Kazuma Kaneko

Kazuma Kaneko
Kazuma Kaneko
	金子一馬
Born	September 20, 1964 (age 60); Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Video game artist, designer
Employer	Atlus (1988–present)
Known for	Character designer for the Megami Tensei franchise

Kazuma Kaneko (金子一馬, Kaneko Kazuma, born September 20, 1964) is a video game artist and game designer for Atlus. While working for the same company, he has also done freelance work for Capcom and Konami, designing Dante and Vergil's Devil Trigger forms in Devil May Cry 3, along with the Inhert and Lloyd designs in Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner.^[1]^[2] He is best known for his work in the Megami Tensei series of video games.

Works[]

Year	Game	Role(s)
1988	King of Kings	Character designer
1990	Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei 2	Character designer, demon designer, sprite artist
1992	Shin Megami Tensei	Character designer, demon designer, sprite artist
1992	Megami Tensei Gaiden: Last Bible	Coordinator
1994	Shin Megami Tensei II	Character designer, demon designer, sprite artist
	Majin Tensei	Coordinator
	Shin Megami Tensei If...	Character designer, demon designer, sprite artist
1995	Kyuuyaku Megami Tensei	Character designer
1995	Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner	Character designer, demon designer
1996	Revelations: Persona	Character designer, Persona designer
1997	Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers	Character designer, demon designer
1999	Persona 2: Innocent Sin	Character designer, Persona designer
1999	Maken X	Character designer, Persona designer
2000	Super Robot Wars Alpha	Mecha designer
2000	Persona 2: Eternal Punishment	Character designer, Persona designer
2001	Maken Shao: Demon Sword	Character designer, Persona designer
2002	Shin Megami Tensei: Nine	Demon designer
2003	Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner	Character designer
2003	Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne	Character designer, demon designer, creative director, art director
2004	Digital Devil Saga	Character designer, demon designer, art director
2005	Digital Devil Saga 2	Character designer, demon designer, art director
	Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening	Dante and Vergil's Devil Trigger form design
	3rd Super Robot Wars Alpha: To the End of the Galaxy	Mecha designer
	Sangokushi Taisen	Character designer
2006	Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. The Soulless Army	Character designer, demon designer, art director, writer
2007	Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine	Demon designer
2008	Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon	Character designer, demon designer, art director, writer
2009	Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor	Demon designer
	Shin Megami Tensei: Persona	Art director
	Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey	Producer, creative director, character designer, demon designer
2013	Shin Megami Tensei IV	Scenario concept, demon designer
2015	Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition	Packaging artwork
2016	Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse	Concept, demon designer
	Persona 5	Demon modelling supervisor, demon designer
	Persona 5: The Animation – The Day Breakers	Demon designer
2018	Persona 5: The Animation
2021	Shin Megami Tensei V	Demon designer

References[]

↑ Brandon Sheffield (2006-5-12) Gamasutra – E3 Q&A: Atlus' Character Designer Kazuma Kaneko. Retrieved on 2007 – 9-1.
↑ Hirohiko Niizumi (2004-9-20) Gamespot – "Atlus Designer Kazuma Kaneko working on Devil May Cry 3" Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 2007 – 9-1.

Video games developed by Atlus
Series	Etrian Odyssey • Megami Tensei (Devil Children • Last Bible • Majin Tensei • Persona) • Power Instinct (Purikura Daisakusen) • Puzzle Boy • Trauma Center
Other games	Bonk's Adventure • Catherine • Dungeon Explorer • Hellnight • The Karate Kid • Kartia: The Word of Fate • Maken X (Shao) • My Disney Kitchen • Nora to Toki no Kōbō: Kiri no Mori no Majo • Oh My God! • Princess Crown • Radiant Historia • Rockin' Kats • Somer Assault • Tokyo Mono Hara Shi: Karasu no Mori Gakuen Kitan • Widget

Megami Tensei series
Main	List of media (video games)
Original series	Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei • II
Shin Megami Tensei	Shin Megami Tensei • II • If... • Nine • Nocturne • Imagine • Strange Journey • IV (Apocalypse) • V
Devil Summoner	Devil Summoner • Soul Hackers • Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army • 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon
Devil Survivor	Devil Survivor • 2 (anime)
Other games	Last Bible • Majin Tensei • Jack Bros. • Persona • Devil Children • Digital Devil Saga • Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE • Liberation Dx2
Staff	Katsura Hashino • Kazuma Kaneko • Shoji Meguro • Kouji Okada

Persona series
Main series	Revelations: Persona • Persona 2 (Innocent Sin • Eternal Punishment) • Persona 3 • Persona 4 • Persona 5
Spin-offs	Persona 4 (Arena • Arena Ultimax • Dancing All Night) • Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth
Characters	Recurring characters	Philemon • Nyarlathotep • Joker
	Revelations: Persona	Boy with Earring • Maki Sonomura • Masao Inaba • Kei Nanjo • Hidehiko Uesugi • Eriko Kirishima • Yuka Ayase • Reiji Kido • Yukino Mayuzumi
	Persona 2	Tatsuya Suou • Maya Amano • Lisa Silverman • Eikichi Mishina • Yukino Mayuzumi • Jun Kurosu • Tatsuya Suou • Katsuya Suou • Ulala Serizawa • Baofu • Kei Nanjo • Eriko Kirishima
	Persona 3	Makoto Yuki • Aigis • Yukari Takeba • Junpei Iori • Akihiko Sanada • Mitsuru Kirijo • Fuuka Yamagishi • Koromaru - Ken Amada • Shinjiro Aragaki • Metis
	Persona 4	Yu Narukami • Chie Satonaka • Kanji Tatsumi • Yosuke Hanamura • Yukiko Amagi • Rise Kujikawa • Teddie • Naoto Shirogane • Tohru Adachi
	Other	Zen • Rei • Margaret • Marie • Elizabeth • Theodore • Sho Minazuki • Labrys
Groups and concepts	Investigation Team • SEES • Shadow Operatives • Personas • Shadows • Anti-Shadow Suppression Weapon
Locations	Midnight Channel • Yasogami High School • Inaba
Related media	Persona: Trinity Soul (Episodes) • Persona 4: The Animation (Episodes • The Golden Animation) • Persona 4* manga •* Persona × Detective Naoto • Persona 3 The Movie (#1 Spring of Birth • #2 Midsummer Knight's Dream • #3 Falling Down • #4 Winter of Rebirth

[1] Brandon Sheffield (2006-5-12) Gamasutra – E3 Q&A: Atlus' Character Designer Kazuma Kaneko. Retrieved on 2007 – 9-1.

[2] Hirohiko Niizumi (2004-9-20) Gamespot – "Atlus Designer Kazuma Kaneko working on Devil May Cry 3" Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 2007 – 9-1.

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Kazuma Kaneko
金子一馬
Born	(1964-09-20) September 20, 1964 (age 60) Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Video game artist, designer
Employer	Atlus (1988–present)
Known for	Character designer for the Megami Tensei franchise