Rieko Kodama

Rieko Kodama

Place of birth: Kanagawa, Japan
Date of birth: 1963-05-23
Date of death: 2022-05-09^[1] (age 58)
Employment history: Sega of Japan (1984^[2] – ) Divisions: Sega R&D 2 Sega RPG Production Sega CS2 Sega Software R&D Dept. 7 Overworks Sega WOW
Role(s): Designer, Director, Producer
Twitter: @phoenix_rie

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Rieko Kodama (小玉理恵子) (perhaps better known by her alias, Phoenix Rie) was 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.

She was mentored by Yoshiki Kawasaki in her first year at Sega.^[5]

Career

On the 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 Sonic the Hedgehog series on the Sega Mega Drive, serving as a graphic designer in the first game and a zone artist in the second.

Production history

Games

Champion Boxing (SG-1000; 1984) — Artist
Champion Boxing (Arcade; 1984) — Artist
Ninja Princess (System 1; 1985) — Artist
Great Baseball (Master System; 1985) — Artist
Ninja Princess (SG-1000; 1986) — Artist
Quartet (System 16; 1986) — Artist
Alex Kidd in Miracle World (Master System; 1986) — Art Designer (as Rie Wakashimazu)
Quartet (Master System; 1987) — Artist
The Black Onyx (SG-1000; 1987) — Additional Graphics
Fantasy Zone II: The Tears of Opa-Opa (Master System; 1987) — Designer
Miracle Warriors: Seal of the Dark Lord (Master System; 1987) — Additional Artwork
Phantasy Star (Master System; 1987) — Total Design^[6] (as Phoehix Rie)
Hoshi o Sagashite... (Master System; 1988) — デザイン (as ふぇにっくすりえ)
Kujaku Ou (Master System; 1988) — Designer (as Phoenix Rie)
Altered Beast (Mega Drive; 1988) — Designer^[7] (as Phoenix Rie)
Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle (Mega Drive; 1989) — Designer
Poseidon Wars 3D (Master System; 1989) — Graphic Designer (as La-Rie)
Phantasy Star II (Mega Drive; 1989) — Designers^[8] (as Phoenix Rie)
World Cup Soccer (Mega Drive; 1989) — Artist (as フェニックスりえ)
SpellCaster (Master System; 1989) — Designer (as Phoenix Rie)
Kujaku Ou 2: Geneijou (Mega Drive; 1989) — Graphics Designed by^[9] (as Phenix Rie)
Sorcerian (Mega Drive; 1990) — Graphic Designed^[10] (as Phenix Rie)
Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom (Mega Drive; 1990) — Special Thanks^[11] (as Phenix Rie)
Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi (Mega Drive; 1990) — Graphic Design^[12] (as Phenix Rie)
Advanced Daisenryaku: Deutsch Dengeki Sakusen (Mega Drive; 1991) — Model Maker^[13] (as Phenix Rie)
Sonic the Hedgehog (Mega Drive; 1991) — Design^[14] (as Phenix Rie)
Riddle Wired (Mega Drive; 1991) — And Special Thanks^[15] (as Phenix-Rie)
Tougi Ou King Colossus (Mega Drive; 1992) — Special thanks to^[16] (as Phenix Rie)
Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II (Mega Drive; 1992) — Designer^[17] (as Phenix Rie)
Sonic the Hedgehog CD (Mega-CD; 1993) — Special Thanks^[18] (as Phenix Rie)
Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium (Mega Drive; 1993) — Battle B-G Design^[19] (as 小玉理恵子)
Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium (Mega Drive; 1993) — Field Graphic Design^[19] (as 小玉理恵子)
Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium (Mega Drive; 1993) — Object Design^[19] (as 小玉理恵子)
Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium (Mega Drive; 1993) — Visual Event Graphic^[19] (as 小玉理恵子)
Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium (Mega Drive; 1993) — Direction^[19] (as 小玉理恵子)
Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium (Mega Drive; 1993) — Directors^[20]
Phantasy Star (Mega Drive; 1994) — Back Cover Artwork
The Hybrid Front (Mega Drive; 1994) — 開発協力^[21] (as フェニックスりえ)
Magic Knight Rayearth (Saturn; 1995) — ディレクター^[22] (as 小玉理恵子)
Magic Knight Rayearth (Saturn; 1995) — Director
Sonic the Hedgehog CD (Windows PC; 1996) — Special Thanks^[23] (as Phenix Rie)
Deep Fear (Saturn; 1998) — Producers^[24]
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^[25]
Skies of Arcadia (GameCube; 2002) — Producer
Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 1: Phantasy Star Generation: 1 (PlayStation 2; 2003) — スペシャルサンクス (as 小玉理恵子)
Altered Beast (PlayStation 2; 2005) — Producer
Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 17: Phantasy Star Generation: 2 (PlayStation 2; 2005) — パッケージ (as 小玉理恵子)
Sonic the Hedgehog Genesis (Game Boy Advance; 2006) — Design^[26] (as Phenix Rie)
Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 32: Phantasy Star Complete Collection (PlayStation 2; 2008) — Special Thanks
Zombie Shiki - Eigo Ryoku Sosei Jutsu: English of the Dead (Nintendo DS; 2008) — プロデューサー (as 小玉理恵子)
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)
Sonic the Hedgehog CD (Xbox 360; 2011) — Special Thanks (as Phenix Rie)
Sonic the Hedgehog CD (PlayStation 3; 2011) — Special Thanks (as Phenix Rie)
7th Dragon 2020-II (PlayStation Portable; 2013) — Producer (as 小玉理恵子)
7th Dragon III Code: VFD (Nintendo 3DS; 2015) — Co-Producer
Sega Ages Sonic the Hedgehog (Nintendo Switch; 2018) — Producer
Sega Ages Thunder Force IV (Nintendo Switch; 2018) — Producer
Sega Ages Phantasy Star (Nintendo Switch; 2018) — Producer
Sega Heroes (Android; 2018) — Phantasy Star
Sega Ages OutRun (Nintendo Switch; 2018) — Producer
Sega Ages Alex Kidd in Miracle World (Nintendo Switch; 2019) — Producer
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
Sega Ages Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Nintendo Switch; 2020) — Producer
Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX (PlayStation 4; 2021) — (SEGA Development Team)
Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX (PlayStation 5; 2021) — (SEGA Development Team)
Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX (Xbox One; 2021) — (SEGA Development Team)
Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX (Nintendo Switch; 2021) — (SEGA Development Team)
Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX (Steam; 2021) — (SEGA Development Team)

Music

Phantasy Star Collection: Sound Collection I (CD; 1993) — Special Thanks to
Phantasy Star Collection: Sound Collection II (CD; 1993) — Special Thanks to (as Phoenix Rie)
Deep Fear (CD; 1998) — Producers
Eternal Arcadia Original Sound Track (CD; 2000) — Executive Producer^[27]
S.S.T. Band: 30th Anniversary Box (CD; 2018) — Special Thanks
Sega Ages OutRun: Music Collection (CD; 2019) — Special Thanks
Skies of Arcadia Eternal Soundtrack (CD; 2019) — Special Thanks
G-LOC Air Battle: Series Music Collection (CD; 2020) — Special Thanks
Technosoft Music Collection: Thunder Force III & AC (CD; 2020) — Special Thanks
Technosoft Music Collection: Herzog & Herzog Zwei (CD; 2020) — Special Thanks
Technosoft Music Collection: Thunder Force IV (CD; 2021) — Special Thanks
Technosoft Music Collection: Thunder Force I & II (CD; 2022) — Special Thanks
Aleste Collection: Music Album (CD; 2022) — Special Thanks
Sega Archives - M2 Music Memorial - (CD; 2023)

Hardware

Mega Drive Mini 2 (Mega Drive; 2022) — In memory of
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

Magazine articles

Main article: Rieko Kodama/Magazine articles.

Interviews

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

Meisaku Album interview (Japanese)

Photographs

Main article: Photos of Rieko Kodama

External links

Rieko Kodama at Twitter
Sega Stars: Rieko Kodama article by Ken Horowitz at Sega-16
Trailblazing Sega Dev Rieko Kodama To Be Honored With Pioneer Award At GDC 2019 article at Game Developers Conference
Rieko Kodama GDC Pioneer Award Interview translated article by Brian Clark at One Million Power
Kodama and M2 on Phantasy Star, what development was like in 1987, SEGA Ages games on Switch, lots more translated article by Oni Dino at Nintendo Everything

References

[https:.2F.2Farchive.ph.2FjK6Ba-1] @nakayuji on Twitter (archive.today)

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20220407074102.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Ffb.2Falbum.2F07_ps.2Finterview1.html-2] ttps://sega.jp/fb/album/07_ps/interview1.html (Wayback Machine: 2022-04-07 07:41)

[:File:Sega_Consumer_History_JP_EnterBrain_Book.pdf_p58-3] File:Sega_Consumer_History_JP_EnterBrain_Book.pdf, page 58

[:File:Sega_Consumer_History_JP_EnterBrain_Book.pdf_p59-4] File:Sega_Consumer_History_JP_EnterBrain_Book.pdf, page 59

[https:.2F.2Fshmuplations.com.2Fphantasystar.2F-5] ttps://shmuplations.com/phantasystar/

[:File:Phantasy_Star_SMS_credits.pdf_p-6] File:Phantasy Star SMS credits.pdf

[:File:Altered_Beast_MD_credits.pdf_p-7] File:Altered Beast MD credits.pdf

[:File:Phantasy_Star_II_MD_credits.pdf_p-8] File:Phantasy Star II MD credits.pdf

[:File:Kujaku_Ou_2_MD_credits.pdf_p-9] File:Kujaku Ou 2 MD credits.pdf

[:File:Sorcerian_MD_credits.pdf_p-10] File:Sorcerian MD credits.pdf

[:File:Phantasy_Star_III_MD_credits.pdf_p-11] File:Phantasy Star III MD credits.pdf

[:File:Shadow_Dancer_MD_credits.pdf_p-12] File:Shadow Dancer MD credits.pdf

[:File:Advanced_Daisenryaku_MD_credits.pdf_p-13] File:Advanced Daisenryaku MD credits.pdf

[:File:Sonic_the_Hedgehog_MD_credits.pdf_p-14] File:Sonic the Hedgehog MD credits.pdf

[:File:Riddle_Wired_MD_credits.png_p-15] File:Riddle Wired MD credits.png

[:File:Tougi_Ou_King_Colossus_MD_credits.pdf_p-16] File:Tougi Ou King Colossus MD credits.pdf

[:File:Super_Monaco_GP_II_MD_credits.pdf_p-17] File:Super Monaco GP II MD credits.pdf

[:File:Sonic_CD_MCD_JP_credits.pdf_p-18] File:Sonic CD MCD JP credits.pdf

[:File:Phantasy_Star_Sennenki_no_Owari_ni_MD_credits.pdf_p-19] 19.0 ^19.1 ^19.2 ^19.3 ^19.4 File:Phantasy Star Sennenki no Owari ni MD credits.pdf

[:File:Psiv_md_us_manual.pdf_p42-20] File:Psiv md us manual.pdf, page 42

[:File:Hybrid_Front_MD_credits.pdf_p-21] File:Hybrid Front MD credits.pdf

[:File:Mahou_Kishi_Rayearth_Saturn_credits.pdf_p-22] File:Mahou Kishi Rayearth Saturn credits.pdf

[:File:Sonic_CD_PC_DirectX_good_ending_credits.pdf_p-23] File:Sonic CD PC DirectX good ending credits.pdf

[:File:Deep_Fear_Saturn_credits.pdf_p-24] File:Deep Fear Saturn credits.pdf

[:File:Phantasy_Star_Collection_GBA_manual.pdf_p19-25] File:Phantasy Star Collection GBA manual.pdf, page 19

[:File:SonicGenesis_GBA_US_manual.pdf_p18-26] File:SonicGenesis GBA US manual.pdf, page 18

[:File:EternalArcadiaOST_CD_JP_Booklet.pdf_p7-27] File:EternalArcadiaOST CD JP Booklet.pdf, page 7

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