Name Kazuyuki Kurashima | ||
 | ||
Very cute animation of tingle on ugomemo by kazuyuki kurashima
Kazuyuki Kurashima (倉島一幸) is Japanese character and monster illustrator for video games. He has worked for Square, Love-de-Lic, and Vanpool. He is now a freelance artist.
Contents
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
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.