Romeo Tanaka Explained

Romeo Tanaka
Birth Date:	6 June 1973
Birth Place:	Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan
Occupation:	Author, scenario writer
Nationality:	Japanese
Genre:	Fantasy, fiction
Notableworks:	Cross Channel Yume Miru Kusuri Humanity Has Declined

is a Japanese author and scenario writer for adult and bishōjo games. At one time, he had attended the University of Tsukuba. In 2007, Tanaka started to write his first light novel series entitled Humanity Has Declined which is published by Shogakukan.^[1] He is notable for having a hand in the creation of Cross Channel^[2] and Yume Miru Kusuri,^[3] and co-authored the scenario for Key's game Rewrite.

Influences

Tanaka has stated that some of his major influences include science fiction novelists like Yasutaka Tsutsui, Mariko Ōhara, in addition to screenwriters like Shinji Nojima.

Works

Adult games

• Chanter: Kimi no Uta ga Todoitara (by Terios, co-authorship)
• Cross Channel (by FlyingShine, scenario)
• Shinju no Yakata (by Meteor, scenario)
• (by Digital Object, under pseudonym Yamada Hajime, scenario)
• Kazoku Keikaku (by Digital Object, under pseudonym Yamada Hajime, scenario)
• Otaku Masshigura (by Gindokei, scenario)
• Saihate no Ima, (by Xuse, scenario and planning)
• Setsuei (by Silver Bullet, supervision)
• Hoshi ni Negai o... (by Sky-High feat. Giga, planning)
• (by Rúf, co-authorship and supervision)
• Waka-sama no Zasuru Sekai (by Minato Soft, scenario)

All-age games

• I/O (by Regista, supervision)
• Natsu Yume Yowa (by KID, Kotori scenario)
• Pizzicato Polka: Enishi Kusari Utsutsu Yoru (by KID, scenario)
• Rewrite (by Key, co-authorship and scenario framework)
• Girls Beyond the Wasteland (by Minato Soft, scenario)
• Stella of The End (by Key, scenario)

Light novels

• Humanity Has Declined series
• Shakunetsu no Kobayakawa-san

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fairy Tail, Dragon Crisis, Buddha, Doraemon Promos Streamed. 17 December 2010. Anime News Network. 14 January 2011.
2. Web site: 電撃オンライン. 『CROSS†CHANNEL』田中ロミオ氏インタビュー。今後は「ノベルではない純然たるゲーム作品にかかわってみたい」. 2021-06-18. 電撃オンライン. ja.
3. Web site: 2010-01-19. ruf-オフィシャルホームページ. 2021-06-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20100119041609/http://www.ruf-soft.net/yume/yume.html. 19 January 2010.