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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.
History
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)
- Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U (promotional guest art; Ryu's poster design)
Gallery
Final Fight series
Promotional art
Arcade Flyer. (Final Fight)
Cody, Mike & Guy
Cody & Mike
Final Fight 2 series
Character art
Promotional art
Street Fighter II series
Character art
Ryu
Ryu
Ken
Chun-Li
Chun-Li
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Chun-Li
Chun-Li
Chun-Li
Chun-Li
Guile
Guile
Sagat
Blanka
Zangief
Zangief
Dhalsim
E. Honda
Concept art
(Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers)
(Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers)
(Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers)
(Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers)
Promotional art
Cover art. (Street Fighter II: The World Warrior)
Ryu (Street Fighter II: The World Warrior)
artwork for the SNES Manual. (Street Fighter II: The World Warrior)
Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie DVD promo art.
for e-CAPCOM sales promotion (Hyper Street Fighter II)
The Starting Over (Hyper Street Fighter II)
Street Fighter III series
Character art
Alex. (Street Fighter III: New Generation)
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Ryu. (Street Fighter III: New Generation)
Ken. (Street Fighter III: New Generation)
Yun. (Street Fighter III: New Generation)
Yang. (Street Fighter III: New Generation)
Dudley. (Street Fighter III: New Generation)
Oro. (Street Fighter III: New Generation)
Sean. (Street Fighter III: New Generation)
Gill. (Street Fighter III: New Generation)
Concept art
Unused art. (Street Fighter III: New Generation)
Ryu. (Street Fighter III: New Generation)
Promotional art
Gamest Mook Vol.75 cover.
Secret File #10. (Street Fighter III: New Generation)
Secret File #10. (Street Fighter III: New Generation)
Promotional artwork (Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike)
Promotional artwork (Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike)
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Unused art for the PS2 by Akiman. (Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike)
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Illustration. (Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike)
Alex (Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike)
Ryu & Ken (Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike)
Ryu & Ken (Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike) (Updated in 2017)
Chun-Li (Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike)
Yun (Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike)
Yang (Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike)
Dudley (Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike)
Necro & Effie (Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike)
Sean (Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike)
Oro (Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike)
Hugo (Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike)
Urien (Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike)
Gill (Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike)
Akuma (Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike)
unused PS2 art. (Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike)
Capcom vs SNK series
Promotional art
Promotional art. (Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000)
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Chun-Li. (Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000)
Promo art. (SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos)
Gamest Special Edition
Street Fighter II Complete File poster
Street Fighter II Complete File
Page from Capcom illustrations depicting a younger Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li & Guile.
Page from Capcom illustrations depicting a younger Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li & Guile.
1997 illustration
1997 illustration
Special artwork for Cardass Masters All Capcom World '98
Chun-Li art drawn in 2001
Chun-Li art.
Chun-Li art.
Chun-Li art.
Chun-Li art.
Chun-Li Rough illustrations.
Chun-Li illustration
Chun-Li art.
Chun-Li vs M. Bison
Street Fighter 15th Anniversary DVD
Street Fighter 15th anniversary art.
Street Fighter 15th Anniversary Original Exhibition
Ryu with a beard, drawn in 2003.
Ryu stretching (January 23rd, 2005)
Ryu and Cammy's son fanart: Rumi (May 3rd, 2005)
Cammy in Street Fighter Zero 3 - Wonder Showcase Plus
Street Fighter Zero 3 - Wonder Showcase Plus
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Street Fighter Art Comic Anthology
Art of Chun-Li and Samus Aran (from Metroid (June 2nd, 2006)
Chun-Li art
Chun-Li illustration.
Mike Haggar art (August 21st 2007)
Guy illustration
Street Fighter 20th Anniversary DVD Disc 2
Yun art
SF20: The Art of Street Fighter artbook cover
Capcom Girls Calendar 2011.
SF25: The Art of Street Fighter artbook.
Chun-Li art (February 15th, 2012)
Ryu art (February 15th, 2012)
Guile art (February 15th, 2012)
Sketch.
Alex art
Ryu Sketch for Zen-Nihon Anison Guran Puri
Ryu art
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U promotional art
Chun-Li in Puzzle & Dragons, artwork by Akiman.
Chun-Li in Puzzle & Dragons, artwork by Akiman.
Alex art for Anime Expo 2018.
Street Fighter Memorial Archives Beyond The World: Cover art
Ryu & Chun-Li illustration.
Chun-Li illustration.
Trivia
- He idolizes the works of Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, Frank Frazetta, and N. C. Wyeth.
- He is commonly believed to be the reason Chun-Li has so many more outfits in Street Fighter V than any other character, as there have even been updates to the game to add some of his outfits for her right after new ones have been recently released.
- His favourite manga's are Slam Dunk, Fist of the North Star and Karate Baka Ichidai.[1]
- His favourite manga artist is Yukinobu Hoshino.[2]