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Ryo Kudou

Date of birth: 1964^[1] (age 59-60)
Employment history: Sega Enterprises
Role(s): Designer
Education: University of Tsukuba (Arts)^[1]
Twitter: @rin_kotou

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Ryo Kudou (工藤稜) is a character designer and artist from the early to mid 1990s. He is best known for his work on Knuckles' Chaotix as a leading character, enemy and boss designer with Takumi Miyake.

Aliases

Ryo Kudou is most often credited with a slight variation on his name Kudou Ryo (the Japanese order of surname followed by given name) with his given name's first letter R shifted to the end of the surname, creating Kudor Yo. This alias is also given a unique Japanese spelling in Dark Wizard, 駆動利用 (pronounced Kudou Riyou). The English version of Dark Wizard replaces this name with ..., a name later seen in Streets of Rage III.

He has also confirmed that he worked on the games Michael Jackson's Moonwalker (Master System version) and The Cyber Shinobi^[2], which feature a pair of artists which could be additional aliases: Sadou/Mic-Satho, and Fudou/Fudho-Jyo/Fudo (the latter is also credited in Dragon Crystal).

Production history

Games

Columns (Game Gear; 1990) — Artists
The GG Shinobi (Game Gear; 1991) — Artwork^[3] (as Kudor-Yo)
Astérix (Master System; 1991) — Artist^[4] (as Kudor.Yo)
Defenders of Oasis (Game Gear; 1992) — Thanks^[5] (as Kudo)
Shinobi II: The Silent Fury (Game Gear; 1992) — Artwork^[6] (as Kodor Yo)
Seima Densetsu 3x3 Eyes (Mega-CD; 1993) — デザイン^[7] (as 工藤稜)
Dark Wizard (Mega-CD; 1993) — グラフィックス・データ^[8] (as 駆動利用)
Dark Wizard (Mega-CD; 1993) — Graphics Data^[9] (as ...)
Streets of Rage 3 (Mega Drive; 1994) — Character Design^[10] (as ...)
Streets of Rage 3 (Mega Drive; 1994) — Character Designers^[11] (as ...)
J.League Pro Striker 2 (Mega Drive; 1994) — Graphic Design^[12] (as Ryo Kudo)
Chaotix (32X; 1995) — Character Designer^[13]
Chaotix (32X; 1995) — Enemy Designer^[13]
Chaotix (32X; 1995) — Boss Designer^[13]
Magic Knight Rayearth (Saturn; 1995) — フィールドマップ制作^[14] (as 工藤稜)
Magic Knight Rayearth (Saturn; 1995) — Field Map Production (as Ryou Kudo)
NiGHTS into Dreams (Saturn; 1996) — World Artists^[15] (as Ryo Kudo)
Sakura Taisen (Saturn; 1996) — グラフィックデザイナー^[16] (as 工藤稜)
Advanced World War: Sennen Teikoku no Koubou (Saturn; 1997) — グラフィックデザイナー (as 工藤稜)

Music

Legend of Joe Musashi: Shinobi Music Collection (CD; 2009) — Jacket Illustrator^[17]
Legend of Joe Musashi: Shinobi Music Collection (CD; 2009) — SPECIAL THANKS to^[17]

The Cyber Shinobi^[2] (1991)
Michael Jackson's Moonwalker^[2] (Master System) (1991)

External links

Kaitamono blog

References

[https:.2F.2Fwww.kobe-du.ac.jp.2Ffaculty_member.2Fkudo-r.2F-1] 1.0 ^1.1 https://www.kobe-du.ac.jp/faculty_member/kudo-r/

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20231021214429.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fvgdensetsu.net.2F2_RyoKudou.html-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 https://vgdensetsu.net/2_RyoKudou.html (Wayback Machine: 2023-10-21 21:44)

[:File:GG_Shinobi_GG_credits.pdf_p-3] File:GG Shinobi GG credits.pdf

[:File:Asterix_SMS_credits.pdf_p-4] File:Asterix SMS credits.pdf

[:File:Defenders_of_Oasis_GG_credits.pdf_p-5] File:Defenders of Oasis GG credits.pdf

[:File:GG_Shinobi_II_GG_credits.pdf_p-6] File:GG Shinobi II GG credits.pdf

[:File:Seima_Densetsu_MCD_credits.pdf_p-7] File:Seima Densetsu MCD credits.pdf

[:File:Dark_Wizard_MCD_JP_credits.pdf_p-8] File:Dark Wizard MCD JP credits.pdf

[:File:Dark_Wizard_MCD_credits.pdf_p-9] File:Dark Wizard MCD credits.pdf

[:File:Bare_Knuckle_III_MD_credits.pdf_p-10] File:Bare Knuckle III MD credits.pdf

[:File:Streets_of_Rage_3_MD_credits.pdf_p-11] File:Streets of Rage 3 MD credits.pdf

[:File:Pro_Striker_2_MD_credits.pdf_p-12] File:Pro Striker 2 MD credits.pdf

[:File:Chaotix_32X_good_ending_credits.pdf_p-13] 13.0 ^13.1 ^13.2 File:Chaotix 32X good ending credits.pdf

[:File:Mahou_Kishi_Rayearth_Saturn_credits.pdf_p-14] File:Mahou Kishi Rayearth Saturn credits.pdf

[:File:NiGHTS_into_Dreams_Saturn_credits.pdf_p-15] File:NiGHTS into Dreams Saturn credits.pdf

[:File:Sakura_Taisen_Saturn_credits.pdf_p-16] File:Sakura Taisen Saturn credits.pdf

[:File:ShinobiMusicCollection_CD_JP_Booklet.pdf_p11-17] 17.0 ^17.1 File:ShinobiMusicCollection CD JP Booklet.pdf, page 11

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 ==Aliases==
-{{PAGENAME}} is most often credited with a slight variation on his name Kudou Ryo (the Japanese order of surname followed by given name) with his given name's first letter R to the end of the surname, creating '''Kudor Yo'''. This alias is also given a unique Japanese spelling in ''[[Dark Wizard]]'', 駆動 利用 (pronounced Kudou Riyou). The English version of ''Dark Wizard'' replaces this name with '''...''', a name later seen in ''[[Streets of Rage III]]''.
+{{PAGENAME}} is most often credited with a slight variation on his name Kudou Ryo (the Japanese order of surname followed by given name) with his given name's first letter R shifted to the end of the surname, creating '''Kudor Yo'''. This alias is also given a unique Japanese spelling in ''[[Dark Wizard]]'', 駆動 利用 (pronounced Kudou Riyou). The English version of ''Dark Wizard'' replaces this name with '''...''', a name later seen in ''[[Streets of Rage III]]''.
 He has also confirmed that he worked on the games ''[[Michael Jackson's Moonwalker]]'' (Master System version) and ''[[The Cyber Shinobi]]''{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20231021214429/https://vgdensetsu.net/2_RyoKudou.html}}, which feature a pair of artists which could be additional aliases: [[Sadou]]/[[Mic-Satho]], and [[Fudou]]/[[Fudho-Jyo]]/[[Fudo]] (the latter is also credited in ''[[Dragon Crystal]]'').