Ryo Kudou
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| Ryo Kudou |
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| Date of birth: 1964[1] (age 59-60) |
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| 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
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://www.kobe-du.ac.jp/faculty_member/kudo-r/
- ↑ 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
- ↑ File:Asterix SMS credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Defenders of Oasis GG credits.pdf
- ↑ File:GG Shinobi II GG credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Seima Densetsu MCD credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Dark Wizard MCD JP credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Dark Wizard MCD credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Bare Knuckle III MD credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Streets of Rage 3 MD credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Pro Striker 2 MD credits.pdf
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 File:Chaotix 32X good ending credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Mahou Kishi Rayearth Saturn credits.pdf
- ↑ File:NiGHTS into Dreams Saturn credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Sakura Taisen Saturn credits.pdf
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 File:ShinobiMusicCollection CD JP Booklet.pdf, page 11