Yoji Shinkawa

Yoji Shinkawa (Japanese: 新川洋司, Hepburn: Shinkawa Yōji, born December 25, 1971) is a Japanese artist. He is best known as the lead character and mecha designer for the Metal Gear franchise.

Yoji Shinkawa
新川 洋司
Shinkawa in 2008
Born (1971-12-25) December 25, 1971
Hiroshima, Japan
NationalityJapanese
OccupationIllustrator

Biography

Shinkawa was born in Hiroshima on 25 December, 1971.[1] He began working for game developer Konami in 1994 after graduating from Kyoto Seika University.[2] He first worked as a debugger for the PC-98 version of Policenauts. He moved on to serve as art director for the later console ports of the game, then as the lead character and mecha designer for the Metal Gear series.[1] He served as the art director for all the Kojima-directed Metal Gear Solid games, while also providing character designs for Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops and Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. He is the lead artist and character designer for Kojima Productions.

Shinkawa was inspired by anime and manga artists like Yoshikazu Yasuhiko and Yoshitaka Amano[3] as well as Western artists such as Frank Miller, Aubrey Beardsley and Willy Pogany.[3] He also draws inspiration from French artists such as Mœbius. Shinkawa uses felt-tip pens, especially the Pentel Brush Pen, as well as Adobe Photoshop and Corel Painter.[2] He is a fan of heavy metal and artists such as Megadeth, Rage, Killswitch Engage and Yngwie Malmsteen.[2][4]

Works

Video games

Other works
Novels
  • Urban Hercules (illustrations)
Films
Toys
  • Frame Arms/Frame Arms Girl (mecha/character design for Byakko)

References
  1. "The art of Metal Gear: Yoji Shinkawa's visual legacy". VG247. 2013-04-23. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  2. Shinkawa, Yōji (1999). The art of metal gear solid. Tokyo: Konami. ISBN 4797309504. OCLC 675249617.
  3. "Yoji Shinkawa Interview". Metal Gear Solid: The Unofficial Site. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  4. Shinkawa, Yōji (2004). The art of metal gear solid. Version 1.5. Tokyo: Konami. ISBN 4797326808. OCLC 169873375.
  5. Romano, Sal (2017-09-19). "Square Enix announces survival action shooter Left Alive for PS4, PC". Gematsu. Retrieved 2017-09-21.

Bibliography
  • The Art of Metal Gear Solid
  • The Art of Metal Gear Solid 2
  • The Art of Metal Gear Solid 1.5
  • The Art of Metal Gear Solid: The Original Trilogy
  • Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots: Master Art Work
  • Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker: Official Art Works
  • The Art of Metal Gear Solid V
  • Visual Works of Anubis: Zone of the Enders
  • The Art of Yoji Shinkawa Volumes 1-3
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