Japanese animator, character designer, game designer, and mecha designer
Akira Yasuda (安田 朗, Yasuda Akira) (born July 21, 1964) is a Japanese animator, character designer, game designer and mecha designer, who works under the pseudonym "Akiman". Yasuda is a former employee of the video game company Capcom (joining in 1985) and has worked on many Capcom games, taking on various design roles for works such as the Final Fight series and Street Fighter II: The World Warrior (including their updates). He has also been involved in anime production, most notably Turn A Gundam,Overman King Gainer and Code Geass. He also went to the United States to work on Red Dead Revolver for Angel Studios. When the studio was bought by Rockstar Games, he returned to Japan,[1] where he officially left Capcom in 2003 and started working as a freelance artist.[2][3]
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AkiraYasuda (安田 朗, YasudaAkira) (born July 21, 1964) is a Japanese animator, character designer, game designer and mecha designer, who works under the...
mostly known for designing Street Fighter II and Final Fight alongside AkiraYasuda, aka Akiman. In 1995, he left Capcom to found his own company, Arika...
Yasuda (安田 or 保田) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: AkiraYasuda (born 1964), Japanese illustrator and animator Atsushi Yasuda...
re-appeared in various other video game appearances. He was created by Akira "Akiman" Yasuda, introduced due to the need for a "big guy" in Final Fight. Inspiration...
Slavic variant of the name Zanjiati (Ossetian: Зæнджиаты). Designed by AkiraYasuda, Zangief was initially planned for Street Fighter II planned to be a...
Tomioka, Takayuki Yoshii, and Yoshihiro Suzuki. Character designs was by AkiraYasuda and Yoshihito Hishinuma while mecha designs were done by Atsushi Shigeta...
and was responsible for recruiting character designer AkiraYasuda for Capcom. Okamoto and Yasuda developed some of Capcom's biggest hits, most notably...
Blanka was originally designed as a pink-skinned human character by Akira "Akiman" Yasuda, and underwent several re-conceptualizations during the production...
1989). United Kingdom: Newsfield. May 18, 1989. pp. 24–5. Nakayama. "AkiraYasuda Interview". Retrieved February 6, 2019. Okamoto, Yoshiki. "Capcom and...
is the reverse of the name of the company's founder, Akira Nishitani, who along with AkiraYasuda, created Street Fighter II. Arika's first game was Street...
figurehead of the game, similar to Chun-Li for Street Fighter II. Akira "Akiman" Yasuda oversaw the development process, and expected a character similar...
35 to 40 people, with Noritaka Funamizu as a producer, and Akira Nishitani and AkiraYasuda in charge of the game and character design, respectively. The...
features an original illustration by respected Gundam and Capcom artist, AkiraYasuda (also known as "Akiman"). The image depicts Andrew W.K. floating in space...
arcade shoot 'em up Gun.Smoke—upon viewing the movie Blindman. Artist AkiraYasuda, also known as Akiman, moved to United States to work on Red Dead Revolver's...
cosmetic outfit has also been added to Fortnite. Sakura was created by Akira 'Akiman' Yasuda, who said he expected Hideaki Itsuno and the Street Fighter Alpha...
artists included Street Fighter and Darkstalkers character designer AkiraYasuda, One-Punch Man manga artist Yusuke Murata, Pop Team Epic series creator...
Uchikoshi, Masuo Ueda, LeeAnna Vamp, Cristina Vee, Steff Von Schweetz, AkiraYasuda, Yo, Mai Yoneyama, Koki Yoshimune, ZUN, and Aqours. July 1–4, 2017 Los...
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