Toshinobu Kondo
aka:
Toshinobu Kondou,
近藤 敏信
Moby ID: 486106
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Toshinobu Kondō (近藤敏信) is a Japanese game designer, illustrator, and character designer, and the director of independent developer Studio Saizensen. Born Sept. 14, 1969, he was an early member of Fill in Café. He left in 1994 to work freelance, notably creating the character designs for the cult-favorite Umihara Kawase series. In September 1997, he established Studio Saizensen, and has run the company ever since.
Credited on 19 games
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| Superlative Night Dreams: Cotton Rock'n Roll (2021, Arcade) | Directors |
| Umihara Kawase BaZooKa! (2020, Windows) | Character Design |
| Crystal Crisis (2019, Windows) | Visual Effects by |
| Umihara Kawase Fresh! (2019, Nintendo Switch) | Director |
| Blade Strangers (2018, Nintendo Switch) | Character Design |
| Shining Resonance Refrain (2018, PlayStation 4) | Special Thanks |
| A Certain Magical Virtual-On (2018, PlayStation 4) | Management |
| Blade Arcus from Shining: Battle Arena (2016, Windows) | Chief Director |
| Yumi's Odd Oddysey (2013, Nintendo 3DS) | Character Design (キャラクターデザイン) |
| Code of Princess (2012, Nintendo 3DS) | Director |
| Glory of Heracles (2008, Nintendo DS) | Director |
| Nijiiro Dodgeball: Otome-tachi no Seishun (2002, PlayStation) | Character Design (キャラクターデザイン) |
| Doki Doki Poyatchio!! (1998, PlayStation) | Planning / Design / Direction (企画・原案・監督) |
| Umihara Kawase: Shun (1997, PlayStation) | Character Design (キャラクターデザイン) |
| Umihara Kawase (1994, SNES) | Cooperation (協力) |
| Mad Stalker: Full Metal Force (1994, Sharp X68000) | Special Thanks |
| Ruin: Kami no Isan (1993, TurboGrafx CD) | Character Design (キャラクターデザイン) |
| Galaxy Deka Gayvan (1993, TurboGrafx CD) | Character Design (キャラクターデザイン) |
| Valna (1989, PC-88) | CG. Art |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 11 games with Hisanori Saito
- 8 games with Shinji Tachikawa
- 7 games with Tetsuhiko Kikuchi
- 7 games with Toyotaka Fukushi
- 7 games with Muneki Seki
- 7 games with Amika Minato-Minat's
- 6 games with Satoru Higashida
- 6 games with Hidemasa Shimoji
- 6 games with Kenshirō Fujii
- 6 games with Koji Nakajima
Companies
- 10 games with Studio Saizensen Ltd.
- 3 games with Nicalis, Inc.
- 3 games with Success Corp.
- 3 games with SEGA Corporation
- 3 games with Valve Corporation
- 3 games with Fill in Café Co., Ltd.
- 2 games with Pikii
- 2 games with Agatsuma Entertainment Co., Ltd.
- 2 games with Atlus U.S.A., Inc.
- 1 game with Xebec, Inc.
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