Yūsuke Kozaki
# Yūsuke Kozaki

Yūsuke Kozaki (Japanese: コザキユースケ, Hepburn: Kozaki Yūsuke, born May 12, 1978) is a Japanese manga artist and character designer.

## Works

### Manga artist

* Kaeru wa Tori Tsudzuke (蛙は撮り続け) (1997, Monthly Young Magazine, Kodansha, one-shot)
* Mi Kakunin Higō Shōjo Kaoru (未確認非業少女カオル) (1998, Bessatsu Monthly Young Magazine, Kodansha, one-shot)
* Naizo-kun (ナイゾウクン) (2001, Monthly Young Magazine, Kodansha, web manga)
* Spiral (スパイラル, Supairaru) (2001, Bessatsu Pachislot Panic 7, Byakuya-Shobo)
* Karasuma Kyoko no Jikenbo (2002–12, written by Ōji Kiroi, BStreet→Monthly Comic Birz, Gentosha, 10 volumes)
* Chick Dismantler (2003, Blade Gunz, Mag Garden, one-shot)
* Tokyo Karasu (東京カラス) (2005–08, Robot, Wanimagazine)
* No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle Erotic Comic (2010, Marvelous Entertainment)
* Donyatsu (どーにゃつ) (2011–present, Young Gangan, Square Enix, 5 volumes)
* Tokyo Karasu (written by Hiroki Miyashita, Monthly Sunday Gene-X, Shogakukan) – character design from 2012 to 2013

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### Character designer

**Anime**

* Speed Grapher (2005, Gonzo)
* Intrigue in the Bakumatsu – Irohanihoheto (2006–07, Sunrise)
* Bubuki Buranki (2016, Sanzigen)
* Under the Dog (2016, Kinema Citrus)

**Video games**

* Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan (2005, INiS/Nintendo)
* No More Heroes (2007, Grasshopper Manufacture/Marvelous Entertainment)
* Chūmon Shiyou ze! Ore-tachi no Sekai (2008, GAE)
* Half-Minute Hero (2009, Marvelous Entertainment)
* No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle (2010, Grasshopper Manufacture/Marvelous Entertainment)
* No More Heroes: Heroes' Paradise (2010, feelplus/AQ Interactive/Marvelous Entertainment)
* Ace Combat: Assault Horizon (2011, Bandai Namco Games)
* Fire Emblem Awakening (2012, Intelligent Systems/Nintendo)
* Liberation Maiden (2012, Level-5/Grasshopper Manufacture)
* Puzzle & Dragons (2012, GungHo Online Entertainment)
* Unchain Blaze EXXIV (2012, Furyu) – Hilda only
* Liberation Maiden SIN (2013, 5pb./Mages)
* Ranko Tsukigime's Longest Day (2014, Grasshopper Manufacture/Bandai Namco Games)
* Tekken 7 (2015, Bandai Namco Entertainment) – Lucky Chloe and Jin Kazama only
* Fire Emblem Fates (2015, Intelligent Systems/Nintendo)
* Pokémon Go (2016, Niantic) - Team Leaders and Professor Willow design, official player character artwork
* Fire Emblem Heroes (2017, Intelligent Systems/Nintendo)
* Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (2017, Monolith Soft/Nintendo) – Aegaeon and Agate design
* Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes (2019, Grasshopper Manufacture)
* Daemon X Machina (2019, Marvelous)
* AI: The Somnium Files (2019, Spike Chunsoft)
* Pokémon Sword and Shield (2019, Game Freak/Nintendo/The Pokémon Company) – The Pokémon Toxel, Toxtricity, Gigantamax Toxtricity and Falinks designs
* No More Heroes III (2021, Grasshopper Manufacture)
* AI: The Somnium Files – Nirvana Initiative (2022, Spike Chunsoft)
* Pokémon Scarlet and Violet (2022, Game Freak/Nintendo/The Pokémon Company) - The Pokémon Varoom, Revavroom, Cetoddle and Cetitan designs

**Other**

* Vocaloid (2009, AH-Software) — SF-A2 Miki V2, V4

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