Kazuyuki Kurashima
Kazuyuki Kurashima (倉島一幸) is Japanese character and monster illustrator for video games. He previously worked for Squaresoft, Love-de-Lic, and Vanpool. He is currently a freelance artist.
Kurashima began playing video games while in junior high school. His fondest memories are of playing The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. He also states that he was inspired mostly by Mamoru Oshii's direction of the anime film Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer.
Credits
- Live-A-Live
- Hanjuku Hero: Aa, Sekaiyo Hanjukunare...!
- Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
- Moon: Remix RPG Adventure
- UFO: A Day in the Life
- Endonesia
- Coloball 2002
- Hanjuku Hero Tai 3D
- Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
- I am a Fish
- Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland
- Little King's Story
In addition to video game character designs, Kurashima made the artwork for the Moon companion book Tsukiyo No Aho Tori: Moon Side Story and designed the cover artwork for the album Half Asleep by Japanese electro outfit Swimmingpoo1. He also provided the voice of the main character, Tingle, in Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland. Kurashima is credited as "Pantomimist" on Pipe No Machi 2, an animated short by former skip Ltd. designer hikarin, also featuring the music of ex-Lovedelic alum, Hirofumi Taniguchi.
External links
ja:倉島一幸