Rieko Kodama

Rieko Kodama
Place of birth: Kanagawa, Japan
Date of birth: 1963-05-23 (age 55)
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 () —
• 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) — Design (as Phoenix Rie)
• Altered Beast (Mega Drive;
  1988) — Designer (as Phoenix Rie)
• SpellCaster (Mega Drive;
  No results
  9999) — Designer (as Phoenix Rie)
• Phantasy Star II (Mega Drive;
  1989) — Designers (as Phoenix Rie)
• Poseidon Wars 3D (Master System;
  1989) — Graphic Designer (as La-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)
• Advanced Daisenryaku: Deutsch Dengeki Sakusen (Mega Drive;
  1991) — Model Maker (as Phenix Rie)
• Riddle Wired (Mega Drive;
  1991) — And Special Thanks (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) — Battle B-G Design (as R.Kodama)
• Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium (Mega Drive;
  1993) — Field Graphic Design (as R.Kodama)
• Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium (Mega Drive;
  1993) — Object Design (as R.Kodama)
• Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium (Mega Drive;
  1993) — Visual Event Graphic (as R.Kodama)
• Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium (Mega Drive;
  1993) — Direction (as R.Kodama)
• Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium (Mega Drive;
  1993) — DirectorsMedia:Psiv md us manual.pdf
• Magic Knight Rayearth (Saturn) (Saturn;
  1995) — ディレクター (as 小玉 理恵子)
• Deep Fear (Saturn;
  1998) — Producers
• Skies of Arcadia (Dreamcast;
  2000) — Producer
• Phantasy Star Collection (Game Boy Advance;
  2002) — Supervisors

• Champion Boxing (SG-1000 Version) (1984)
• 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)
• Tougi Ou King Colossus (1992) — Special Thanks to (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)
• Altered Beast (2005) — Producer
• 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 (2009) — Producer
• 7th Dragon 2020 (2009) — Producer
• 7th Dragon 2020-II (2009) — Producer
• 7th Dragon III Code: VFD (2009) — Co-Producer

External links

• Rieko Kodama on Twitter