Tsunako
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Born | Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan | January 28, 1986
Nationality | Japanese |
Occupation | Illustrator, Video game artist, Character designer |
Tsunako (つなこ, born January 28, 1986) is a Japanese video game creator and illustrator who worked for Idea Factory. She has designed and illustrated characters for various games and print media. She is best known for illustrating the Date a Live series, written by Kōshi Tachibana.[1]
Biography[]
Tsunako joined Idea Factory in 2007, beginning as a general game sprite creator for games such as Spectral Gene and Cross Edge. She later became the lead character designer for the Hyperdimension Neptunia game series,[2] and signed a deal with light novel author Kōshi Tachibana as the illustrator for Date A Live.[3] She has also made guest illustrations for games such as Sei Madou Monogatari.[4] She ranked 6th on the Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! 2014 Top Illustrator Rankings.
On December 1, 2018, Tsunako left her role at Idea Factory and decided to move out of the city. She noted on her blog that her reasoning for this was one of her family members being in poor physical condition. She is still set to work at Idea Factory as a freelance illustrator.[5][6]
Main works[]
Video games[]
- Spectral Gene (2007, PS2): in-game sprite designer
- Spectral Force Genesis (2008, NDS): character designs
- Cross Edge (2008, PS3/X360): character designs, in-game sprite illustrator
- Trinity Universe (2009, PS3): character designs and official art
- Hyperdimension Neptunia (2010, PS3): character designs and official art[2]
- Hyperdimension Neptunia Mk2 (2011, PS3)
- Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory (2012, PS3)[7]
- Hyperdimension Idol Neptunia PP (2013, PSVita)
- Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 1 (2013, PSVita)
- Date A Live: Rinne Utopia (2013, PS3): in-game sprite illustrator[8]
- Fairy Fencer F (2013, PS3): character designs and official art[9]
- Hyperdevotion Noire: Goddess Black Heart (2014, PSVita)
- Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 2: Sisters Generation (2014, PSVita)
- Date A Live: Ars Install (2014, PS3)
- Hyperdimension Neptunia U: Action Unleashed (2014, PSVita)
- Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 3: V Century (2014, PSVita)
- Fairy Fencer F: Advent Dark Force (2015, PS4)
- Megadimension Neptunia VII (2015, PS4)
- Date A Live Twin Edition: Rio Reincarnation (2015, PSVita)
- (2015, PSVita)
- (2015, PSVita)
- Cyberdimension Neptunia: 4 Goddesses Online (2017, PS4)
- (2017, PS4)
- (2017, PS4)
- Super Neptunia RPG (2018, PS4, Switch)
Light novels[]
- Date A Live (2011): character designs and novel illustrations[10]
- Hyperdimension Neptunia: Highschool (超次元ゲイム ネプテューヌ はいすくーる, 2012):[a] character designs and novel illustrations[11]
Footnotes[]
- ^ Published by Sakuranomori Bunko, ISBN 9784891990800
References[]
- ^ つなまよざ
- ^ a b 2010-08-19, 『超次元ゲイム ネプテューヌ』女性開発陣+naoのメガネ鼎談, Famitsu
- ^ 2013-03-30, シリーズ最大の強敵が出現! 「放課後ライトノベル」第135回は『デート・ア・ライブ』で百合っ子をデレさせろ, 4gamer
- ^ 2012-12-04, Sei Madou Monogatari announced for PS Vita, Gematsu
- ^ "Neptunia Series Character Designer Tsunako Leaves Idea Factory, Goes Freelance - Niche Gamer". Niche Gamer. 2018-12-01. Retrieved 2018-12-02.
- ^ "『ネプテューヌ』などで知られる つなこ氏がアイディアファクトリーを退職しフリーランスへ転向". ゲーム情報!ゲームのはなし (in Japanese). 2018-12-01. Retrieved 2018-12-02.
- ^ 2012-04-09, Next Neptunia Game Set In The ’80s, Coming To Japan This Summer, Siliconera
- ^ 2013-06-19, PS3「デート・ア・ライブ 凜祢ユートピア」ビジュアルガイド7月発売, Otasuke
- ^ 2013-05-09, Fairy Fencer F detailed in Famitsu, Gematsu
- ^ 2013-03-02, Date A Live Novel to Bundle Unaired Anime Episode, Anime News Network
- ^ 超次元ゲイム ネプテューヌ はいすくーる, HIFUMI SHOBO Co., Ltd.
External links[]
- 1986 births
- People from Okayama Prefecture
- Japanese illustrators
- Video game artists
- Living people
- Japanese video game designers
- Anime character designers
- Video game specialist stubs