book The UDON's Art of Capcom is a homage to her cover of Capcom Design Works.[43]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Plunkett. Luke. The Kick-Ass Capcom Art of Kinu Nishimura. 8 March 2017. Kotaku. 8 March 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170308235641/http://kotaku.com/the-kick-ass-capcom-art-of-kinu-nishimura-5852009. 8 March 2017. live. dmy-all.
  2. Web site: 西村キヌ・森気楼 Kinu Nishimura - Shinkiro. neogeo.freeplaytech.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20171220033250/http://neogeo.freeplaytech.com/svc/interview/interview03/interview03.htm. 2017-12-20. live. 2018-07-29.
  3. News: P.A.WORKSオリジナルTVアニメ「天狼 Sirius the Jaeger」7月放送スタート. アニメハック. 2018-07-29. ja-JP. https://web.archive.org/web/20180729205940/http://anime.eiga.com/news/106026/. 2018-07-29. live.
  4. News: スイッチ新作『ウルトラストリートファイターII』発売直前ハンズオン―新キャラや「放て！波Do拳」モードの触り心地は？ インサイド. インサイド. 2018-07-29. ja. https://web.archive.org/web/20170829170817/https://www.inside-games.jp/article/2017/05/19/107299.html. 2017-08-29. live.
  5. News: Shinkiro and Kinu Nishimura exchanged franchises with each other when their parent companies crossover, Capcom vs. SNK, launched - Full gallery here. EventHubs. 2018-07-29. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20171015044707/https://www.eventhubs.com/news/2016/dec/30/shinkiro-and-kinu-nishimura-exchanged-franchises-eachother-when-their-parent-companies-crossover-capcom-vs-snk-launched-full-gallery-here/. 2017-10-15. live.
  6. Web site: El Arte de Street Fighter por Kinu Nishimura. 2017-05-15. www.meristation.com.mx. es-mx. https://web.archive.org/web/20171015051747/http://www.meristation.com.mx/noticias/el-arte-de-street-fighter-por-kinu-nishimura/2194799. 2017-10-15. live.
  7. Web site: 西村キヌ氏監修カプコンフィギュアコレクション第4弾！. www.famitsu.com. ja. https://web.archive.org/web/20130208171011/http://www.famitsu.com/game/news/2005/04/14/103,1113481865,38316,0,0.html. 2013-02-08. live. 2018-07-29.
  8. News: 西村キヌ氏渾身のデザインで贈るベルトアクションRPG「CODE OF PRINCESS」，アガツマ・エンタテインメントより来春発売. 2018-07-29. ja. https://web.archive.org/web/20171225012338/http://www.4gamer.net/games/142/G014254/20111024057/. 2017-12-25. live.
  9. Web site: ペンタブ de コミック広場 - イラストレーターのわ：第二回. 10 April 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130410225246/http://www.comic-hiroba.jp/interview/02/. 10 April 2013. bot: unknown.
  10. 『ロックマン』＆『ストリートファイター』シリーズの25周年記念画集発売決定！. Famitsu. ja. https://web.archive.org/web/20130606133351/http://www.famitsu.com/news/201212/10025687.html. 2013-06-06. live. 2018-07-29.
  11. 『ストリートファイター』30周年記念本が発売決定、表紙はあきまん氏描き下ろし. Famitsu. ja. https://web.archive.org/web/20180224224013/https://www.famitsu.com/news/201802/20152175.html. 2018-02-24. live. 2018-07-29.
  12. Web site: ストリートファイター30周年記念本「ストリートファイター メモリアル・アーカイブ Beyond the World」3月24日発売！. Gamer. www.gamer.ne.jp. ja. https://web.archive.org/web/20180729205939/https://www.gamer.ne.jp/news/201803230007/. 2018-07-29. live. 2018-07-29.
  13. Web site: 『ヴァンパイア』シリーズ設定画や描き下ろしイラストが集結した『ヴァンパイア アートワークス』 が3月14日に発売決定. Famitsu.com. ja. 2018-07-30.
  14. News: 「ダンジョンズ＆ドラゴンズ －ミスタラ英雄戦記－」，イーカプコン限定版購入者から抽選で10名に，西村キヌ氏の手がけるポストカードをプレゼント. 2018-07-29. ja. https://web.archive.org/web/20140909231959/http://www.4gamer.net/games/217/G021731/20130712034/. 2014-09-09. live.
  15. 『極限脱出ADV 善人シボウデス』の公式サイト更新、西村キヌ氏のキャラクター制作過程が明らかに. Famitsu. ja. https://web.archive.org/web/20120115164904/http://www.famitsu.com/news/201111/08005170.html. 2012-01-15. live. 2018-07-29.
  16. News: 待ちに待った！ 「ZERO ESCAPE 刻のジレンマ」インタビュー 打越鋼太郎氏の作風に迫る！ 発想の秘密は「オカルト好き」にあり. 2016-06-30. GAME Watch. 2018-07-29. ja-JP. https://web.archive.org/web/20170705174503/http://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/interview/1007330.html. 2017-07-05. live.
  17. News: Culdcept Revolt Recensione 3DS The Games Machine. The Games Machine. it-IT. https://web.archive.org/web/20171015045020/https://www.thegamesmachine.it/culdcept-revolt/culdcept-revolt-recensione-3ds/. 2017-10-15. live.
  18. 『戦国BASARA4』、"バサラマガジン"、舞台『戦国BASARA』イベント決定など"バサラ祭2013～春の陣～"新発表総まとめ！. Famitsu. ja. https://web.archive.org/web/20130603235537/http://www.famitsu.com/news/201303/30031184.html. 2013-06-03. live. 2018-07-29.
  19. News: キングゲイナー１０周年で富野節がさく裂. 東スポＷeb - 東京スポーツ新聞社. 2018-07-29. ja. https://web.archive.org/web/20130517153718/http://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/entame/99677/. 2013-05-17. live.
  20. News: 【2018夏アニメ】『オーバーロード』3期に『アンゴルモア元寇合戦記』. ニコニコニュース. 2018-07-29. ja. https://web.archive.org/web/20180729205939/http://news.nicovideo.jp/watch/nw3658451. 2018-07-29. live.
  21. Web site: 【イベントレポート】アニメ「天狼」先行上映会、小林裕介「今後ヴァイオリン弾かされるの？」. コミックナタリー. ja. https://web.archive.org/web/20180718005512/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/290161. 2018-07-18. live. 2018-07-29.
  22. Web site: 赤澤遼太郎「ノースリーブ羽織は僕の案です！」舞台『龍よ、狼と踊れ～Dragon,Dance with Wolves～』～草莽の死士～開幕直前会見、横田龍儀、安達勇人、鐘ヶ江洸らコメントUP！ スマートボーイズ. sumabo.jp. 2018-07-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20180729205939/https://sumabo.jp/66417. 2018-07-29. live.
  23. 『CODE OF PRINCESS（コード・オブ・プリンセス）』西村キヌ氏デザインによるファンタジーアクション. Famitsu. ja. https://web.archive.org/web/20160426051752/http://www.famitsu.com/news/201110/20052169.html. 2016-04-26. live. 2018-07-29.
  24. Web site: Code of Princess Screenshots And Photos Show Off The Game And Art Booklet. 26 September 2012. Siliconera. 14 October 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171015051512/http://www.siliconera.com/2012/09/26/code-of-princess-screenshots-and-photos-show-off-the-game-and-art-booklet/. 15 October 2017. live. dmy-all.
  25. News: Code of Princess producer wants sequel on PS4, Xbox One. destructoid. 2018-07-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20170312034429/https://www.destructoid.com/code-of-princess-producer-wants-sequel-on-ps4-xbox-one-256748.phtml. 2017-03-12. live.
  26. News: SF20: The Art of Street Fighter book 30% off. EventHubs. 2018-07-29. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20171015044626/https://www.eventhubs.com/news/2012/apr/09/sf20-art-street-fighter-book-30/. 2017-10-15. live.
  27. News: ガールズ＆ヒーローズ、カプコンカレンダー2012年版予約開始 レスポンス. Response.jp. 2018-07-29. ja. https://web.archive.org/web/20110921140824/http://response.jp/article/2011/06/21/158334.html. 2011-09-21. live.
  28. News: Dragon's Crown Breathes Fire Onto PS3 and PS Vita. BioGamer Girl. 2018-07-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20171015045156/http://www.biogamergirl.com/2013/08/dragons-crown-breathes-fire-onto-ps3.html. 2017-10-15. live.
  29. News: 富野監督「あれがロボットものか！？」 「キングゲイナー」10周年でスタッフ描きおろしイラストも アニメ！アニメ！. アニメ！アニメ！. 2018-07-29. ja. https://web.archive.org/web/20140814043150/http://animeanime.jp/article/2013/02/11/12971.html. 2014-08-14. live.
  30. Web site: はやて×ブレード15巻は日本橋ヨヲコら参加の同人誌付きも - コミックナタリー. コミックナタリー. ja. https://web.archive.org/web/20171011164635/http://natalie.mu/comic/news/55084. 2017-10-11. live. 2018-07-29.
  31. Web site: バストもヒップも日本一～!!フィギュア「西村キヌコレクション不知火舞」8月発売 - 電撃オンライン. dengekionline.com. ja. https://web.archive.org/web/20081012023634/http://www.dengekionline.com/data/news/2007/5/17/e27a2bdf48e771723d18c61f3aee012d.html. 2008-10-12. live. 2018-07-29.
  32. Web site: This Nurse Morrigan statue is the perfect blend of sexy, classy and inspired; check out these new images of this amazing figurine. 24 August 2016 . EventHubs. 2017-10-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20171015044921/https://www.eventhubs.com/news/2016/aug/24/nurse-morrigan-statue-perfect-blend-sexy-classy-and-inspired-check-out-these-new-images-amazing-figurine/. 2017-10-15. live.
  33. 『CODE OF PRINCESS』、ワンダーフェスティバルに出展！. Famitsu. ja. https://web.archive.org/web/20121016184002/http://www.famitsu.com/news/201202/03009495.html. 2012-10-16. live. 2018-07-29.
  34. Web site: ハイスコアガールをあきまん、西村キヌ、剛田チーズが執筆 - コミックナタリー. コミックナタリー. ja. https://web.archive.org/web/20160618074550/http://natalie.mu/comic/news/92675. 2016-06-18. live. 2018-07-29.
  35. News: 「極限脱出」西村キヌ氏のサイン＆イラスト入りポスターをプレゼント. 2018-07-29. ja. https://web.archive.org/web/20150702073758/http://www.4gamer.net/games/094/G009485/20100107016/. 2015-07-02. live.
  36. 『ウルトラストリートファイターIV』タペストリーがプライズに登場、イラストは西村キヌ氏描きおろしの春麗＆キャミィ. Famitsu. ja. https://web.archive.org/web/20150809103357/http://www.famitsu.com/news/201405/28053981.html. 2015-08-09. live. 2018-07-29.
  37. New Super Street Fighter IV Shirts Draw on Original Concept Art. Mastrapa. Gus. WIRED. 2017-10-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20171015044529/https://www.wired.com/2010/04/super-street-fighter-iv-shirt/. 2017-10-15. live.
  38. News: 原幹恵、男性に裏切られたことはないが「私は冷めやすいので…」 : 映画ニュース. 映画.com. 2018-07-29. ja-JP. https://web.archive.org/web/20180729205939/https://eiga.com/news/20120215/8/. 2018-07-29. live.
  39. News: なぜ打越鋼太郎氏は，「ZERO ESCAPE 刻のジレンマ」で"運命の理不尽さ"を描いたのか。その背景と意図に迫る. Inc.. Aetas. 2018-07-29. ja. https://web.archive.org/web/20170919043153/http://www.4gamer.net/games/336/G033691/20160609079/. 2017-09-19. live.
  40. "モリガン"のカプコンフィギュアビルダー クリエイターズモデルの彩色原型が公開 西村キヌ氏×濱崎剛氏のタッグにより立体化. Famitsu. ja. https://web.archive.org/web/20160830230622/http://www.famitsu.com/news/201406/12055094.html. 2016-08-30. live. 2018-07-29.
  41. Web site: How Phantom Of The Kill's Artists Turned Weapons Into Characters. 19 May 2016. Siliconera. 14 October 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171015050007/http://www.siliconera.com/2016/05/19/phantom-kills-artists-turned-weapons-characters/. 15 October 2017. live. dmy-all.
  42. News: ヒーローはいかにして生まれるか？「Vainglory」アートディレクターCarlo Arellano氏インタビュー. 株式会社インプレス. 2018-02-07. GAME Watch. 2018-07-29. ja-JP. https://web.archive.org/web/20180729205939/https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/interview/1105048.html. 2018-07-29. live.
  43. Web site: Udon Announces 600-Page Art of Capcom: Complete Edition. 4 June 2014. Siliconera. 14 October 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171015051511/http://www.siliconera.com/2014/06/04/udon-announces-600-page-art-capcom-complete-edition/. 15 October 2017. live. dmy-all.

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