Tsunako Explained

Tsunako
Birth Date:January 28, 1986
Birth Place:Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Nationality:Japanese
Occupation:Illustrator, video game artist, character designer

is a Japanese video game creator and illustrator who worked for Idea Factory. She has designed and illustrated characters for various games and print media. She is best known for illustrating the Hyperdimension Neptunia video game series, published by Idea Factory and developed by Compile Heart, as well as the Date A Live light novel series, written by Kōshi Tachibana.[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.

On December 1, 2018, Tsunako left her role at Idea Factory and decided to move out of the city. She noted on her blog that her reasoning for this was one of her family members being in poor physical condition. She is still set to work at Idea Factory as a freelance illustrator.[5] [6]

Main works

Video games

Light novels

character designs and novel illustrations[11]

Anime

Manga

Notes and References

  1. http://mayo.warabimochi.net/about.htm つなまよざ
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 2012-12-04, Sei Madou Monogatari announced for PS Vita, Gematsu
  5. News: Idea Factory Character Designer Tsunako Goes Freelance . 2018-12-03. . 2024-03-28. Wong . Alistair . en-US.
  6. News: 『ネプテューヌ』などで知られる つなこ氏がアイディアファクトリーを退職しフリーランスへ転向. 2018-12-01. ゲーム情報!ゲームのはなし. 2018-12-02. ja-JP.
  7. 2012-04-09, Next Neptunia Game Set In The ’80s, Coming To Japan This Summer, Siliconera
  8. 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
  9. 2013-05-09, Fairy Fencer F detailed in Famitsu, Gematsu
  10. 2013-03-02, Date A Live Novel to Bundle Unaired Anime Episode, Anime News Network
  11. http://www.hifumi.co.jp/books/lineup/9784891990800.html 超次元ゲイム ネプテューヌ はいすくーる