Rieko Kodama

Rieko Kodama
Place of birth: Kanagawa, Japan
Date of birth: 1963-05-23 (age 56)
Company(ies): Sega of Japan
Role(s): Designer, Director, Producer

Rieko Kodama (小玉 理恵子) (perhaps better known by her alias, Phoenix Rie) is a major designer for the original Phantasy Star series. By the time her work on the Phantasy Star games had concluded, Kodama had taken on directorial roles within her department (for Phantasy Star IV and later Magic Knight Rayearth) and would later act as a producer for titles including Skies of Arcadia and the 2005 incarnation of Altered Beast. On Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable handhelds she produced several edutainment titles and also produced the 7th Dragon series.

She was also involved with the first two entries in the (Mega Drive) Sonic the Hedgehog series, serving as a graphic designer in the first game and a zone artist in the second.

Production history

• Champion Boxing (SG-1000;
  1984)
• Quartet (System 16;
  1986) — Designer
• Quartet (Master System;
  1987) — Designer
• Alex Kidd in Miracle World (Master System;
  1986) — Art Designer (as Rie Wakashimazu)
• The Black Onyx (SG-1000;
  1987) — Additional Graphics
• Fantasy Zone II: The Tears of Opa-Opa (Master System;
  1987) — Designer
• Phantasy Star (Master System;
  1987) — Total Design (as Phoehix Rie)
• Hoshi wo Sagashite... (Master System;
  1988) — デザイン (as ふぇにっくす りえ)
• Altered Beast (Mega Drive;
  1988) — Designer (as Phoenix Rie)
• SpellCaster (Master System;
  1988) — Designer (as Phoenix Rie)
• Poseidon Wars 3D (Master System;
  1989) — Graphic Designer (as La-Rie)
• Phantasy Star II (Mega Drive;
  1989) — Designers (as Phoenix Rie)
• Mystic Defender (Mega Drive;
  1989) — Graphics Designed by (as Phenix Rie)
• Sorcerian (Mega Drive;
  1990) — Graphic Designed (as Phenix Rie)
• Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom (Mega Drive;
  1990) — Special Thanks (as Phenix Rie)
• Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi (Mega Drive;
  1990) — Graphic Design (as Phenix Rie)
• Riddle Wired (Mega Drive;
  1991) — And Special Thanks (as Phenix-Rie)
• Tougi Ou King Colossus (Mega Drive;
  1992) — Special thanks to (as Phenix Rie)
• Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II (Mega Drive;
  1992) — Designer (as Phenix Rie)
• Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium (Mega Drive;
  1993) — Directors
• 7th Dragon (Nintendo DS;
  2009) — Producer (as 小玉 理恵子)
• 7th Dragon 2020 (PlayStation Portable;
  2011) — Producer (as 小玉 理恵子)
• 7th Dragon 2020-II (PlayStation Portable;
  2013) — Producer (as 小玉 理恵子)
• Sega Ages Virtua Racing (Nintendo Switch;
  2019) — Producer
• Sega Ages Wonder Boy: Monster Land (Nintendo Switch;
  2019) — Producer

• Champion Boxing (Arcade version) (1984)
• Ninja Princess (1985)
• Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle (1989) (Role unknown)
• Sonic the Hedgehog (Mega Drive Version) (1991) — Design (as Phenix Rie)
• Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Mega Drive Version) (1992) — Zone Artist (as Phenix Rie)
• Sonic CD (1993) — Special Thanks (as Phenix Rie)
• Skies of Arcadia: Legends (2002) — Producer (Skies of Arcadia Legends Staff), Producer (Original Development Staff)
• Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 1: Phantasy Star generation:1 (2003) — Special Thanks (Overworks)
• Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 17: Phantasy Star generation:2 (2005) — Special Thanks (Sega Wow Div)
• Naruhodo (2006-2008) — General credit for series
• Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 32: Phantasy Star Complete Collection (2008) — Special Thanks
• 7th Dragon III Code: VFD (2015) — Co-Producer

Interviews

Some or all of the following content should be mirrored on Sega Retro (or Retro CDN).

• Meisaku Album interview (Japanese)

External links

• Rieko Kodama on Twitter