is a group of Japanese

Japanese people

The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...

 manga

Manga

Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...

 artists, founded by Hiroshi Motomiya (本宮ひろ志). They're best known in the West for the Strider Hiryu

Strider Hiryu

is a fictional character jointly owned by Capcom and Moto Kikaku.Although primarily known as a game character, Hiryu debuted in 1988 as the protagonist of a manga published exclusively in Japan by Kadokawa Shoten...

manga (published by Kadokawa Shoten

Kadokawa Shoten

is a well-known Japanese publishing company based in Tokyo, Japan. Kadokawa has published both manga novels and magazines, such as Newtype magazine...

), which was developed as a tie-in to Capcom

Capcom

is a Japanese developer and publisher of video games, known for creating multi-million-selling franchises such as Devil May Cry, Chaos Legion, Street Fighter, Mega Man and Resident Evil. Capcom developed and published Bionic Commando, Lost Planet and Dark Void too, but they are less known. Its...

's video game hit Strider

Strider (arcade game)

Strider, released in Japan as is a 1989 side-scrolling platform game released for the CP System arcade hardware by Capcom. It became one of Capcom's early hits before Street Fighter II, revered for its innovative gameplay and multilingual voice clips during cutscenes .-Plot: Strider is set in a...

. The group had input in Strider 2

Strider 2

Strider 2, released in Japan as , is Capcom's 1999 sequel to the original Strider. The game is actually the second sequel to Strider produced, following the U.S. Gold-produced Strider Returns released in , a game with which Capcom was not directly involved...

's character designs, and the original manga's plot was adapted as the plot of the NES version.

However, Strider was not the only Moto Kikaku property to be adapted. Capcom based four games on Motomiya's Tenchi wo Kurau

Tenchi wo Kurau

is the manga authored by Hiroshi Motomiya. The storyline is set at Three Kingdoms period, when Western Shu, Northern Wei and Eastern Wu battled to conquer all China.-Plot:...

series: Destiny of an Emperor

Destiny of an Emperor

is a strategy role-playing game by Capcom for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It was originally released in Japan in , with an English language localization released for the North American market in ....

and Destiny of an Emperor II

Destiny of an Emperor II

is a role playing game released exclusively in Japan by Capcom for the Family Computer in . It is the second Famicom RPG produced by Capcom based on the Tenchi wo Kurau Manga by Hiroshi Motomiya. The first game was localized to the North American market under the title of Destiny of an...

for the NES

Nintendo Entertainment System

The Nintendo Entertainment System is an 8-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America during 1985, in Europe during 1986 and Australia in 1987...

, and Dynasty Wars

Dynasty Wars

Dynasty Wars, released in Japan as , is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up arcade game released in 1989 by Capcom, based on a Japanese manga Tenchi wo Kurau and a reenactment of the battle between the Kingdom of Shu and the Yellow Turban rebels...

and Warriors of Fate

Warriors of Fate

Warriors of Fate, known in Japan as , is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up produced by Capcom first released as a coin-operated arcade game in...

for the CPS-1.

Moto Kikaku is credited whenever Strider Hiryu appears in a game. On the staff roll for the PC-Engine

TurboGrafx-16

TurboGrafx-16, fully titled as TurboGrafx-16 Entertainment SuperSystem and known in Japan as the , is a video game console developed by Hudson Soft and NEC, released in Japan on October 30, 1987, and in North America on August 29, 1989....

port of Warriors of Fate, they share a "Special Thanks" credit on the same line with Hiroshi Motomiya.