Kouji Okada | |
|---|---|
岡田耕始 | |
| File:Koji Okada - MiG - P1420957.JPG Okada in 2010 | |
| Born | February 22, 1964 |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Occupation | Video game director, producer |
| Known for | Founding Atlus and Gaia, co-creating Megami Tensei and Persona |
Kouji "Cozy" Okada (岡田耕始, Okada Kouji) (born February 22, 1964) is a Japanese video game producer and director. Beginning his career in the early 1980s with stints at Universal Technos and Tecmo, Okada went on to become one of the founders of Atlus in 1986, as well as co-creating the Megami Tensei and Persona series of role-playing games. After leaving Atlus in 2003, Okada formed the studio Gaia, which he led until its dissolution in 2010. Something is active on the studio gaia website. [1]
Works[]
- Labyrinth (1987) - Designer
- Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei (1987) - Director
- Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei II (1990) - Director
- Quiz Marugoto The World (1991) - Quiz creation support
- Shin Megami Tensei (1992) - Programmer
- Shin Megami Tensei II (1994) - Director
- Shin Megami Tensei If... (1994) - Director
- Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner - Director
- Revelations: Persona (1996) - Director
- Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers (1997) - Director
- Kartia: The Word of Fate (1998) - Producer
- Persona 2: Innocent Sin (1999) - Producer
- Persona 2: Eternal Punishment (2000) - Producer
- Maken X (1999) - Producer
- Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land (2001) - Executive producer
- Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Children – Light Book and Dark Book (2002) - Producer
- Shin Megami Tensei: Nine (2002) - Producer
- Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne (2003) - Producer
- Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga (2004) - Executive producer
- Monster Kingdom: Jewel Summoner (2006) - Producer
- Folklore (2007) - Creative producer
- Coded Soul: Uketsugareshi Idea (2008) - Producer
References[]
- ↑ "Cozy Okada Lecture at Tokyo University on Megami Tensei and Shin Megami Tensei's Early Development History and Creative Philosophy". The Atlus Atlas. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
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| 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 | |