Yoji Shinkawa
aka: 新川 洋司
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Yoji Shinkawa is a Japanese artist known for his work as a designer on games created by Hideo Kojima.
Shinkawa graduated from Kyoto Seika University. He was hired by Konami in 1994 and initially worked as a debugger on Policenauts. When the game was ported to consoles he was the art director for the project. He subsequently worked in the same role on all of the Metal Gear Solid games directed by Kojima.
Credited on 35 games
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| Cyberpunk 2077 (2020, Windows) | Concept Artist |
| Death Stranding (2019, PlayStation 4) | Art Director |
| Left Alive (2019, PlayStation 4) | Character Design |
| Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner - M∀RS (2018, Windows) | Mechanic Design |
| Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (2015, PlayStation 4) | Art Director |
| Mighty Switch Force! Academy (2015, Windows) | Special Thanks |
| Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (2014, Windows) | Character & Mechanical Design |
| Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (2014, Windows) | Character Concept Artist |
| Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance - Blade Wolf (2013, Xbox 360) | Character Concept Artist |
| Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance - Jetstream (2013, PlayStation 3) | Character Concept Artist |
| Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (2013, PlayStation 3) | Character Concept Artists |
| PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale (2012, PlayStation 3) | Metal Gear Franchise: Kojima Productions |
| Zone of the Enders: HD Collection (2012, PlayStation 3) | Supervision |
| Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (2011, Windows) | Art Director |
| Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (2010, Xbox 360) | Art Director |
| Front Mission Evolved (2010, Windows) | Kojima Productions |
| Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (2010, PSP) | Character & Mechanical Design |
| Metal Gear Solid Touch (2009, iPhone) | Character Design |
| Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (2008, PlayStation 3) | Gun Research |
| Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008, Wii) | Supervisors (Original Games) |
[ full credits ]
From "The Making Of MGS2" DVD.
Frequent Collaborators
People- 32 games with Hideo Kojima
- 25 games with Yoshikazu Matsuhana
- 23 games with Ken-Ichiro Imaizumi
- 22 games with Kazuki Muraoka
- 20 games with Yuji Korekado
- 19 games with Hideki Sasaki
- 19 games with Ryoji Makimura
- 18 games with Nobuyoshi Nishimura
- 18 games with Takahiro Omori
- 18 games with Ichiro Kutome
Companies
- 22 games with Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.
- 13 games with Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH
- 12 games with Konami Computer...
- 12 games with Konami Corporation
- 10 games with Kojima Productions Co., Ltd.
- 8 games with Konami Digital...
- 7 games with Valve Corporation
- 6 games with Keywords Studios...
- 6 games with Audiokinetic Inc.
- 6 games with Namco Bandai Partners Pty Ltd.
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