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Yusuke Murata
 
Yusuke Murata is an influential Japanese manga artist and animator perhaps best known for illustrating the hit Japanese manga / anime series, One-Punch Man. Murata's captivating and immediately recognizable art style speaks for itself... and those of us in the fighting game community happen to be blessed with some amazing Street Fighter and Capcom artwork by Murata — due to the fact that Murata himself is a Street Fighter fan, which shows through clearly in his collection of stunning illustrations.
 
  
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Murata also illustrated Street Fighter: The Novel, a 256-page hardcover book published by UDON Entertainment in October 2018.
In addition to composing epic 2D masterpieces featuring fan-favorite Street Fighter characters (including those from the modern Street Fighter V era), Murata also illustrated characters from other Capcom fighting games such as Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 Ultimate and Darkstalkers.
 

  Social Media Links: Twitter: @nibu_kuro
  TFG News Links: (January 2023): Yusuke Murata Street Fighter and Capcom Art Gallery

 
 
SHOEI OKANO

Shoei Okano is a professional artist who has been working at Capcom for decades. He is perhaps best known for being a character designer for the Street Fighter II series. Shoei began as a freelance artist and before working on Street Fighter series he created poster art for Konami. Alongisde Akiman, Kinu Nishimura, and SENSEI, Shoei created influential characters and artwork for the early Street Fighter series. As of 2004, he is head of Capcom's Design Team department.
 

  
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Shoei created influential artwork in addition to the main title and logo designs for a variety of Capcom titles, including: Street Fighter II, Street Fighter Alpha 3, Capcom Vs. SNK, Marvel Vs. Capcom 2, Project Justice, Strider, Strider 2, Bionic Commando, Captain Commando, Capcom Fighting Evolution, Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom, Project X Zone, Tiger Road, Ultimate Ghosts 'n Goblins, Capcom Arcade Stadium.
 
Shoei was also a main character designer throughout the entire Street Fighter II series, including Super Street Fighter II Turbo. He was also a game designer for Cyberbots: Full Metal Madness and a supervisor for the Super Smash Bros. series.
 
 


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Thanks for visiting TFG's Artist Profiles feature!
 
A collective THANK YOU to the amazing illustrators who make fighting games and fighting game characters immortal and unforgettable. I'll always keep this feature updated and add more artists, history, images, and fun facts in the future! If you have any suggestions, comments, or corrections, feel free to contact me on social media:
@Fighters_Gen. In closing, I'd like to reiterate a paragraph from The Fighters Generation's About page addressing the amazing contribution that these artists have made to fighting games.
 
 "First and foremost, The Fighters Generation embraces the ARTISTIC side of fighting games. As a casual pencil artist since I was a child, I've always been inspired by "interesting "character designs. If you're well-acquainted with the top fighting game franchises, there's no doubt you respect something about the artwork & visual designs of many of the characters. Not only their visual appearances, but their storylines and movesets can be inspiring in a variety of ways. Let's face it, not everyone can appreciate what "good" art is these days. Contrary to what some might think, many fighting games can easily be considered "works of art"... not only due to the intricate game designs themselves (and some of their brilliant soundtracks), but due to the countless 2D artworks, 3D renders, and  animations that were created from scratch by amazingly talented, legendary artists.


On that note, the true credit behind TFG's visual content goes to the master artists who are responsible for some of the most inspiring and skillful video game art of all time... Just to name a few: Bengus, Akiman, Shinkiro, Edayan, Hiroaki, Takuji Kawano, Kinu Nishimura, Daigo Ikeno, Falcoon, Nona, Dai-Chan, Eiji Shiroi and Daisuke Ishiwatari. In case you don't know, the original purpose behind this website was to proudly and respectfully showcase the very underrated, but fan-appreciated artwork of fighting games. If it weren't for the preceding artists, TFG certainly would not be here. And in turn, you may never have become interested in fighting games if it weren't for the aforementioned artists."
  


 
                               
                                             
                          Frank Joseph  "Mr. Yagami" 

   
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