Yūsuke Kozaki Explained

Yūsuke Kozaki
Birth Date:	12 May 1978
Occupation:	Manga artist

is a Japanese manga artist and character designer.

Works

Manga artist

• (1997, Monthly Young Magazine, Kodansha, one-shot)
• (1998, Bessatsu Monthly Young Magazine, Kodansha, one-shot)
• (2001, Monthly Young Magazine, Kodansha, web manga)
• (2001, Bessatsu Pachislot Panic 7, Byakuya-Shobo)
• Karasuma Kyoko no Jikenbo (2002–12, written by Ōji Kiroi, BStreet→Monthly Comic Birz, Gentosha, 10 volumes)^{[1] [2]}
• Chick Dismantler (2003, Blade Gunz, Mag Garden, one-shot)
• (2005–08, Robot, Wanimagazine)
• No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle Erotic Comic (2010, Marvelous Entertainment)^[3]
• (2011–present, Young Gangan, Square Enix, 5 volumes)^{[4] [5]}
• Tokyo Karasu (written by Hiroki Miyashita, Monthly Sunday Gene-X, Shogakukan) – character design from 2012 to 2013^{[6] [7]}

Character designer

Anime

• Speed Grapher (2005, Gonzo)
• Intrigue in the Bakumatsu – Irohanihoheto (2006–07, Sunrise)
• Bubuki Buranki (2016, Sanzigen)
• Under the Dog (2016, Kinema Citrus)

Video games

• Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan (2005, INiS/Nintendo)
• No More Heroes (2007, Grasshopper Manufacture/Marvelous Entertainment)
• Chūmon Shiyou ze! Ore-tachi no Sekai (2008, GAE)
• Half-Minute Hero (2009, Marvelous Entertainment)
• (2010, Grasshopper Manufacture/Marvelous Entertainment)
• (2010, feelplus/AQ Interactive/Marvelous Entertainment)
• Ace Combat: Assault Horizon (2011, Bandai Namco Games) – Tie-in novel Ace Combat: Ikaros in the Sky^[8]
• Fire Emblem Awakening (2012, Intelligent Systems/Nintendo)
• Liberation Maiden (2012, Level-5/Grasshopper Manufacture)
• Puzzle & Dragons (2012, GungHo Online Entertainment)
• Unchain Blaze EXXIV (2012, Furyu) – Hilda only
• Liberation Maiden SIN (2013, 5pb./Mages)
• Ranko Tsukigime's Longest Day (2014, Grasshopper Manufacture/Bandai Namco Games)^[9]
• Tekken 7 (2015, Bandai Namco Entertainment) – Lucky Chloe and Jin Kazama only^[10]
• Fire Emblem Fates (2015, Intelligent Systems/Nintendo)^[11]
• Pokémon Go (2016, Niantic) - Team Leaders, Professor Willow and Rhi design, official player character artwork^{[12] [13]}
• Fire Emblem Heroes (2017, Intelligent Systems/Nintendo)
• Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (2017, Monolith Soft/Nintendo) – Aegaeon and Agate design
• (2019, Grasshopper Manufacture)
• Daemon X Machina (2019, Marvelous)
• (2019, Spike Chunsoft)^[14]
• Pokémon Sword and Shield (2019, Game Freak/Nintendo/The Pokémon Company) – The Pokémon Toxel, Toxtricity, Gigantamax Toxtricity and Falinks designs^{[15] [16]}
• No More Heroes III (2021, Grasshopper Manufacture)^[17]
• (2022, Spike Chunsoft)
• Pokémon Scarlet and Violet (2022, Game Freak/Nintendo/The Pokémon Company) - The Pokémon Varoom, Revavroom, Cetoddle and Cetitan designs^[18]
• Wizardry Variants Daphne (2024, Drecom)^[19]

Other

• Vocaloid (2009, AH-Software) — SF-A2 Miki V2, V4

Notes and References

1. Web site: 烏丸響子の事件簿 (1) . Gentosha . December 20, 2014 . ja.
2. Web site: 烏丸響子の事件簿 (10) . Gentosha . December 20, 2014 . ja.
3. Web site: 「NO MORE HEROES 2 DESPERATE STRUGGLE」，先着特典「エロチカ★コミック」のゲスト作家を公開。公式サイトでは愛猫ジーンのダイエット動画も . August 10, 2010 . 4Gamer.net . December 20, 2014 . ja.
4. Web site: どーにゃつ 1巻 . Square Enix . December 20, 2014 . ja.
5. Web site: どーにゃつ 5巻 . Square Enix . January 18, 2018 . ja.
6. Web site: 東京カラス 1 . Shogakukan . December 20, 2014 . ja.
7. Web site: 東京カラス 4 . Shogakukan . December 20, 2014 . ja.
8. Web site: Inc . Aetas . 「ACE COMBAT」の架空機体「ASF-X 震電II」をフィーチャーした書籍が登場 . 2024-03-08 . 4Gamer.net . ja.
9. Web site: Short Peace Project's Ranko Tsukigime's Longest Day Launch Trailer Streamed . April 18, 2014 . Anime News Network . December 20, 2014.
10. 872457958977789954 . 鉄拳7ソフト頂きました。ありがとーございます！ 本作では仁とラッキークロエのデザインを担当させて頂きました。 . Kozaki, Yūsuke . kymg . June 7, 2017 . March 25, 2020 . ja.
11. Web site: Fire Emblem if Announced For Nintendo 3DS . January 14, 2015 . Anime News Network . January 15, 2015.
12. Web site: Developer Diaries: The Art of Pokémon GO . 2024-03-26 . Pokémon GO . en.
13. Web site: Kozaki . Yūsuke [@kymg] . June 6, 2022 . ポケモンGOに新たに現れた謎の人物リイのデザインしましたどんなキャラかな？？ . March 26, 2024 . ja . Tweet . Twitter.
14. Web site: AI: The Somnium Files launches July 25; interview with director Kotaro Uchikoshi and designer Akira Okada . Romano, Sal . 2019-03-21 . Gematsu . 2019-03-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190322011310/https://gematsu.com/2019/03/ai-the-somnium-files-launches-july-25-interview-with-director-kotaro-uchikoshi . 2019-03-22 . live.
15. Web site: Kozaki . Yūsuke [@kymg] . December 22, 2020 . 発売から１年が経ちました。 「ポケットモンスター ソード・シールド」にて、 エレズン、ストリンダー、タイレーツのデザインを担当させて頂いております！ . January 11, 2023 . Japanese . Tweet . Twitter.
16. Web site: Kozaki . Yūsuke [@kymg] . May 15, 2022 . しました！ . January 11, 2023 . Japanese . Tweet . Twitter.
17. Web site: Romano. Sal. No More Heroes III announced for Switch. Gematsu. June 11, 2019. June 11, 2019.
18. 1612716767444631552 . 『ポケットモンスター スカーレット・バイオレット』にて、開発のゲームフリーク監修でアルクジラ&ハルクジラ、ブロロン&ブロロロームのデザインを担当致しました！ 世界中の人が笑顔になってワクワクできるデザインを目指しました。皆さんと共に良きパルデアの旅をしてもらえます様に！ #ポケモンSV . Kozaki, Yūsuke . kymg . January 10, 2023 . January 10, 2023 . ja.
19. Web site: シリーズ最新作『Wizardry Variants Daphne』事前登録開始。コザキユースケによるキービジュアルも公開 . 2024-08-15 . 電撃オンライン . ja.