Akiman

Akira Yasuda (安田 朗, Yasuda Akira?) (born July 21, 1964) is a Japanese illustrator, animator, character designer, game designer and mecha designer, who works under the pen name Akiman. He worked for Capcom from 1985 until 2003 and is currently a freelancer.

Works for Capcom

 * 1942 - (NES box art)
 * Side Arms Hyper Dyne - (original artwork)
 * Forgotten Worlds - (game designer)
 * Final Fight - (planner)
 * Street Fighter II - (planner, illustration)
 * Captain Commando (planner)
 * Magic Sword
 * Adventure Quiz: Capcom World
 * Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors
 * Darkstalkers 3 (character designer)
 * X-Men: Children of the Atom
 * Red Earth (original artwork)
 * Street Fighter Alpha 2
 * Street Fighter Alpha 3 - (character designer)
 * X-Men vs. Street Fighter (character designer)
 * Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter (original artwork)
 * Street Fighter III (original artwork)
 * Street Fighter III 3rd Strike - (character design)
 * Final Fight Revenge
 * Tech Romancer (design supervisor)
 * Star Gladiator (character designer)
 * Plasma Sword (character designer)
 * Power Stone (character designer)
 * Power Stone 2

Related Works

 * Street Fighter: The Animated Series (original concept and designs)

Trivia
He idolizes the works of Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, Frank Frazetta, and N. C. Wyeth.