Akira Yasuda (安田 朗, Yasuda Akira?) (born July 21, 1964) is a Japanese illustrator, animator, character designer, game designer and mecha designer, who works under the pen name "Akiman". He worked for Capcom from 1985 until 2003 and is currently a freelancer. He idolizes the works of Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, Frank Frazetta, and N. C. Wyeth.

Works for Capcom Edit

• 1942 - (NES box art)
• Side Arms Hyper Dyne - (original artwork)
• Forgotten Worlds - (game designer)
• Final Fight - (planner)
• Side Arms Hyper Dyne
• Street Fighter II - (planner, illustration)
• Captain Commando (planner)
• Magic Sword
• Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors
• Darkstalkers 3
• X-Men: Children of the Atom
• Red Earth (original artwork)
• Street Fighter Alpha 2
• Street Fighter Alpha 3 - (character design)
• X-Men vs. Street Fighter (character designer)
• Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter (original artwork)
• Street Fighter III (original artwork)
• Street Fighter III 3rd Strike - (character design)
• Final Fight Revenge
• Tech Romancer (design supervisor)
• Star Gladiator (character designer)
• Plasma Sword (character designer)
• Power Stone (character designer)
• Power Stone 2

GalleryEdit

External Link Edit

• Personal Blog