Kou Shibusawa
aka:
襟川 陽一,
Yoichi Erikawa,
Eiji Fukuzawa,
シブサワ・コウ,
Kou Sibusawa
Moby ID: 20412
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Yōichi Erikawa (襟川 陽一) co-founded Koei in 1978, originally a chemical company. Making video games was just a hobby of his, but then he developed Nobunaga's Ambition in 1983, and his employees liked it so much that the company decided to publish it. He then turned the company into a game studio and used the name "Kou Shibusawa" as his game developing alias. (He has also used the name "Eiji Fukuzawa" for Koei's series of "rekoeition" games.) He is best known for producing and designing games in Koei's Historical Simulation and World War series of games. He was the president of the company at one time, but stepped down to produce games again. He is an adviser to the board of directors.
Credited on 86 games
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| Rise of the Rōnin (2024, PlayStation 5) | Executive Producers |
| Fate/Samurai Remnant (2023, PlayStation 5) | General Producers |
| Nobunaga's Ambition: Shinsei (2022, Windows) | General Producer |
| Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water (2021, PlayStation 5) | Executive Producer |
| Nioh 2: Complete Edition (2021, Windows) | General Producers |
| Nioh 2 (2020, PlayStation 4) | General Producers |
| Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIV (2020, Windows) | General Producer |
| Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order (2019, Nintendo Switch) | General Producer |
| Nobunaga's Ambition: Taishi (2017, PlayStation 4) | General Producer |
| Samurai Warriors: Spirit of Sanada (2017, PlayStation 4) | 3D Map Supervisor |
| Nioh (2017, PlayStation 4) | Story Concept |
| Dragon Quest Heroes II (2016, PlayStation 4) | General Producer (KOEI TECMO GAMES Co., Ltd.) |
| Nobunaga's Ambition: Sphere of Influence - Ascension (2016, Windows) | General Producer |
| Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIII (2016, PlayStation 4) | General Producer |
| Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below (2015, Windows) | General Producer (KOEI TECMO GAMES Co., Ltd.) |
| Nobunaga's Ambition: Reppuden with Power Up Kit (2015, Nintendo 3DS) | General Producer (ゼネラルプロデューサー) |
| Nobunaga's Ambition: Sphere of Influence (2015, PlayStation 4) | General Producer |
| Ar nosurge Plus: Ode to an Unborn Star (2014, PS Vita) | Executive Producer |
| Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water (2014, Wii U) | Executive Producers |
| Ar nosurge: Ode to an Unborn Star (2014, PlayStation 3) | Executive Producer |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 23 games with Ryota Kamei
- 22 games with Koji Yamada
- 19 games with Katsumi Aizawa
- 17 games with Hiroshi Shoji
- 16 games with George Ikezawa
- 16 games with Yasunobu Saito
- 15 games with Mikio Matsunami
- 15 games with Wataru Maeda
- 15 games with Kip K. Sam Fong
- 15 games with Minako Abe
Companies
- 65 games with KOEI Co., Ltd.
- 30 games with KOEI Corporation
- 15 games with Koei Tecmo Games Co., Ltd.
- 6 games with Pole To Win Co., Ltd.
- 6 games with Koei Tecmo America Corp.
- 5 games with Team Ninja
- 5 games with Valve Corporation
- 4 games with Koei Tecmo Europe Ltd.
- 3 games with Tianjin Tecmo Koei...
- 3 games with Tecmo Koei Software...
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