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Yoshitaka Tamaki

Place of birth: Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Date of birth: 1967-10-08
Date of death: 2023-07-13^[1] (age 55)
Role(s): Artist, designer

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Yoshitaka Tamaki (玉木美孝) is an artist and character designer who began his career working as an assist under manga artist Kenichi Kotani. He got his start in the video game industry after he was hired as a freelance artist by Enix. It was at Enix where Hiroyuki Takahashi noticed his art and asked that he work on the production of Shining in the Darkness. He was in charge of character design and concept art for most of the titles that he worked on.

In 1999 he founded Salamander Factory Ltd. and worked as a graphic designer there. Afterwards, he began work as a designer at Swallow Tails Ltd. in January 2006.

Tamaki passed away in July 2023 due to lung cancer^[1].

Production history

Games

Shining in the Darkness (Mega Drive; 1991) — Outline and Storyboards^[2]
Shining in the Darkness (Mega Drive; 1991) — Japanese cover artist^[3]
Shining Force (Mega Drive; 1992) — Scenario^[4]
Shining Force (Mega Drive; 1992) — Character Design by^[4]
Shining Force (Mega Drive; 1992) — Graphics Directed by^[4]
Shining Force (Mega Drive; 1992) — Graphic Design^[4]
Shining Force (Mega Drive; 1992) — Japanese cover & manual artist^[5]
Landstalker: The Treasures of King Nole (Mega Drive; 1992) — Item Obj CG Designer^[6]
Landstalker: The Treasures of King Nole (Mega Drive; 1992) — Original Story^[6]
Landstalker: The Treasures of King Nole (Mega Drive; 1992) — Character Design^[6]
Landstalker: The Treasures of King Nole (Mega Drive; 1992) — Japanese cover & manual artist^[7]
FEDA Remake!: The Emblem of Justice (Saturn; 1996) — Original Story & Character Design
Time Stalkers (Dreamcast; 1999) — キャラクターデザイン (as 玉木美孝)
Time Stalkers (Dreamcast; 1999) — Character Design
Shining Soul (Game Boy Advance; 2002) — Character Design
Shining Soul II (Game Boy Advance; 2003) — Character Design
Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon (Game Boy Advance; 2004) — Character Design^[8]
Shining Force Neo (PlayStation 2; 2005) — Monster Design

Music

Landstalker: Koutei no Zaihou (CD; 1992) — Illustlated by

Interviews

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

Yoshitaka Tamaki interview by Sega (July 24, 2003)

Gallery

External Links

Yoshitaka Tamaki's official site - THE BLACK GOOSE -

References

[https:.2F.2Farchive.ph.2F1b2wy-1] 1.0 ^1.1 @f3PAg2NPxL7Rvtn on Twitter (archive.today)

[:File:Shining_in_the_Darkness_MD_credits.pdf_p-2] File:Shining in the Darkness MD credits.pdf

[:File:Sega_TV_Game_Genga_Gallery.pdf_p35-3] Sega TV Game Genga Gallery, Graphic Sha, page 35

[:File:Shining_Force_MD_credits.pdf_p-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 File:Shining Force MD credits.pdf

[:File:Sega_TV_Game_Genga_Gallery.pdf_p37-5] Sega TV Game Genga Gallery, Graphic Sha, page 37

[:File:Landstalker_MD_credits.pdf_p-6] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 File:Landstalker MD credits.pdf

[:File:Sega_TV_Game_Genga_Gallery.pdf_p30-7] Sega TV Game Genga Gallery, Graphic Sha, page 30

[:File:Shining_Force_GBA_credits.pdf_p-8] File:Shining Force GBA credits.pdf

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-*''[[Shining & the Darkness]]'' (1991)
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-*''[[Shining Force]]'' (1992)
-*''[[Landstalker]]'' (1992)
-==Interviews==
-*[https://sega.jp/fb/creators/vol_17/1.html Yoshitaka Tamaki interview by Sega (July 24, 2003)]
 ==External Links==