is a Japanese video game artist from Yokohama who has been active since 1999, mostly known for her work on Arc System Works's Guilty Gear series.
Career Initially joining the company as a part-time artist, she went on to work as a general director on four titles, one of the few women in the Japanese game industry to hold such a position. The last of these games, Battle Fantasia, was based on an original concept created by Iwasaki herself and was the developer's first fighting game with 3D models. With no prior experience, she and her team developed 2.5D techniques that influenced Street Fighter IV, as well as other Arc System Works games.
In 2011, she left Arc System Works and relocated to Singapore, holding leading positions in mobile game developer Gumi.
Although she found Arc System Works' CEO and the Guilty Gear team welcoming, Iwasaki claims to have faced gender discrimination during her time with the company, which made her interested in working in other countries. She has been vocal about the hurdles she sees facing women in the Japanese video game industry, sharing her experience at United Nations events and working as an ambassador for the Singapore Committee for UN Women programme Girls2Pioneers.
Ludography Year Title Platform(s) Role2001Guilty Gear PetitWonderSwan ColorGeneral director, promotion illustrationGeneral director, design, promotion illustration2002Guilty Gear X: Advance EditionGame Boy AdvanceGraphicsGuilty Gear XX: The Midnight Carnival and updatesarcade, PlayStation 2, Windows, Xbox, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, Wii, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo SwitchIllustrator, character art, webmaster2003Game Boy AdvanceArt directorarcade, PlayStation 2, Windows, XboxIllustrator, character art2004Sega PicoGeneral director2005Ys IV: Mask of the Sun -A New Theory-PlayStation 2, cell phonesArt director2007arcade, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, WindowsGeneral director, original story plan, lead designer, planning, art and character design, voice of Marco Van de Land2009Diva Girls: Diva DancersNintendo DSCostume design, logo2011Hard Corps: UprisingXbox 360, PlayStation 3Character and machine concept, character design, 3D-character design, effect design2013Puzzle TrooperAndroid, iOSArt directorBrave FrontieriOS, Android, Fire, Windows, Windows Phone2016Final Fantasy Brave ExviusiOS, Android, FireCreative director (art team, Gumi Asia Pte. Ltd.)
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Emiko Iwasaki on Twitter