Koji Igarashi

Developer BIO

Koji Igarashi, also known as IGA, works at Konami and is now the frontman for the Castlevania Series. He joined Konami right after graduating from college. He passed their application exam, but didn't have enough university credits to work there full-time, so he stayed on for another year of school, working at Konami in a part-time capacity. After that, he became a full-time Konami employee in 1990. He first worked as a programmer, on a simulation game under the education software department, but that title was ultimately never released. His first real product that came to market was Detana!! Twinbee for the PC Engine.

In addition to serving as the producer on the PSX Chronicles port, the PS2 Lament of Innocence and Curse of Darkness games, and the GBA games Harmony of Dissonance and Aria of Sorrow, he was also the Assistant Director, Scenario Writer, and a Programmer for Symphony of the Night (his first Castlevania title). He also got a "Special Thanks" at the end of PC Engine Dracula X. He also worked on several shooters, dating sims (Tokimeki Memorial), and his action/adventure experiment Nano Breaker. He asked for a transfer to the Castlevania team after working on the dating sim, as he didn't have any ideas for a sequel.

In 2002, he removed several games from the Castlevania timeline for consistency, including Castlevania Legends, Castlevania 64, Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness, and Castlevania: Circle of the Moon.

He is always called IGA at Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, hence the nickname in the credits.

Also Known As

• K. IGA
• IGA
• 五十嵐孝司

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Games Credited

• Castlevania: Harmony of Despair (2010), Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.
• Contra ReBirth (2009), Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.
• Castlevania Judgment (2008), Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.
• Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (2008), Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.
• Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles (2007), Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game (2007), Ubisoft, Inc.
• Castlevania Double Pack (2006), Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.
• Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (2006), Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
• Castlevania: Curse of Darkness (2005), Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.
• Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (2005), Konami Corporation
• Nano Breaker (2005), Konami of Europe GmbH
• The Sword of Etheria (2005), Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
• Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (2003), Konami of America, Inc.
• Castlevania: Lament of Innocence (2003), Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.
• Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (2002), Konami Corporation
• Castlevania Chronicles (2001), Konami of America, Inc.
• Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (1997), Konami Co., Ltd.
• International Superstar Soccer (1994), Konami Deutschland GmbH
• Tokimeki Memorial (1994), Konami Co., Ltd.
• Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (1993), Konami Co., Ltd.
• Detana!! TwinBee (1992), Konami Co., Ltd.
• Gradius II (1992), Konami Co., Ltd.