Rieko Kodama

Rieko Kodama
Place of birth: Kanagawa, Japan
Date of birth: 1963-05-23 (age 58)
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 o 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)
• Kujaku Ou (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)
• SpellCaster (Master System;
  1989) — Designer (as Phoenix Rie)
• Kujaku Ou 2: Geneijou (Mega Drive;
  1989) — Graphics Designed by (as Phenix Rie)
• Mystic Defender (Mega Drive;
  1989) — Graphics Designed by (as Phenix Rie)
• Sorcerian (Mega Drive;
  1990) — Graphic Designed (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)
• 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) — 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) — Directors
• Magic Knight Rayearth (Saturn;
  1995) — ディレクター (as 小玉 理恵子)
• Deep Fear (Saturn;
  1998) — Producers
• Atsumare! Guru Guru Onsen (Dreamcast;
  1999) — プロデューサー (as 小玉 理恵子)
• Skies of Arcadia (Dreamcast;
  2000) — プロデューサー (as 小玉 理恵子)
• Skies of Arcadia (Dreamcast;
  2000) — Producer
• Phantasy Star Collection (Game Boy Advance;
  2002) — Supervisors
• Altered Beast (PlayStation 2;
  2005) — Producer
• 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 OutRun (Nintendo Switch;
  2018) — Producer
• Sega Ages Alex Kidd in Miracle World (Nintendo Switch;
  2019) — Producer
• Sega Ages OutRun: Music Collection (CD;
  2019) — Special Thanks
• Sega Ages Puyo Puyo (Nintendo Switch;
  2019) — Producer
• Sega Ages Virtua Racing (Nintendo Switch;
  2019) — Producer
• Sega Ages Wonder Boy: Monster Land (Nintendo Switch;
  2019) — Producer
• Sega Ages Columns II (Nintendo Switch;
  2019) — Producer
• Mega Drive Mini: Celebration Album (CD;
  2019) — Special Thanks
• Technosoft Music Collection: Thunder Force III & AC (CD;
  2020) — Special Thanks
• Technosoft Music Collection: Herzog & Herzog Zwei (CD;
  2020) — Special Thanks

• 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