Keiji Inafune (稲船 敬二, Inafune Keiji, born 8 May 1965) is the head of Research & Development and Online Business at Capcom, best known for being the character designer of Mega Man and producer of Onimusha and Dead Rising video game series. In most game credits, he uses the name "INAFKING".
He was born in Kishiwada, Osaka.
In 1987, 22-year-old Keiji joined the corporation of Capcom not long after graduating in search of a job as an illustrator. His...
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Keiji Inafune (稲船 敬二, Inafune Keiji, born 8 May 1965) is the head of Research & Development and Online Business at Capcom, best known for being the character designer of Mega Man and producer of Onimusha and Dead Rising video game series. In most game credits, he uses the name "INAFKING".
He was born in Kishiwada, Osaka.
In 1987, 22-year-old Keiji joined the corporation of Capcom not long after graduating in search of a job as an illustrator. His first assignment as graphic designer was Street Fighter (1987), which became a very popular fighting game series after the release of Street Fighter II in 1992. At the time, Capcom focused on the expansion of the home video gaming market; particularly the Famicom from Nintendo. Previously, most games released to the system were ports (release of a game to a different system). Now wanting to capitalize on the fledgling Nintendo system, Keiji's superiors directed him to create a new video game character called "Rockman." Capcom's artist and...
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