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 worked on various Game Gear and Master System games initially, such as the GG Shinobi duology. 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 (most likely Kudou's co-worker Sato[3]) and Fudou/Fudho-Jyo/Fudo (the latter is also credited in Dragon Crystal).
Production history
Games
- Columns (Game Gear; 1990) — Artists
- Dragon Crystal (Game Gear; 1990) — Graphic[4] (as Fudo)
- The Cyber Shinobi (Master System; 1991) — Designer[5] (as Fudho-Jyo)
- The GG Shinobi (Game Gear; 1991) — Artwork[6] (as Kudor-Yo)
- Michael Jackson's Moonwalker (Master System; 1991) — Designers[7] (as Fudou)
- Astérix (Master System; 1991) — Artist[8] (as Kudor.Yo)
- Defenders of Oasis (Game Gear; 1992) — Thanks[9] (as Kudo)
- Shinobi II: The Silent Fury (Game Gear; 1992) — Artwork[10] (as Kodor Yo)
- Seima Densetsu 3x3 Eyes (Mega-CD; 1993) — デザイン[11] (as 工藤 稜)
- Dark Wizard (Mega-CD; 1993) — グラフィックス・データ[12] (as 駆動 利用)
- Dark Wizard (Mega-CD; 1993) — Graphics Data[13] (as ...)
- Streets of Rage 3 (Mega Drive; 1994) — Character Design[14] (as ...)
- Streets of Rage 3 (Mega Drive; 1994) — Character Designers[15] (as ...)
- J.League Pro Striker 2 (Mega Drive; 1994) — Graphic Design[16] (as Ryo Kudo)
- Chaotix (32X; 1995) — Character Designer[17]
- Chaotix (32X; 1995) — Enemy Designer[17]
- Chaotix (32X; 1995) — Boss Designer[17]
- Magic Knight Rayearth (Saturn; 1995) — フィールドマップ制作 (as 工藤 稜)
- Magic Knight Rayearth (Saturn; 1995) — Field Map Production (as Ryou Kudo)
- NiGHTS into Dreams (Saturn; 1996) — World Artists[18] (as Ryo Kudo)
- Sakura Taisen (Saturn; 1996) — グラフィックデザイナー (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[19]
- Legend of Joe Musashi: Shinobi Music Collection (CD; 2009) — SPECIAL THANKS to[19]
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://www.kobe-du.ac.jp/faculty_member/kudo-r/
- ↑ https://vgdensetsu.net/2_RyoKudou.html (Wayback Machine: 2023-10-21 21:44)
- ↑ @rin_kotou on Twitter
- ↑ File:Dragon Crystal GG credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Cyber Shinobi SMS credits.pdf
- ↑ File:GG Shinobi GG credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Moonwalker SMS 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
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 File:Chaotix 32X good ending credits.pdf
- ↑ File:NiGHTS into Dreams Saturn credits.pdf
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 File:ShinobiMusicCollection CD JP Booklet.pdf, page 11