Ryoji Minagawa
Encyclopedia
is a Japanese
manga
artist born in Sumida, Tokyo.
He was invited with Spriggan story writer Hiroshi Takashige
to go to a comic convention in Portugal
in 1996 as a guest of honor due to his work on Spriggan. He worked on other manga comics before he went on to create Project ARMS
with fellow manga artist, Kyoichi Nanatsuki. His first name is sometimes transliterated
as Ryouji.
, Japan
. He made his manga debut with the comic HEAVEN in 1988. From 1991 to 1996, he worked with fellow artist Hiroshi Takashige
in working on the 11 volumes of Spriggan. His work had brought him fame across North America and Europe. After work on Spriggan was complete, he went on to do Kyo in 1996, followed by the creation of Project Arms from 1997-2002.
In 1999, he received the 44th Shogakukan Manga Award
s in the shōnen
category for Project Arms. In 2003, he created D-Live!!. On December 2006, he had done work on a manga named S.O.L. He is currently attending to work on a new manga called Peacemaker, serializing in Ultra Jump. Subsequently, he has been working on another manga called ADAMAS, which had been serialized in Kodansha
's Evening magazine.
He said in an interview that he was inspired to be a manga artist when he watched films made by George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola and Steven Spielberg.
Spriggan
(1991–1996) : Art
Kyo (1996): Original Creator
Project ARMS
(manga: 1997-2002) : Original creator
Project ARMS
(TV: 1997-2002) : Original creator
D-Live!!
(2003–2006): Original Creator
S.O.L. (2006): Original Creator
Intruder: Original Creator
Peace Maker
(2007): Original Creator
ADAMAS (2007): Original Creator
Genei Tougi: Shadow Struggle (PlayStation): Character Designer
Live a Live
(SNES): Character Designer
Project ARMS
(PlayStation 2): Original Creator
Spriggan: Lunar Verse (PlayStation): Original Creator
Tekken 5
(PlayStation 2): Marshall Law Character Designer
Tekken 6
(PlayStation 3, Xbox 360): Roger Jr. 3P Model Designer
Tsukiyo ni Saraba (PlayStation 2): Character Designer
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...
artist born in Sumida, Tokyo.
He was invited with Spriggan story writer Hiroshi Takashige
Hiroshi Takashige
is a Japanese manga artist best known in various manga communities in Japan and overseas for his work in Spriggan and later in Until Death Do Us Part.-Biography:...
to go to a comic convention in Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
in 1996 as a guest of honor due to his work on Spriggan. He worked on other manga comics before he went on to create Project ARMS
Project ARMS
is an anime and manga series that is heavily influenced by Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The series is created by Kyoichi Nanatsuki and Ryoji Minagawa. In 1999, the manga received the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen....
with fellow manga artist, Kyoichi Nanatsuki. His first name is sometimes transliterated
Romanization of Japanese
The romanization of Japanese is the application of the Latin alphabet to write the Japanese language. This method of writing is known as , less strictly romaji, literally "Roman letters", sometimes incorrectly transliterated as romanji or rōmanji. There are several different romanization systems...
as Ryouji.
History
Minagawa was born in Sumida, TokyoTokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. He made his manga debut with the comic HEAVEN in 1988. From 1991 to 1996, he worked with fellow artist Hiroshi Takashige
Hiroshi Takashige
is a Japanese manga artist best known in various manga communities in Japan and overseas for his work in Spriggan and later in Until Death Do Us Part.-Biography:...
in working on the 11 volumes of Spriggan. His work had brought him fame across North America and Europe. After work on Spriggan was complete, he went on to do Kyo in 1996, followed by the creation of Project Arms from 1997-2002.
In 1999, he received the 44th Shogakukan Manga Award
Shogakukan Manga Award
The is one of Japan's major manga awards, sponsored by Shogakukan Publishing. It has been awarded annually for serialized manga since 1955 and features candidates from a number of publishers.The current award categories are:...
s in the shōnen
Shonen
The term refers to manga marketed to a male audience aged roughly 10 and up. The Kanji characters literally mean "few" and "year", respectively, where the characters generally mean "comic"...
category for Project Arms. In 2003, he created D-Live!!. On December 2006, he had done work on a manga named S.O.L. He is currently attending to work on a new manga called Peacemaker, serializing in Ultra Jump. Subsequently, he has been working on another manga called ADAMAS, which had been serialized in Kodansha
Kodansha
, the largest Japanese publisher, produces the manga magazines Nakayoshi, Afternoon, Evening, and Weekly Shonen Magazine, as well as more literary magazines such as Gunzō, Shūkan Gendai, and the Japanese dictionary Nihongo Daijiten. The company has its headquarters in Bunkyō, Tokyo...
's Evening magazine.
He said in an interview that he was inspired to be a manga artist when he watched films made by George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola and Steven Spielberg.
Manga
HEAVEN (1988): Original Creator, also his debut manga.Spriggan
Spriggan (manga)
is a manga series written by Hiroshi Takashige and illustrated by Ryōji Minagawa during the early 1990s. It was initially released as Striker in the North American English translation, as it is the English translation of the word Spriggan from Celtic.Spriggan takes places in the last years of the...
(1991–1996) : Art
Kyo (1996): Original Creator
Project ARMS
Project ARMS
is an anime and manga series that is heavily influenced by Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The series is created by Kyoichi Nanatsuki and Ryoji Minagawa. In 1999, the manga received the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen....
(manga: 1997-2002) : Original creator
Project ARMS
Project ARMS
is an anime and manga series that is heavily influenced by Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The series is created by Kyoichi Nanatsuki and Ryoji Minagawa. In 1999, the manga received the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen....
(TV: 1997-2002) : Original creator
D-Live!!
D-Live!!
is Ryōji Minagawa's manga series made after Project ARMS, published in Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine. The story is about Satoru Ikaruga, a high school kid multi-driver nicknamed "genius driver" who can drive almost any vehicle, working for a multinational specialist company called the...
(2003–2006): Original Creator
S.O.L. (2006): Original Creator
Intruder: Original Creator
Peace Maker
Peace Maker
Peace Maker is a manga by Ryōji Minagawa about a trick shooter named Hope Emerson. It is not to be confused with Peace Maker by Nanae Chrono....
(2007): Original Creator
ADAMAS (2007): Original Creator
Video games
Critical Blow (PlayStation): Character DesignerGenei Tougi: Shadow Struggle (PlayStation): Character Designer
Live a Live
Live A Live
is a console role-playing game developed by Square for the Super Famicom released in Japan on September 2, 1994. It was never released outside Japan, but it has been unofficially translated into English....
(SNES): Character Designer
Project ARMS
Project ARMS
is an anime and manga series that is heavily influenced by Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The series is created by Kyoichi Nanatsuki and Ryoji Minagawa. In 1999, the manga received the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen....
(PlayStation 2): Original Creator
Spriggan: Lunar Verse (PlayStation): Original Creator
Tekken 5
Tekken 5
is the sixth installment in the popular Tekken series. It also marks the tenth anniversary of the series. It was updated for the PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 3 as Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection and succeeded by Tekken 6.- Story :...
(PlayStation 2): Marshall Law Character Designer
Tekken 6
Tekken 6
is a fighting game developed and published by Namco Bandai. It is the eighth game in the Tekken franchise. It was released in Japanese arcades on November 26, 2007 as the first game running on the PlayStation 3-based System 357 arcade board. The game received an update, subtitled Bloodline...
(PlayStation 3, Xbox 360): Roger Jr. 3P Model Designer
Tsukiyo ni Saraba (PlayStation 2): Character Designer
Other works
- Minagawa contributed an illustration for the Metal Gear SolidMetal Gear Solidis a videogame by Hideo Kojima. The game was developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Japan and first published by Konami in 1998 for the PlayStation video game console. It is the sequel to Kojimas early MSX2 computer games Metal Gear and Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake...
Premium Package edition released in Japan, which is featured in the Metal Gear Solid Classified booklet. The artwork depicts the six main members of FOXHOUND, the antagonists in the game.